Characterization of Phase Transition in the Thalamocortical System during Anesthesia-Induced Loss of Consciousness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hwang, Eunjin ^a,b   Kim, Seunghwan ^b   Han, Kyungreem ^c   Choi, Jee Hyun ^a,d   Ward, Lawrence M ^e  

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

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

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED EMERGENCE FROM ANESTHESIA; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KETAMINE; MALE; MICE; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; XYLAZINE;

MUS;

EID: 84870891991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050580     Document Type: Article

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