The anesthetic cascade: A theory of how anesthesia suppresses consciousness

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 447-471

  John, E Roy ^a   Prichep, Leslie S ^b  

^a Brain Research Laboratories   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ION CHANNEL; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LIPID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA; AWARENESS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTROPY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLIC RATE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POWER SPECTRUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR; THALAMUS;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 13244288688     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200502000-00030     Document Type: Review

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