Top-down mechanisms of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness
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Top-down mechanisms of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness
The question of how structurally and pharmacologically diverse general anesthetics disrupt consciousness has persisted since the nineteenth century. There has traditionally been a significant focus on "bottom-up" mechanisms of anesthetic action, in terms of sensory processing, arousal systems, and structural scales. However, recent evidence suggests that the neural mechanisms of anesthetic-indu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1662-5137
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00115