Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
University of California los Angeles
United States of America
Using a mouse model, we are investigating how individual neuron populations within the brain cortex show changes in electrical activity at different anesthetic depths. This research model causes the neurons to fluoresce when they are stimulated. By selectively targeting and intervening in these neuron populations, we hope to achieve a causal investigation of the changes in the brain that lead to unconsciousness from anesthesia, and the resulting recovery of consciousness after anesthesia.
anesthesia