Anesthesia and Surgery during Infancy May Impact White Matter during Childhood
Researchers report children who underwent general anesthesia and surgery prior to the age of one showed decreased white matter volume and integrity.... Read More...
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Caffeine Shortens Recovery Time From General Anesthesia
A new study reveals animals injected with caffeine during the last 10 minutes of exposure to general anesthetic woke more quickly than those injected with saline solution. Waking times became significantly quicker with higher doses of caffeine.... Read More...
What a Trip: First Evidence for Higher State of Consciousness Found
Researchers observe a sustained increase in neural signal diversity in people under the influence of psychedelics.... Read More...
New Insights Into Activity Patterns Inside the Anesthetized Brain
Under anesthesia, the nerve cells change their mode of operation by firing more synchronously, and by becoming surprisingly reactive to environmental stimuli, researchers report.... Read More...
Activating Certain Neurons May Spur Recovery From General Anesthesia
Using optogenetics to activate dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmental area could help people regain consciousness following general anesthesia, researchers report.... Read More...
Music For The Eyes
Researchers report patients who listen to relaxing music prior to eye surgery tend to have less anxiety and require less sedation than those who didn't.... Read More...
A ‘Communication Breakdown’ During General Anesthesia
A new study reveals the neurological mechanisms at work during ketamine anesthesia.... Read More...
Brain Waves Could Help Predict How We Respond to General Anesthetics
A new study could help doctors to predict an individual's response to general anesthetics.... Read More...
How the Brain Controls Sleep
Researchers have discovered a brain circuit that can trigger small regions of the brain to fall asleep or become less alert, while the rest of the brain remains awake.... Read More...
Differences in How Anesthesia Affects the Brains of Children and Adults
Two new studies detail the way general anesthesia affects the brains of both older patients and children.... Read More...
Amazing Case of Man With 90 Minute Memory
Researchers claim the case of a man who suffers from extreme anterograde amnesia following a trip to the dentist is "like nothing we have ever seen before".... Read More...
Brainwave Changes Revealed in Patients Receiving Nitrous Oxide
Researchers reveal key brainwave changes in patients who receive nitrous oxide.... Read More...