Effects of Sevoflurane and Propofol on Frontal Electroencephalogram Power and Coherence

Background:: The neural mechanisms of anesthetic vapors have not been studied in depth. However, modeling and experimental studies on the intravenous anesthetic propofol indicate that potentiation of γ-aminobutyric acid receptors leads to a state of thalamocortical synchrony, observed as coherent fr...

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Main Authors: Akeju, Oluwaseun, Pavone, Kara J., Sampson, Aaron L., Hartnack, Katharine E., Purdon, Patrick L., Purdon, Patrick Lee, Westover, M Brandon, Brown, Emery Neal
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102343
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