Neuroscience: The Key to Consciousness May Not Be under the Streetlight
Current Biology July 1, 2018 J. Knotts, Brian Odegaard, H. Lau
Direct pharmacological stimulation of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) restores wakefulness in anesthetized rats, providing causal evidence that the PFC plays a key role in conscious experience. This finding helps resolve debates about the region's importance, as prior evidence was largely correlational.