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Neural signatures of loss of consciousness and its recovery by thalamic stimulation.

Donoghue, J.; Bastos, A. M.; Yanar, J.; Kornblith, S.; Mahnke, M.; Brown, E. N.; Miller, E. K.

2019-10-17 neuroscience
10.1101/806687 bioRxiv
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We know that general anesthesia produces unconsciousness but not quite how. We recorded neural activity from the frontal, parietal, and temporal cortices and thalamus while maintaining unconsciousness in non-human primates (NHPs) with propofol. Unconsciousness was marked by slow frequency ([~]1 Hz) oscillations in local field potentials, entraining local spiking to Up states alternating with Down states of little spiking, and decreased higher frequency (>4 Hz) coherence. The thalamus contributed to cortical rhythms. Its stimulation \"awakened\" anesthetized NHPs and reversed the electrophysiologic features of unconsciousness. Unconsciousness thus resulted from slow frequency hypersynchrony and loss of high-frequency dynamics, partly mediated by the thalamus, that disrupts cortical communication/integration.

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