It's a topic that has long captivated doctors, scientists and the public — what exactly happens in your brain when you're oblivious on the operating table? Some anesthesia drugs work in a ...

Since their anesthetic effects were discovered approximately 180 years ago, inhalational anesthetics have been used for general anesthesia in surgical operations. However, the mechanism of their ...

Not many drugs are as widely used yet poorly understood as anesthetics. “We’ve used them for over a century, but nobody understands how they work,” says Alex Proekt, an anesthesiologist and ...