Sleep Circuits In The Brain Turned On By Anesthesia Drugs

When patients are put under anesthesia, they are often told they will be "put to sleep," and now it appears that in some ways that's exactly what the drugs do to the brain. New evidence in mice reported online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, shows that the drugs don't just turn wakefulness "off," they also force important sleep circuits in the brain "on." "Despite more than 160 years of continuous use in humans, we still do not understand how anesthetic drugs work to produce the state of general anesthesia," said Max Kelz of the University of Pennsylvania... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

For a Free Step By Step Guide for Dating Dos and Don'ts check http://end2endwebs.com

Lake forest health and fitness http://healthandfitness1blog.blogspot.com/2012/10/sleep-circuits-in-brain-turned-on-by.html