EEG Studies of Induction and Recovery From Propofol Induced General Anesthesia

Completed 36 enrolled Massachusetts General Hospital National Institutes of Health (NIH) · collab

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelBasic science

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the commonly used anesthetic drug propofol works in the brain to produce loss of consciousness. While under general anesthesia your brain waves will be measured using electroencephalogram (EEG). On a separate day, the patient's brain will be imaged using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Timeline

Start: 2005-08
Primary completion: 2020-07
Completion: 2020-07

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Propofol	Small molecule	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.