I. Mapping the anatomy of unconsciousness-imaging anaesthetic action in the brain

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 607-610

  Menon, D K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARBON 11; CARBON 14; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GABOXADOL; GLUCOSE; HALOTHANE; IODOPHENAZONE C 14; ISOFLURANE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; TRITIUM; WATER O 15;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034744472     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/86.5.607     Document Type: Editorial

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