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. 2012 Sep 20;2012:637171. doi: 10.1155/2012/637171

Table 1.

Abbreviations and explanations
(i) AMPA: α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid, GABA: γ-Aminobutyric acid
(ii) EEG: Electroencephalogram
(iii) CMRO2: Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen
(iv) CPP: Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
(v) ICP: Intracranial Pressure
(vi) IV: Intravenous
(vii) MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure
(viii) t 1/2: Half-life
(ix) Context sensitive t 1/2: the time taken for blood plasma concentration of a drug to decline by one half after an infusion designed to maintain a steady state (i.e., a constant plasma concentration) has been stopped. The “context” is the duration of infusion [5].