eLife (Jan 2024)

Maestros of anesthesia

Romeesa Khan,
Rodney M Ritzel

Affiliations

Romeesa Khan: ORCiD; MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, United States; Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, United States
Rodney M Ritzel: ORCiD; Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.95064
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13

Abstract

Microglia regulate anesthesia by altering the activity of neurons in specific regions of the brain via a purinergic receptor.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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