The neural circuits underlying general anesthesia and sleep

OA Moody, ER Zhang, KF Vincent, R Kato… - Anesthesia & …, 2021‏ - journals.lww.com
General anesthesia is characterized by loss of consciousness, amnesia, analgesia, and
immobility. Important molecular targets of general anesthetics have been identified, but the …

Anesthesia and the neurobiology of consciousness

GA Mashour - Neuron, 2024‏ - cell.com
In the 19 th century, the discovery of general anesthesia revolutionized medical care. In the
21 st century, anesthetics have become indispensable tools to study consciousness. Here, I …

Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness

BL Edlow, M Olchanyi, HJ Freeman, J Li… - Science Translational …, 2024‏ - science.org
Consciousness is composed of arousal (ie, wakefulness) and awareness. Substantial
progress has been made in map** the cortical networks that underlie awareness in the …

Deep brain stimulation of the thalamus restores signatures of consciousness in a nonhuman primate model

J Tasserie, L Uhrig, JD Sitt, D Manasova, M Dupont… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Loss of consciousness is associated with the disruption of long-range thalamocortical and
corticocortical brain communication. We tested the hypothesis that deep brain stimulation …

[ספר][B] Miller's anesthesia, 2-volume set E-book

MA Gropper, LI Eriksson, LA Fleisher… - 2019‏ - books.google.com
Covering everything from historical and international perspectives to basic science and
current clinical practice, Miller's Anesthesia, 9th Edition, remains the preeminent reference in …

GABA and glutamate neurons in the VTA regulate sleep and wakefulness

X Yu, W Li, Y Ma, K Tossell, JJ Harris, EC Harding… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
We screened for novel circuits in the mouse brain that promote wakefulness. Chemogenetic
activation experiments and electroencephalogram recordings pointed to …

Neuronal mechanisms for sleep/wake regulation and modulatory drive

A Eban-Rothschild, L Appelbaum… - …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Humans have been fascinated by sleep for millennia. After almost a century of scientific
interrogation, significant progress has been made in understanding the neuronal regulation …

Dorsal raphe dopamine neurons modulate arousal and promote wakefulness by salient stimuli

JR Cho, JB Treweek, JE Robinson, C **ao… - Neuron, 2017‏ - cell.com
Ventral midbrain dopamine (DA) is unambiguously involved in motivation and behavioral
arousal, yet the contributions of other DA populations to these processes are poorly …

Towards a comprehensive understanding of anesthetic mechanisms of action: a decade of discovery

HC Hemmings, PM Riegelhaupt, MB Kelz, K Solt… - Trends in …, 2019‏ - cell.com
Significant progress has been made in the 21st century towards a comprehensive
understanding of the mechanisms of action of general anesthetics, coincident with progress …

Neural effects of propofol-induced unconsciousness and its reversal using thalamic stimulation

AM Bastos, JA Donoghue, SL Brincat, M Mahnke… - Elife, 2021‏ - elifesciences.org
The specific circuit mechanisms through which anesthetics induce unconsciousness have
not been completely characterized. We recorded neural activity from the frontal, parietal, and …