Evolution of consciousness: Phylogeny, ontogeny, and emergence from general anesthesia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL2, 2013, Pages 10357-10364

  Mashoura, George A ^a   Aikireb, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN REGION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VERTEBRATE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879292121     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301188110     Document Type: Review

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