{"id":240092,"date":"2026-07-01T07:39:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/pink-noise-can-help-make-anesthesia-work-better-during-surgery"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:39:31","slug":"pink-noise-can-help-make-anesthesia-work-better-during-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/pink-noise-can-help-make-anesthesia-work-better-during-surgery","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pink noise\u2019 can help make anesthesia work better during surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/pink-noise-can-help-make-anesthesia-work-better-during-surgery.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the brain, specific electrical waves are associated with different states of consciousness. For instance, delta waves\u2014also known as slow waves\u2014are especially prevalent during deep sleep, as well as during states of unconsciousness induced by coma and general anesthesia. They are considered a \u201csignature\u201d of these altered states of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Over a decade ago, research showed that it is possible to amplify these delta waves through highly precise auditory stimulation, a technique initially studied in the context of sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Now researchers at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al are bringing this technique into the operating room to help optimize general anesthesia, which also induces a state characterized by abundant delta waves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the brain, specific electrical waves are associated with different states of consciousness. For instance, delta waves\u2014also known as slow waves\u2014are especially prevalent during deep sleep, as well as during states of unconsciousness induced by coma and general anesthesia. They are considered a \u201csignature\u201d of these altered states of consciousness. Over a decade ago, research [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}