Are Epigenetic Changes the Key to the Elusive Mechanism for the Long-lasting Effects of Anesthetic Drugs that Persist after Emergence?

Anesthesiology. 2016 Mar;124(3):530-1. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000982.

Authors

Vincent Degos¹, Pamela Flood

Affiliation

¹ From INSERM, UMR 1141, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France (V.D.); the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Hopital Pitié Salpetrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France (V.D.); and the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California (P.F.).

PMID: 26649425
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000982

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anesthesia Recovery Period*
Anesthetics / administration & dosage*
Anesthetics / adverse effects
Animals
Epigenesis, Genetic / drug effects*
Epigenesis, Genetic / physiology
Humans
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anesthetics