Mouse Study Highlights Neurotransmitter Differences When Awake and Under Anesthesia

Article title: Neurotransmitter networks in mouse prefrontal cortex are reconfigured by isoflurane anesthesia

Authors: Xiaoying Zhang, Aaron G. Baer, Joshua M. Price, Piet C. Jones, Benjamin J. Garcia, Jonathon Romero, Ashley M. Cliff, Weidong Mi, James B. Brown, Daniel A. Jacobson, Ralph Lydic, Helen A. Baghdoyan

From the authors: “The present results support the conclusion that isoflurane caused a dynamic reconfiguration of complex and interacting neurotransmitter networks.” 

This study is highlighted as one of July’s "best of the best" as part of the American Physiological Society's APSselect program.