Understanding of anesthesia – Why consciousness is essential for life and not based on genes

Anesthesia and consciousness represent 2 mysteries not only for biology but also for physics and philosophy. Although anesthesia was introduced to medicine more than 160 y ago, our understanding of how it works still remains a mystery. The most prevalent view is that the human brain and its neurons...

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Main Authors: František Baluška, Ken Yokawa, Stefano Mancuso, Keith Baverstock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-11-01
Series:Communicative & Integrative Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2016.1238118