U.S., Aug. 29 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07145697) titled 'The Electroencephalographic Mechanisms of Anesthesia and Human Consciousness' on Aug. 13.
Brief Summary: In the field of general anesthesia research, the neural mechanism underlying the loss of consciousness has long been a highly core issue. It remains unclear what consciousness is and how it emerges from brain activity. By studying anesthesia and sleep, the investigators aim to reveal what happens in the brain when consciousness is lost and when it returns.
Dexmedetomidine, a widely used drug in clinical anesthetic practice, plays an important role in the anesthetic process due to its unique pharmacological properties. It hardly ...