This is your brain on anesthesia: New light shed on how brain reacts during anesthetic induction and emergence
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 16:32
in Biology & Nature
A new study strengthens emerging evidence that the act of going under anesthesia and coming out of anesthesia are distinct neurobiological processes. It also found that the parietal region of the brain may play a critical role in how anesthesia suppresses consciousness.