Microglia reveal sex-specific brain recovery mechanism after ketamine anesthesia
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- News-Medical·17h agoBrain immune cells drive recovery from ketamine anesthesia in females
During ketamine anesthesia, the brain's nerve cells fall silent-as consciousness returns, they begin to reconnect.
Read at News-Medical → - Medical Xpress·1d agoMicroglia reveal sex-specific brain recovery mechanism after ketamine anesthesia
During ketamine anesthesia, the brain's nerve cells fall silent—as consciousness returns, they begin to reconnect. For the first time, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have shown that immune cells in the brain play a critical role in this…
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