Local wakefulness-like activity of layer 5 cortex under general anaesthesia.
The Journal of Physiology October 1, 2024 Jesús Pardo-Valencia, Miryam Moreno-Gomez, Noelia Mercado et al.
Consciousness, defined as being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings, is characteristic of normal waking life and typically is lost during sleep and general anaesthesia. The traditional view of consciousness as a global brain state has evolved toward a more sophisticated interplay between global and local states, with the presence of local sleep in the awake brain and local wakefulness...