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Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia – EurekAlert
An innovative study uses the anesthetics propofol and isoflurane in humans to study the patterns of reemerging consciousness and cognitive function after anesthesia….
IMAGE: Animation of a person waking up from anesthesia
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Credit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan Medicine
Millions of surgical procedures performed each year would not be possible without the aid of general anesthesia, the miraculous medical ability to turn off consciousness in a reversible and controllable way.
Researchers are using this powerful tool to better understand how the brain reconstitutes consciousness and cognition after disruptions caused by sleep, medical procedures requiring anesthesia,…
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