Do inhalational anesthetics cause cognitive dysfunction?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 149-153

  Ologunde, Rele ^a   Ma, Daqing ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anesthetics; cognition disorders; inhalation; POCD

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CYTOKINE; DESFLURANE; DYNAMIN I; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SEVOFLURANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; XENON;

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CALCIUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84855347944     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: 1875452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aat.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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