When1: 2000
Who: Hans Flohr [Flohr, Hans]
What: neuroscientist
Where: Germany
Detail: Inhibition or blocking of NMDA receptor complexes, as done by ketamine and nitrous oxide, causes unconsciousness [2000]. Consciousness is a high-level representation that brain has representations, using NMDA-receptor-linked cell assemblies firing synchronously [Flohr, 2000]. However, NMDA receptors are just as involved in non-conscious processes [Hardcastle, 2000]. Many anesthetics, such as etomidate, act on other sites [Franks and Lieb, 2000].
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