Suppressing the Mind Anesthetic Modulation of Memory and Consciousness /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hudetz, Anthony (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pearce, Robert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Σειρά: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Anesthesiology.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Human Physiology.

By suppressing memory and consciousness - two components of the mind - anesthetics provide great relief to surgical patients and elicit wonder in clinicians and scientists. To-date we do not fully understand the mechanisms by which these effects are achieved. However, with recent advances in investi...

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