3-D images reveal how brain loses consciousness

Friday, June 10, 2011 - 19:00 in Psychology & Sociology

New 3-D images reveal for the first time what happens inside the brain when a person loses consciousness, suggesting the mysterious sleeplike state occurs as electrical activity deep in the brain dims and connections between certain neurons suddenly break down.

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