Impaired thalamocortical connectivity in humans during general-anesthetic- induced unconsciousness

NeuroImage

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 402-411

  White, Nathan S ^a   Alkire, Michael T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HALOTHANE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOFLURANE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 10844287978     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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