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Brain networks maintain a scale-free organization across consciousness, anesthesia, and recovery: evidence for adaptive reconfiguration.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20881595     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Loss of consciousness is an essential feature of general anesthesia. Although alterations of neural networks during anesthesia have been identified in the spatial domain, there has been relatively little study of temporal organization.
METHODS: Ten healthy male volunteers were anesthetized with an induction dose of propofol on two separate occasions. The duration of network connections in the brain was analyzed by multichannel electroencephalography and the minimum spanning tree method. Entropy of the connections was calculated based on Shannon entropy. The global temporal configuration of networks was investigated by constructing the cumulative distribution function of connection times in different frequency bands and different states of consciousness.
RESULTS: General anesthesia was associated with a significant reduction in the number of network connections, as well as significant alterations of their duration. These changes were most prominent in the δ bandwidth and were also associated with a significant reduction in entropy of the connection matrix. Despite these and other changes, a global "scale-free" organization was consistently preserved across multiple subjects, anesthetic exposures, states of consciousness, and electroencephalogram frequencies.
CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest a fundamental principle of temporal organization of network connectivity that is maintained during consciousness and anesthesia, despite local changes. These findings are consistent with a process of adaptive reconfiguration during general anesthesia.
Authors:
Uncheol Lee; Gabjin Oh; Seunghwan Kim; Gyujung Noh; Byungmoon Choi; George A Mashour
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Anesthesiology     Volume:  113     ISSN:  1528-1175     ISO Abbreviation:  Anesthesiology     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-22     Completed Date:  2010-11-09     Revised Date:  2011-11-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1300217     Medline TA:  Anesthesiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1081-91     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological / drug effects,  physiology*
Adult
Anesthesia Recovery Period*
Anesthesia, General / methods*
Brain / drug effects,  physiology*
Consciousness / drug effects,  physiology*
Electroencephalography / drug effects,  methods
Evidence-Based Medicine / methods
Humans
Male
Nerve Net / drug effects,  physiology*
Propofol / pharmacology
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
KL2-RR024987-01/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
2078-54-8/Propofol

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