Chapter 26 The effects of surgery and anesthesia on memory and cognition

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2008, Pages 409-422

  Caza, Nicole ^a,b   Taha, Rame ^c   Qi, Yanqin ^c   Blaise, Gilbert ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; anesthesia; inflammatory cells; neuropsychology; post operative cognitive dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 41549108131     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)00026-X     Document Type: Review

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