Frontier Research in Anesthesiology Confirms the Brain-Disabling Principle

FRONTIER RESEARCH IN ANESTHESIOLOGY CONFIRMS THE BRAIN-DISABLING PRINCIPLE 

Because they have no ax to grind about treating anxiety with BZs and other CNS depressants, anesthesiologists have been more honest in evaluating their effects. All currently used forms of anesthesia work by 

GABAa receptors exist throughout the brain and can be found on the great majority of neurons. This system dampens neuronal activities, regulating the overall level of CNS activity. When stimulated by drugs, GABA produces the continuum of CNS depression leading to coma. 

Because consciousness is a complex experience whose defining properties are still hotly debated by neuroscientists, it is not as easy to pinpoint a single anatomical source of unconsciousness during anesthesia. 

This kind of general disruption of brain function and consciousness takes place when an individual undergoes anesthesia—or takes a BZ to relieve anxiety. Unfortunately, Dr. Orser s (2007) level of sophistication about the brain-disabling effects of BZs is sorely missing among psychiatric drug experts who persist in believing that their chemicals treat specific psychiatric disorders similar to the way insulin treats diabetes. 

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