“But anesthesia also shuts down some of the mechanisms in the brain,” Hauglund argues. So, her team designed a study to see how the brain-clearing mechanism works in mice that could move ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded approval for Johnson & Johnson's nasal spray, Spravato, to allow it to be used ...

Over the past couple of decades, interest in the administration of sub-anesthetic doses of ketamine, that mostly avoid side effects, for relief of acute and chronic pain has grown steadily. The ...

Johnson & Johnson has announced the FDA’s approval of a first-of-its-kind, esketamine nasal spray called Spravato for the ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

Stanford Effective Altruism, Stanford Student Pre-Veterinary Committee and Stanford Animal Service Project talk about the ...

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Johnson & Johnson has announced a major breakthrough in mental health treatment. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Spravato, a novel nasal spray, for the standalone treatment of ...

The announcement was welcome news for those with major depressive disorder, affecting an estimated 8.3% of the adult ...

Xenon gas, currently used in medicine as an anesthetic and neuroprotective agent for treating brain injuries, showed potential in protecting the brain in studies.

The mission of the Master of Science in Anesthesia Program is to graduate skilled and compassionate anesthetists. The admission policy reflects this goal. Applicants are considered on a variety of ...