Administration of the commonly used stimulant drug methylphenidate (Ritalin) was able to speed recovery from general anesthesia in animals, according to researchers. Their study is the first ...

The ability of the stimulant methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, to speed recovery from general anesthesia applies to both the inhaled gas isoflurane and the intravenous drug propofol, ...

A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesfound that activating select dopamine neurons in the brain can promote wakefulness and accelerate recovery from general anesthesia. Here’s ...

Caffeine helps quickly boost wakefulness following general anesthesia, a new study finds. The stimulant -- used daily by more than 90 percent of adults in the U.S. -- appears to alter physiological ...

Equine anesthesia and recovery encompass the carefully orchestrated processes involved in inducing, maintaining, and subsequently emerging horses from general anesthesia. Given the unique physiology ...

December 29, 2010 — Despite what anesthesiologists may tell surgery patients, the brain under general anesthesia is not "asleep," it is placed in a reversible drug-induced coma, according to 3 ...

The ability of the stimulant methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, to speed recovery from general anesthesia applies to both the inhaled gas isoflurane and the intravenous drug propofol, ...