Neural correlates of consciousness during general anesthesia using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 150, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Bonhomme, V ^a,b,c   Boveroux, P ^b,c   Brichant, J F ^b,c   Laureys, S ^b,c   Boly, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c GIGA Consciousness   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain functional imaging; General anesthesia; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN;

EID: 84872408040     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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