New Evidence Challenges Popular Hypothesis for How Anesthesia Works (IMAGE)
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Despite widespread use of anesthesia, the precise mechanism by which it causes loss of consciousness remains an open question. The prevailing hypothesis holds that anesthesia renders patients unconscious by disrupting connections between different areas of the brain. However, the typically observed reduction in information transfer under anesthesia may not necessarily arise from a breakdown in communication between areas, but rather a decrease in available information generated within brain areas.
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