Role Of Anesthetics In Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular Details Revealed

... Inhaled anesthetics commonly used in surgery are more likely to cause the aggregation of Alzheimer percents disease-related plaques in the brain than intravenous anesthetics say University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in a journal article published in the Jan. 23 issue of Biochemistry. This is the first report using state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic technique to explain the detailed molecular mechanism behind the aggregation of amyloid β (Aβ) peptide due to various anesthetics. ...