Anesthesia is a blessing to patients and surgeons, but has been a mystery for much of more than 160 years since it was discovered. No one could figure out how these drugs interact with the brain to block pain and induce a coma-like, memory-free state. The debate has divided the anesthesia research community into two camps: one that believes anesthetics primarily act on the cell membrane (the lipid bilayer) of nerve cells, perhaps altering it to the point that embedded ...Friday 14 November 2014
Insight into How Anesthesia Works
Anesthesia is a blessing to patients and surgeons, but has been a mystery for much of more than 160 years since it was discovered. No one could figure out how these drugs interact with the brain to block pain and induce a coma-like, memory-free state. The debate has divided the anesthesia research community into two camps: one that believes anesthetics primarily act on the cell membrane (the lipid bilayer) of nerve cells, perhaps altering it to the point that embedded ...
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