2021
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/u2cg7
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The meaning of EEG indicators of loss of consciousness during anaesthesia and coma.

Abstract: Raw EEG changes correlate well with the effects of anaesthetics on arousal. The purpose ofthe present paper is to analyse the significance of the EEG spectrograph. The alpha rhythm isa signature of the unconscious and according to the MAB hypothesis (Monoaminergic-Acetylcholinergic Balance) is an index of increased relative inhibitory muscarinic effects onmonoaminergic modulated conscious networks. The source of alpha rhythms varies, as doesthe type of unconscious information: from classical occipital alpha du… Show more

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