Despite being a well-established component of modern medicine, much of how anesthesia works is a mystery. Evidence indicates that drug molecules bind to sites on the surface of neurons and deactivate different proteins important in a wide range of cognitive functions, including sleep, attention, learning and memory. Most recently research has suggested that in addition to targeting specific areas involved in sleep and arousal general anesthesia works by knocking out the neural networks that enable communication between brain regions.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:30:03 +0000
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