General Anesthesia: From Theory to Experiments

• Main Author: Anthony G. Hudetz (auth)
• Other Authors: Axel Hutt (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; functional connectivity; Consciousness; coherence; EEG; Burst-suppression
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

General anesthesia is a standard medical procedure in today's hospital practice. Although in most cases the administration of anesthetics does not affect severely the patients health, side effects of anesthesia are well-known, such as nausea or cognitive impairment. Moreover 1-2 out of 1000 pat...