The thalamus and brainstem act as key hubs in alterations of human brain network connectivity induced by mild propofol sedation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4024-4031

  Gili, Tommaso ^a,b   Saxena, Neeraj ^a,c   Diukova, Ana ^a   Murphy, Kevin ^a   Hall, Judith E ^c   Wise, Richard G ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN STEM; CONNECTOME; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874628099     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3480-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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