Functional MRI in Anesthesia and Resting-State Networks
Functional MRI December 1, 2018 Nasim Mortazavi, Cécile Staquet, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse et al.
This chapter reviews current knowledge of the effects of hypnotic anesthetic agents on brain resting-state networks (RSNs) that sustain consciousness. Although full exploration of the networks under anesthesia is not yet available, current evidence indicates that anesthetic agents with hypnotic properties dose-dependently modulate RSN functioning. Each anesthetic agent has specific effects that...