Anesthesia
How the brain loses and regains consciousness
March 4, 2013
Study reveals brain patterns produced by a general anesthesia drug; work could help doctors better monitor patients.
Inside the unconscious brain
November 5, 2012
New study reveals brain-wave patterns that mark loss of consciousness during anesthesia.
Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption
February 8, 2012
New model of neuro-electric activity could help scientists better understand quiescent brain states such as coma.
How to reverse general anesthesia
September 22, 2011
Neuroscientists find that Ritalin could help bring surgical patients out of surgery much more quickly, with less grogginess.
Understanding the anesthetized brain
January 3, 2011
Neuroscientist Emery Brown hopes to shed light on a longstanding medical mystery: how general anesthesia works.




