The proper surgical techniques represent a key opportunity to improve the welfare of laboratory rodents, while meeting legal and ethical obligations. Use of inappropriate or poor surgical technique ...

A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that in order for the brain to recover consciousness after anesthesia, it must “reboot.” To make the discovery, ...

Researchers have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study the precise spatial distribution of synchronously working brain regions in anesthetized humans, long-tailed macaques, common ...

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Scientists have reviewed scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia. The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology ...

To best promote animal wellbeing and the efficacy of biomedical models, scientific, husbandry, and veterinary professionals must consider the mechanisms, influences, and outcomes of rodent ...

AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 17, 2018) - The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology has written a review of scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing ...