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We also don't really get how anaesthesia works. Like, the local pain interactions? All good. The general loss of consciousness? Nope.
by MengerSponge 5y ago
We also don't really get how anaesthesia works. Like, the local pain interactions? All good. The general loss of consciousness? Nope.
- atdrummond 5y agoAlso asking for clarification here. We’ve made a lot of progress understanding the target nerve cell proteins of many general anesthetics. Certainly this is young research but I don’t feel like we’re completely in the dark - there’s been heaps of progress here just in my short, 30+ year life and even since I studied medicine last decade.
- MengerSponge 5y agoIt's almost a tautology, but one that is adjacent to deep truths. We don't understand how consciousness emerges, so we can't explain how some relatively simple molecules temporarily suspend it. We know a lot about local interactions, but the big picture isn't there yet. More, as you well know, is different.