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Possible Relationships of Anesthetic Coma and Pathological Disorders of Consciousness

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This chapter reviews pathological causes of coma and related global disorders of consciousness. We discuss these neurological disorders in the context of how contributions of subcortical arousal and gating systems relate to normal conscious states. We then briefly explore the possible overlap of mechanisms of different forms of anesthesia as compared to the reviewed pathological states.

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    Joseph F. Antognini MD

  2. Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA

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    Douglas E. Raines MD

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Schiff, N.D., Plum, F. (2003). Possible Relationships of Anesthetic Coma and Pathological Disorders of Consciousness. In: Antognini, J.F., Carstens, E., Raines, D.E. (eds) Neural Mechanisms of Anesthesia. Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-322-4_5

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