How Different Anesthetics Affect Brain Activity
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Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study compares how three different anesthesia medications affect your brain's neural networks (the connections that help your brain function) during routine surgery. Researchers want to understand which anesthetic might be safest for protecting brain function.
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Who can take part
- You are scheduled for elective (planned, non-emergency) surgery that is not heart surgery
- You are between 18 and 65 years old
- Your BMI (body mass index) is between 18 and 31 kg/m²
- You are in good general health with no severe heart, liver, or kidney problems
- You can hear and communicate normally, with no history of psychiatric or speech disorders
- You have not been in another clinical trial in the past 3 months
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Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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