Changes in the thalamocortical connectivity during anesthesia-induced transitions in consciousness

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 294-298

  Kim, Sung Phil ^a   Hwang, Eunjin ^b,c   Kang, Jae Hwan ^a   Kim, Seunghwan ^c   Choi, Jee Hyun ^b,d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Consciousness; Effective connectivity; Electroencephalogram; Granger causality; Local field potentials

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KETAMINE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; XYLAZINE;

EID: 84862792642     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283509ba0     Document Type: Article

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