Top-down mechanisms of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Mashour, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthetic mechanisms; Consciousness; Ketamine; Propofol; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; KETAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TOP DOWN MECHANISM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84907761633     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00115     Document Type: Review

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