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大腦中的“麵包屑”，幫助大腦恢復意識

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🎁 中英文稿：
Brain State Bread Crumbs Lead Way Back to Consciousness
大腦中的“麵包屑”，幫助大腦恢復意識

Consciousness is one of the biggest mysteries of the brain. But maybe even more intriguing is what goes on when we lose consciousness—and how do we find our way back?
意識是我們大腦最大的謎團之一，但更有趣的是，當我們失去意識後，該如何再重新恢復意識呢?

Now, researchers studying anesthetized rats have discovered a handful of activity patterns that may help mark the path to consciousness. The findings are in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Andrew E. Hudson et al, Recovery of consciousness is mediated by a network of discrete metastable activity states]
現在，研究人員研究被麻醉的老鼠後發現，少量的活動模式可以説明我們標記找回意識之路。該研究發現被發表在《美國國家科學院院刊》上。

The anesthetized brain is not actually quiet. It shows patterns of spontaneous activity that can change over time. But as the brain wakes, how do these random splashes of activity morph into the vigorous chatter of the conscious mind?
被麻醉的大腦並不是完全平靜的，它會隨著時間的改變而顯示一些自發活動模式。但是隨著大腦的醒來，這些隨機的自發活動如何演變成精力充沛的大腦意識呢?

To find out, researchers looked for common patterns in the brain activity of rats as they were put under anesthesia and brought back. And they discovered a number of patterns that took place consistently. You can find more 60-Second Mind on chinavoa.com.
為了找到答案，研究人員在這些老鼠從被麻醉到恢復意識的過程中，來尋找在共同大腦活動模式下的老鼠。然後他們發現有大量的模式在持續發生。

A few seemed to serve as stepping stones from deep anesthesia to waking, as if the brain were finding its way through a maze of possible activity states on the way back to consciousness.
並且有幾個模式好像是從深度麻醉到清醒的跳板，好像大腦是通過一個可能處於活動狀態的迷宮來找到恢復意識之路的。

Knowing how the brain reboots itself may help physicians better predict recovery from brain injury or even coma, and should lead to a better understanding of how to keep us under. —Karen Hopkin
瞭解大腦是如何自己進行重啟的，可能會幫助內科醫生更好預測病人何時從腦損傷甚至昏迷中恢復意識。—凱倫•霍普金