Escape From Oblivion: Neural Mechanisms of Emergence From General Anesthesia
Escape From Oblivion: Neural Mechanisms of Emergence From General Anesthesia
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DOI:
10.1213/ane.0000000000004006
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发表时间:
2019-04-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Solt, Ken
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作者:
Kelz, Max B.;Garcia, Paul S.;Solt, Ken
The question of how general anesthetics suppress consciousness has persisted since the mid-19th century, but it is only relatively recently that the field has turned its focus to a systematic understanding of emergence. Once assumed to be a purely passive process, spontaneously occurring as residual levels of anesthetics dwindle below a critical value, emergence from general anesthesia has been reconsidered as an active and controllable process. Emergence is driven by mechanisms that can be distinct from entry to the anesthetized state. In this narrative review, we focus on the burgeoning scientific understanding of anesthetic emergence, summarizing current knowledge of the neurotransmitter, neuromodulators, and neuronal groups that prime the brain as it prepares for its journey back from oblivion. We also review evidence for possible strategies that may actively bias the brain back toward the wakeful state.