Topic: electromyogram

Hypnosis is a natural psychophysiological state of consciousness characterized by selective attention and elevated responsiveness to suggestions aimed at modifying perception and behavior. Induction of hypnosis typically leads to phenomenological changes, including feeling of mental absorption, dissociation, and alterations of agentivity. In investigating associated brain mechanisms, researchers have focused primarily on perceptual-cognitive suggestions. Yet, ideo-motor responses to suggestions, like limb rigidity, provide a relevant opportunity to examine behavioral responses dissociated from

Postoperative delirium (POD), expressed from mild forms such as short cognitive impairments to chronic cognitive deficits or death, is relevant in up to 80% of patients after surgery under general anesthesia (GA). The systemic and mechanistic relationship between preoperative anxiety (POA) and POD is largely unknown. A preoperative anxious phenotype and the identification of sleep impairments due to it hold the strong potential to establish predictive parameters for POD. These discoveries may further elucidate the neuronal mechanisms underlying POA and POD. 37 C57BL/6N male mice (12-weeks-old)