brain cells losing consciousness (IMAGE)

Penn State

brain cells losing consciousness

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Through studies on rats, a team of researchers at Penn State has pinpointed the exact moment of loss of consciousness due to anesthesia, mapping what happens in different brain regions during that moment.   

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Provided by Nanyin Zhang

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