Dopamine neurons in the ventral periaqueductal gray modulate isoflurane anesthesia in rats

General anesthesia has been applied in surgery for more than 170 years, and there is little doubt that GABAA receptors have an important role as anesthetic molecular targets, but its neural mechanisms remain unclear. Increasing researchers have shown that dopaminergic pathways in the brain are crucial for sleep and wake. General anesthesia‐induced unconsciousness and natural sleep share some neural correlates. However, the role of GABAA receptors in ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) dopamine (DA) neurons in the isoflurane‐induced unconsciousness has yet to be identified.

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