In hospital operating rooms and intensive care units, propofol is a drug of choice, widely used to sedate patients for their comfort or render them fully unconscious for invasive…
Propofol works quickly and is tolerated well by most patients when administered by an anesthesiologist.
But what’s happening inside the brain when patients are put under and what does this reveal about consciousness itself?
Investigators at Michigan Medicine, who are studying the nature of consciousness, have successfully used the drug to identify the intricate brain geometry behind the unconscious state, offering an unprecedented look at brain structures that have traditionally been difficult to study.
