What is the physiological difference between sleep, unconsciousness and anaesthesia?
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Oo! I recently read an [article](https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/anti-correlated-consciousness?utm_medium=Social&facebook=1&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR02lxf7JVgFfVHDWcf1_xSledfUkdz6biR0VMffD1YsHJLqY-yqJURYdKs#Echobox=1588705444) that elucidated a bit on this subject. Basically there are two neural systems (DMN and DAT) that when in complete balance results in unconsciousness and when out of balance leads to consciousness. The article has a great eli5 explanation:
“Imagine you and a friend want to go out to dinner but you want Chinese food and your friend wants pizza. If both of your preferences carry equal weight, nobody gets to eat. Let’s say that’s like unconsciousness. But when one of you gives in, yum: Consciousness.”
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