Anesthesia, Neural Information Processing, and Conscious Awareness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 387-395

  Cariani, Peter ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034266462     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1999.0420     Document Type: Editorial

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