"Schrödinger’s Rat”: Testing Consciousness Under Anesthesia Alters Brain State and Neuronal Responses in Auditory Cortex

Aaron J Krom, Lottem Bergman, Yaniv Sela, Hanna Cattan-Hayat, Noa Regev, Yuval Nir

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DOI: 10.2147/nss.s522955
Published: 2026-07
Container: Nature and Science of Sleep
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@article{allodium:10.2147/nss.s522955,
  title = {"Schrödinger’s Rat”: Testing Consciousness Under Anesthesia Alters Brain State and Neuronal Responses in Auditory Cortex},
  author = {Aaron J Krom and Lottem Bergman and Yaniv Sela and Hanna Cattan-Hayat and Noa Regev and Yuval Nir},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature and Science of Sleep},
  doi = {10.2147/nss.s522955},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2147/nss.s522955}
}

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Krom, A. J., Bergman, L., Sela, Y., Cattan-Hayat, H., Regev, N., & Nir, Y. (2026). "Schrödinger’s Rat”: Testing Consciousness Under Anesthesia Alters Brain State and Neuronal Responses in Auditory Cortex. Nature and Science of Sleep. https://doi.org/10.2147/nss.s522955

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