The aim of the study was to describe and contrast the brain development and outcome among very preterm infants that were and were not exposed to surgery requiring general anesthesia prior to term ...

Surgical invasion activates nociception, while anesthesia suppresses it. Under general anesthesia, stimulation, which is the balance between nociception and anti-nociception, induces responses, ...

Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a ...

A recent neuropsychological evaluation diagnosis impugned several controversial theories about anesthesia and cognitive decline. As a medicinal therapy to relieve pain and brain dysfunction, ...

A new study suggests anesthesiologists may be able to safely increase the likelihood that patients dream during surgery—and that those dreams are typically positive, calming and associated with a ...

Doctors are investigating whether a simple prompt can make surgery more pleasant—and perhaps open the door to a new approach ...

The operating room is perhaps the last place most people expect to have a nice dream. Yet a new study suggests doctors may be able to nudge the brain toward dreaming as patients come out of general ...

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