Slow-wave activity saturation and thalamocortical isolation during propofol anesthesia in humans.
The altered state of consciousness produced by general anesthetics is associated with a variety of changes in the brain's electrical activity. Under hyperpolarizing influences such as anesthetic drugs, cortical neurons oscillate at ~1 Hz, which is measurable as slow waves in the electroencephal...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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