Brain mechanisms of propofol-induced loss of consciousness in humans: A positron emission tomographic study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 5506-5513

  Fiset, Pierre ^a,b,d   Paus, Tomás ^a   Daloze, Thierry ^a   Plourde, Gilles ^a   Meuret, Pascal ^a   Bonhomme, Vincent ^a   Hajj Ali, Nadine ^c   Backman, Steven B ^a,b   Evans, Alan C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Arousal; Cerebral blood flow; Consciousness; PET; Propofol; Reticular formation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFUSION PUMP; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0033169052     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-13-05506.1999     Document Type: Article

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