Unresponsiveness ≠ unconsciousness

Anesthesiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 946-959

  Sanders, Robert D ^a   Tononi, Giulio ^b   Laureys, Steven ^c   Sleigh, Jamie W ^d  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NORADRENALIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SCOPOLAMINE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DELIRIUM; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TUBEROMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SLEEP; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84859103534     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318249d0a7     Document Type: Review

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