Video: Watch a Brain Losing Consciousness Under Anesthesia
Researchers at the University of Manchester have created an interesting short film: it shows the brain losing consciousness under anesthesia. Working with a group of 20 subjects, the researchers took 100 scans per second to generate a “movie” of the brain, using a new brain recording strategy called fEITER (functional Electrical Impedance Tomography by Evoked Response.) While it’s [...]
Tags: anesthesia, brain and anesthesia, consciousness, propofol, unconscious, what happens during anesthesia
Posted June 15, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Neuroscience

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