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  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

George A. Mashour is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on understanding neural mechanisms related to consciousness, anesthesia, and brain function.

The scientist has a substantial publication record, with recent papers that include:

  • Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal Workspace Hypothesis, 2020, Neuron
  • Temporal circuit of macroscale dynamic brain activity supports human consciousness, 2020, Science Advances
  • Morphological cell profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection identifies drug repurposing candidates for COVID-19, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Morphological Cell Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Identifies Drug Repurposing Candidates for COVID-19, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Anterior insula regulates brain network transitions that gate conscious access, 2021, Cell Reports

Frequent coauthors associated with Mashour's work include:

  • Dinesh Pal
  • Giancarlo Vanini
  • Phillip E. Vlisides
  • Zirui Huang
  • Duan Li

Mashour often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Anesthesiology
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Anesthesia & Analgesia
  • NeuroImage

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Subfields of focus include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • Developmental Neuroscience

Research topics central to their work cover:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

George A. Mashour was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal Workspace Hypothesis.

    George A. Mashour;Pieter Roelfsema;Pieter Roelfsema;Jean Pierre Changeux;Jean Pierre Changeux;Jean Pierre Changeux;Stanislas Dehaene;Stanislas Dehaene

  • Prevention of Intraoperative Awareness in a High-Risk Surgical Population

    Michael S. Avidan;Eric Jacobsohn;David Glick;Beth A. Burnside

  • Intraoperative ketamine for prevention of postoperative delirium or pain after major surgery in older adults: an international, multicentre, double-blind, randomised clinical trial.

    Michael S Avidan;Hannah R Maybrier;Arbi Ben Abdallah;Eric Jacobsohn

  • Disruption of frontal-parietal communication by ketamine, propofol, and sevoflurane.

    UnCheol Lee;SeungWoo Ku;GyuJeong Noh;SeungHye Baek

  • Perioperative Stroke and Associated Mortality After Noncardiac, Nonneurologic Surgery

    George A. Mashour;Amy M. Shanks;Sachin Kheterpal

  • Prevention of intraoperative awareness with explicit recall in an unselected surgical population: a randomized comparative effectiveness trial.

    George A. Mashour;Amy Shanks;Kevin K. Tremper;Sachin Kheterpal

  • Perioperative peripheral nerve injuries: a retrospective study of 380,680 cases during a 10-year period at a single institution.

    Marnie B. Welch;Chad M. Brummett;Terrence D. Welch;Kevin K. Tremper

  • Psychosurgery: past, present, and future

    George A. Mashour;Erin E. Walker;Robert L. Martuza

  • Surge of neurophysiological coherence and connectivity in the dying brain.

    Jimo Borjigin;Un Cheol Lee;Tiecheng Liu;Dinesh Pal

  • The directionality and functional organization of frontoparietal connectivity during consciousness and anesthesia in humans

    UnCheol Lee;Seunghwan Kim;Gyu Jeong Noh;Byung Moon Choi

  • Preferential Inhibition of Frontal-to-Parietal Feedback Connectivity Is a Neurophysiologic Correlate of General Anesthesia in Surgical Patients

    Seung Woo Ku;UnCheol Lee;Gyu Jeong Noh;In Gu Jun

  • Postoperative delirium in a substudy of cardiothoracic surgical patients in the BAG-RECALL clinical trial

    Elizabeth L. Whitlock;Brian A. Torres;Nan Lin;Daniel L. Helsten

  • Temporal circuit of macroscale dynamic brain activity supports human consciousness

    Zirui Huang;Jun Zhang;Jinsong Wu;George A. Mashour

  • Consciousness unbound: toward a paradigm of general anesthesia.

    George A. Mashour

  • Minimum alveolar concentration: ongoing relevance and clinical utility

    A Aranake;George A Mashour;Michael S Avidan

  • Morphological cell profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection identifies drug repurposing candidates for COVID-19.

    Carmen Mirabelli;Jesse W Wotring;Charles J Zhang;Sean M McCarty

  • Differential Role of Prefrontal and Parietal Cortices in Controlling Level of Consciousness

    Dinesh Pal;Jon G. Dean;Tiecheng Liu;Duan Li

  • Integrating the science of consciousness and anesthesia.

    George A. Mashour

  • Propofol induction reduces the capacity for neural information integration: Implications for the mechanism of consciousness and general anesthesia

    UnCheol Lee;George A. Mashour;Seunghwan Kim;Gyu Jeong Noh

  • Neural Correlates of Unconsciousness in Large-Scale Brain Networks

    George A. Mashour;Anthony G. Hudetz

  • The angiogenic factor midkine is aberrantly expressed in NF1-deficient Schwann cells and is a mitogen for neurofibroma-derived cells.

    George A. Mashour;Nancy Ratner;Galam A. Khan;Huey Ling Wang

  • Functional and Topological Conditions for Explosive Synchronization Develop in Human Brain Networks with the Onset of Anesthetic-Induced Unconsciousness.

    Minkyung Kim;Minkyung Kim;George A. Mashour;Stefanie-Blain Moraes;Giancarlo Vanini

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. Hudetz
Anthony G. Hudetz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Max B. Kelz
Max B. Kelz University of Pennsylvania
Richard E. Harris
Richard E. Harris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stanislas Dehaene
Stanislas Dehaene Collège de France
Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys University of Liège
Ralph Lydic
Ralph Lydic University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Michael T. Alkire
Michael T. Alkire University of California, Irvine
Harry Scheinin
Harry Scheinin Turku University Hospital
Antti Revonsuo
Antti Revonsuo University of Turku
Sharon K. Inouye
Sharon K. Inouye Harvard Medical School

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