chapter 1 Basic Pharmacology of Volatile Anesthetics -- chapter 2 Experimental Approaches to the Study of Volatile Anesthetic-Protein Interactions -- chapter 3 Pressure and Anesthesia -- chapter 4 Genetics and Anesthetic Mechanism -- chapter 5 Structure-Activity Relationships of Inhaled Anesthetics -- chapter 6 Volatile Anesthetic Effects on Calcium Channels -- chapter 7 + -ATPase -- chapter 8 Anesthetic Modification of Neuronal Sodium and Potassium Channels -- chapter 9 Volatile Anesthetic Effects at Excitatory Amino Receptors -- chapter 10 Effects of Volatile Anesthetics on GABA[sub(A)] Receptors: Electrophysiologic Studies -- chapter 11 Neurochemical Actions of Anesthetics at the GABA[sub(A)] Receptors -- chapter 12 Stereoselective Actions of Volatile Anesthetics -- chapter 13 Effects of Volatile Anesthetics at Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.