New Theories on the Anesthetics’ Mechanism of Action

Abstract

Anesthetic techniques using different substances with anesthetic properties have been used since antiquity. However, even today, it is not known exactly how these anesthetics work, if there is a common site or if their action is multi-level. In this article we present the latest theories regarding the mechanism of anesthetics' action. Thus we will refer to the action of anesthetics on neural networks, we will discuss the fractal theory of consciousness as well as the soliton model and the theory of the action of anesthetics on the cellular cytoskeleton.