Clinical electroencephalography for anesthesiologists: part I: background and basic signatures

PL Purdon, A Sampson, KJ Pavone, EN Brown - Anesthesiology, 2015 - pubs.asahq.org
The widely used electroencephalogram-based indices for depth-of-anesthesia monitoring
assume that the same index value defines the same level of unconsciousness for all …

General anesthesia, sleep, and coma

EN Brown, R Lydic, ND Schiff - New England Journal of Medicine, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
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Sleep deprivation impairs molecular clearance from the human brain

PK Eide, V Vinje, AH Pripp, KA Mardal, G Ringstad - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It remains an enigma why human beings spend one-third of their life asleep. Experimental
data suggest that sleep is required for clearance of waste products from brain metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid reconfiguration of the functional connectome after chemogenetic locus coeruleus activation

V Zerbi, A Floriou-Servou, M Markicevic, Y Vermeiren… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The locus coeruleus (LC) supplies norepinephrine (NE) to the entire forebrain and regulates
many fundamental brain functions. Studies in humans have suggested that strong LC …

Anesthesia with Dexmedetomidine and Low-dose Isoflurane Increases Solute Transport via the Glymphatic Pathway in Rat Brain When Compared with High-dose …

H Benveniste, H Lee, F Ding, Q Sun, E Al-Bizri… - …, 2017 - pubs.asahq.org
Background The glymphatic pathway transports cerebrospinal fluid through the brain,
thereby facilitating waste removal. A unique aspect of this pathway is that its function …

General anesthesia and altered states of arousal: a systems neuroscience analysis

EN Brown, PL Purdon… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Placing a patient in a state of general anesthesia is crucial for safely and humanely
performing most surgical and many nonsurgical procedures. How anesthetic drugs create …

Functional neuroanatomy of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus: its roles in the regulation of arousal and autonomic function part II: physiological and pharmacological …

ER Samuels, E Szabadi - Current neuropharmacology, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The locus coeruleus (LC), the major noradrenergic nucleus of the brain, gives rise to fibres
innervating most structures of the neuraxis. Recent advances in neuroscience have helped …

IV and perineural dexmedetomidine similarly prolong the duration of analgesia after interscalene brachial plexus block: a randomized, three-arm, triple-masked …

FW Abdallah, T Dwyer, VWS Chan, AU Niazi… - …, 2016 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Perineural and IV dexmedetomidine have each been suggested to prolong the
duration of analgesia when administered in conjunction with peripheral nerve blocks. In the …

Current concepts in intracranial interstitial fluid transport and the glymphatic system: part I—anatomy and physiology

JM Klostranec, D Vucevic, KD Bhatia, HGJ Kortman… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Normal physiologic function of organs requires a circulation of interstitial fluid to deliver
nutrients and clear cellular waste products. Lymphatic vessels serve as collectors of this fluid …

Dexmedetomidine injection into the locus ceruleus produces antinociception

TZ Guo, JY Jiang, AE Buttermann… - The Journal of the …, 1996 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Alpha (2)-Adrenergic agonists such as clonidine and dexmedetomidine are
known to produce sedation and analgesia in humans. The sedative effect of these agents is …