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Abstract #2091

Propofol-Induced Reduction of Functional Connectivity in Large-Scale Brain Networks Defined at Fine Spatial Scales

Xiaolin Liu 1 , Kathryn K. Lauer 2 , B. Douglas Ward 1 , Jeffrey R. Binder 3 , Shi-Jiang Li 1 , and Anthony G. Hudetz 2

1 Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 2 Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 3 Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

We proposed a neuroimaging-based anatomical-functional parcellation algorithm for defining brain networks at arbitrary spatial scales and extended this approach to determine global changes in brain functional connectivity during propofol sedation at two sedation levels as compared to wakeful baseline and recovery. Propofol sedation and its deepening are associated with a global reduction of brain functional connectivity. Reduced node connectivity in deep sedation showed different degrees of involvement of cortical and subcortical systems. The study represents a way of comprehensively characterizing complex functional and behavioral changes in sensory, attentional, cognitive and motor systems of the brain during anesthetic sedation.

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