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SUBMITTER: Weiner VS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weiner Veronica S VS Zhou David W DW Kahali Pegah P Stephen Emily P EP Peterfreund Robert A RA Aglio Linda S LS Szabo Michele D MD Eskandar Emad N EN Salazar-Gomez Andrés F AF Sampson Aaron L AL Cash Sydney S SS Brown Emery N EN Purdon Patrick L PL
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20230310 11
During propofol-induced general anesthesia, alpha rhythms measured using electroencephalography undergo a striking shift from posterior to anterior, termed anteriorization, where the ubiquitous waking alpha is lost and a frontal alpha emerges. The functional significance of alpha anteriorization and the precise brain regions contributing to the phenomenon are a mystery. While posterior alpha is thought to be generated by thalamocortical circuits connecting nuclei of the sensory thalamus with the ...[more]