The molecular basis of narcosis.

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<p>Dr John Nunn, Head of the Division of Anaesthesia at the Clinical Research Centre at Northwick Park Hospital, and Dr Michael Halsey, also from Northwick Park Hospital, discuss the molecular basis of anaesthesia. The lecture focuses on inhaled anaesthetics and includes a full account of the kind of anaesthetic drugs available at the time the lecture was filmed as well as the molecular actions of some of these drugs.  The lecture is quite technical in parts but both Nunn and Halsey use a variety of tools to explain the subject, from graphs and diagrams to solid 3-dimensional models and a short film clip from an Oxford laboratory. They both frequently admit that a full understanding of how anaesthesia produces narcolepsy has not been found, particularly as each anaesthetic agent produces such different effects on the patient as well as different side effects. 7 segments.</p>

The molecular basis of narcosis.

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