Breakdown in cortical effective connectivity during midazolam-induced loss of consciousness

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2681-2686

  Ferrarelli, Fabio ^a   Massimini, Marcello ^b   Sarasso, Simone ^a   Casali, Adenauer ^b   Riedner, Brady A ^a   Angelini, Giuditta ^a   Tononi, Giulio ^a   Pearce, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; High density electroencephalography; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249083662     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913008107     Document Type: Article

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