Amplitude of alpha waves (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Amplitude of alpha waves

Caption

As patients receive increasing doses of propofol (panels a through d), the amplitude of alpha waves gradually flattens until patients enter the state known as burst suppression (d). As the dose is decreased (panels e-g), the amplitude returns to normal.

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MIT researchers

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