Images Capture Moment Brain Goes UnconsciousFor the first time researchers have monitored the brain as it slips into unconsciousness.
The new imaging method detects the waxing and waning of electrical activity in the brain moments after an anaesthetic injection is administered.
As the patient goes under, different parts of the brain seem to be "talking" to each other, a team told the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam.
But they caution that more work is needed to understand what is going on.
The technique could ultimately help doctors pinpoint damage in the brains of people suffering from stroke and head injury.
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