Bruguerolle B, Mesdjian E, Valli M, Blanc M C, Jadot G, Bouyard P
C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1977;171(4):846-9.
The study of the acute toxicity of two barbiturics anaesthetics (pentobarbital and thiopental) shows the newborn period a higher susceptibility of the young rat, probably due to an immaturity of biotransformations enzymatic systems or to an increased blood-brain-barrier permeability.