Tones, oddball sounds and words can spark brain cell responses, hinting at nuanced processing without consciousness.

Seven epilepsy patients lay unconscious on operating tables at Baylor College of Medicine, their brains exposed for surgery, ...

For a very long time, people have thought that general anaesthesia simply puts you into a deep, temporary sleep before an ...

Nestled in the core of the brain is the hippocampus, a little curve of tissue central to memory and learning. It serves as a ...

WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The length of time spent under general anesthesia during surgery determines the risk of postoperative complications and recovery periods for patients of all ages, new ...

It is the stuff of nightmares - you are under anaesthetic during an operation but you are fully conscious. Aware of every incision -yet unable to communicate that fact. Now a leading Professor of ...

According to a recent post that’s gone viral among science and history nerds, the first baby born to a mother under anaesthesia named her baby Anaesthesia. It’s an amusing fun fact. But unfortunately, ...

It's the stuff of nightmares: regaining consciousness while under general anesthesia. But according to a group of doctors in Finland, it may be that we never fully lose consciousness under anesthesia.

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To describe and examine the observation that eccentric eye positions may develop under certain general anaesthetic conditions and negatively impact upon operating conditions during ocular surgery. A ...