Brain Region Linkage Offers Method To Measure Consciousness For Surgery

What Anesthesia Can Teach Us About Consciousness by Maggie Koerth-Baker.  The New York Times.  December 10, 2013.

(1)  Successful anesthetization requires _______________, and ___________ isn't something we can measure.

(2)  What are two barriers to avoiding anesthesia awareness?

(3)  Lacking a direct measure for consciousness, anesthesiologist monitor for ___________.

(4)  Studies are increasingly finding that sensory networks in the brain remain locally functional
for _____________ but ____________ communication has broken down.

(5)  This finding suggest that anesthetics work best when different parts of the brain _____________.

(6)  While you need a brain to have ___________, you might not need a brain to _______________  
perhaps because pain response is a ___________ reflex.

(7)  Mashour's research suggest that anesthesia monitors might be more effective if they monitor how electrical signals _____________.

Patient Awareness During Surgery Sheds Light on What It Means to Be Conscious

Awakening by Joshua Lang.  The Atlantic.  January/February 2013.

Experts estimate that for every thousand patients who undergo general anesthesia each year in America, one or two will experience awareness.  This article explores the meaning of consciousness in light of what we have learned from anesthesia and "intraoperative recall" or "anesthesia awareness."