Essays about: "Phillie Bahrd"

Found 1 essay containing the words Phillie Bahrd.

  1. 1. The Blacked Out Brain : Neural Mechanisms of Unconsciousness in General Anesthesia and Disorders of Consciousness

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Phillie Bahrd; [2019]
    Keywords : neural mechanisms of consciousness; anesthesia; disorders of consciousness;

    Abstract : Finding the neural mechanisms of unconsciousness is a pursuit with significance to both the scientific study of consciousness as well as for the improvement of clinical diagnosis of patients with severe structural brain damage that has resulted in disorders of consciousness (DOC), such as coma or vegetative state . This literature review gives an account for what consciousness studies have contributed to the understanding of the neural mechanisms of unconsciousness, focusing on experiments using anesthetic agents to investigate the loss and return of consciousness. READ MORE