A new study of neural oscillations during varying stages of consciousness shows that anesthesia doesn’t just knock us out—it ...

More than providing a good readout of unconsciousness, Brown added, the new algorithms offer the potential to allow anesthesiologists to maintain it at the desired level while using less drug than ...

Machine learning software advances could help anesthesiologists optimize drug dose, potentially improving patient outcomes. Anesthestic drugs act on the brain but most anesthesiologists rely on heart ...

Under anesthesia, communication between brain areas becomes more localized. Source: iStock/torwai The first public demonstration of surgery under anesthesia occurred in 1846. By 1847, people were ...

There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients, but exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question. A study ...

The first public demonstration of surgery under anesthesia occurred in 1846. By 1847, people were already theorizing about what might be going on in the brain while a person was unconscious. More than ...

Research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology lends new insight into why inhaling anesthetics causes unconsciousness, according to an e! Science News report. The study found ...

In a uniquely deep and detailed look at how the commonly used anesthetic propofol causes unconsciousness, a collaboration of labs at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT shows that as ...

There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT ...

Researchers are shining a light on the darkness of the unconscious brain. Three new studies add to the body of knowledge. When patients undergo major surgery, they're often put under anesthesia to ...