Changes in measures of consciousness during anaesthesia of one hemisphere (Wada test)
- Submitting institution
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The University of Essex
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 1489
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117566
- Title of journal
- NeuroImage
- Article number
- 117566
- First page
- 117566
- Volume
- 226
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1053-8119
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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B - Brain Computer Interfaces and Neural Engineering (BCI-NE)
- Citation count
- 0
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- In this paper we investigated the effect anaesthesia of one brain hemisphere (Wada test) has on measures of consciousness. The results are significant because they contribute to a poorly understood and highly complex process; for example, we observed pronounced bilateral changes in electroencephalography (EEG) measures even though the injections were unilateral. Furthermore, the paper introduced a novel concept, that presence of slow-wave cortical activity does not cause loss of consciousness but rather the loss of high-frequency desynchronised activity, that we called "cross-state unreceptiveness". The work will underpin future studies.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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