Neuroscience

Study reveals fentanyl's effects on the brain

Fentanyl is used to supplement sedation and to relieve severe pain during and after surgery, but it's also one of the deadliest drugs of the opioid epidemic. In research conducted by investigators at Massachusetts General ...

Neuroscience

Novel method to construct epilepsy brain networks

Epilepsy is a serious neurological disease. More than 50% patients experience onset during childhood. Effective treatment of epilepsy can prevent serious long-term effects such as brain dysfunction.

Neuroscience

When unconscious, the brain is anything but 'silent'

The cerebral cortex is thought to be the seat of conscious processing in the brain. Rather than being inactivated, specific cells in the cortex show higher spontaneous activity during general anesthesia than when awake, and ...

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