Uncovering the mechanism of our oldest anesthetic
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
Researchers have now revealed brainwave changes in patients receiving nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas." Nitrous oxide, commonly known as "laughing gas," has been used in anesthesiology practice since the 1800s, but the way it works to create altered states is has not been well understood.