Propofol induction reduces the capacity for neural information integration: Implications for the mechanism of consciousness and general anesthesia

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-64

  Lee, UnCheol ^a   Mashour, George A ^a   Kim, Seunghwan ^b   Noh, Gyu Jeong ^c   Choi, Byung Moon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP)   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d National Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cognitive unbinding paradigm; Consciousness; EEG; Information integration theory; Propofol; Spatiotemporal organization of band

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROPOFOL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949180024     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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