An experimental study of the effect of neuromuscular blockade on EEG-based measures of awareness
Scientific Reports May 2, 2026 Sebastian Halder, Bjørn Erik Juel, Kenneth J Pope et al.
Both basic and clinical consciousness research aims to find objective measures that reliably distinguish conscious from unconscious brain states. Electroencephalogram (EEG) measures are widely used, although they may be affected by interference from electrical signals such as those generated by muscles. To assess this source of error, we investigated the impact of neuromuscular blockade (NMB)...