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Dynamic Cortical Connectivity during General Anesthesia in Surgical Patients

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Editor’s Perspective: What We Already Know about This Topic: What This Article Tells Us That Is New: Background: Functional connectivity across the cortex has been posited to be important for consciousness and anesthesia, but functional connectivity patterns during the course of surgery and general anesthesia are unknown. The authors tested the hypothesis that disrupted cortical connectivity patterns would correlate with surgical anesthesia. Methods: Surgical patients (n = 53) were recruited for study participation. Whole-scalp (16-channel) wireless electroencephalographic data were prospectively collected throughout the perioperative period. Functional connectivity was assessed using weighted phase lag index. During anesthetic maintenance, the temporal dynamics of connectivity states were characterized via Markov chain analysis, and state transition probabilities were quantified. Results: Compared to baseline (weighted phase lag index, 0.163, ± 0.091), alpha frontal–parietal connectivity was not significantly different across the remaining anesthetic and perioperative epochs, ranging from 0.100 (± 0.041) to 0.218 (± 0.136) (P > 0.05 for all time periods). In contrast, there were significant increases in alpha prefrontal–frontal connectivity (peak = 0.201 [0.154, 0.248]; P < 0.001), theta prefrontal–frontal connectivity (peak = 0.137 [0.091, 0.182]; P < 0.001), and theta frontal–parietal connectivity (peak = 0.128 [0.084, 0.173]; P < 0.001) during anesthetic maintenance. Additionally, shifts occurred between states of high prefrontal–frontal connectivity (alpha, beta) with suppressed frontal–parietal connectivity, and high frontal–parietal connectivity (alpha, theta) with reduced prefrontal–frontal connectivity. These shifts occurred in a nonrandom manner (P < 0.05 compared to random transitions), suggesting structured transitions of connectivity during general anesthesia. Conclusions: Functional connectivity patterns dynamically shift during surgery and general anesthesia but do so in a structured way. Thus, a single measure of functional connectivity will likely not be a reliable correlate of surgical anesthesia.

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Authors
Vlisides, P. E., Li, D., Zierau, M., Lapointe, A. P., Ip, K. I., McKinney, A. M., & Mashour, G. A.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Li, Duan
Venue
Anesthesiology
Published
2019-06
Volume
130
Issue
6
Pages
885-897
ISSN
0003-3022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2925881161
Cited by
66
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 10
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15.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Anesthesiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM098578, T32GM103730)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
general anesthesia, cortical functional connectivity, weighted phase lag index, Markov chain state transition, frontoparietal connectivity
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Anesthesia, General, Cerebral Cortex, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nerve Net, Prospective Studies, Anesthetics, Inhalation, Anesthetics, Intravenous

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