There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT neuroscientists have now answered that question for one commonly used anesthesia drug.
Study shows how individual brain cells in the hippocampus respond to pronouns
A new study shows how individual brain cells in the hippocampus respond to pronouns. “This may help us unravel how we remember what we read.”