Magnesium sulphate has beneficial effects as an adjuvant during general anaesthesia for Caesarean section

Voltage-dependent block by Mg2+ of NMDA responses in spinal cord neurones

Mark L. Mayer, Gary L. Westbrook, Peter B. Guthrie · Nature · 1984 · 2.9K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

The induction and maintenance of central sensitization is dependent on N -methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor activation; implications for the treatment of post-injury pain hypersensitivity states

Clifford J. Woolf · Pain · 1991 · 2K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial

Kate Leslie, John J. McNeil, Andrew Forbes · The Lancet · 2004 · 1.3K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Anesthesiology, Anesthesia +11

Bispectral Analysis Measures Sedation and Memory Effects of Propofol, Midazolam, Isoflurane, and Alfentanil in Healthy Volunteers 

Peter S. A. Glass, M. Bloom, Lee A. Kearse et al. · Anesthesiology · 1997 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology +11

The Incidence of Awareness During Anesthesia: A Multicenter United States Study

Peter S. Sebel, Andrew Bowdle, Mohammed M. Ghoneim et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia · 2004 · 721 citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Surgery +10