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SUBMITTER: Burdick RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6683176 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20190805 1
Despite decades of research, the mechanism of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness remains incompletely understood, with some advocating for a quantum mechanical basis. Despite associations between general anesthesia and changes in physical properties such as electron spin, there has been no empirical demonstration that general anesthetics are capable of functional quantum interactions. In this work, we studied the linear and non-linear optical properties of the halogenated ethers sevoflurane (SEV ...[more]