Consciousness, Anesthesia, and the thalamocortical system

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-15

  Mashour, George A ^a   Alkire, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NICOTINE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANESTHESIA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMIC SWITCH; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROPOFOL; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84871623399     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318277a9c6     Document Type: Editorial

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