animals Article The Pharmacokinetics of Medetomidine Administered Subcutaneously during Isoflurane Anaesthesia in Sprague-Dawley Rats Leila T. Kint 1, Bhedita J. Seewoo 2,3,4 , Timothy H. Hyndman 5 , Michael W. Clarke 6, Scott H. Edwards 7, Jennifer Rodger 3,4, Kirk W. Feindel 2,8 and Gabrielle C. Musk 1,9,* 1 Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia;
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[email protected] Received: 28 May 2020; Accepted: 17 June 2020; Published: 18 June 2020 Simple Summary: Rodents, including rats, are used as animal models for research investigating neurological diseases in humans. To enable this research the animals are anaesthetized to facilitate imaging of the brain, but the anaesthetic drugs impact the results of the research.