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kermit911 | 11:57 Fri 21st Jul 2006 | Science
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How does it work? What makes you fall asleep?
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Avatar Image mibn2cweus
Sorry this took so long. I dosed off . . .
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16:53 Sat 22nd Jul 2006
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Check this link out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_anaesthes ia

HTH
21:59 Sat 22nd Jul 2006
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the wikipedia article doesnt do much about how it works.

The best article is probably Lieb and Franks, How to general anaesthetics work ?
Nature 1984

They basically say that they are GABA-ergic, bit complicated

Which bits of the brain get turned off first - hmm not sure about that, but then the whole lot.

This is not sleep by the way - the difference being that in sleep you can be aroused, and anaesthesia by definition, you can't.
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