Mechanisms of Anesthetic Emergence: Evidence for Active Reanimation

Current Anesthesiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-56

  Kushikata, Tetsuya ^a   Hirota, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a University Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthetic emergence; Brain network; Neuromodulator; Neurotransmitter; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940221414     PISSN: 21676275     EISSN: 15233855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40140-013-0045-2     Document Type: Article

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