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Desflurane shares the same receptor action and should be similar to propofol. To explore their dynamics, EEG under routine surgery level anesthetic depth is analyzed using multitaper spectral method from two groups: propofol (n = 28) and desflurane (n = 23). The time-varying spectrum comparison was undertaken to characterize their properties. Results show that both of the agents are dominated by slow and alpha waves. Especially, for increased alpha band feature, propofol unconsciousness shows maximum power at about 10 Hz (mean \u00b1 SD; frequency: 10.2 \u00b1 1.4 Hz; peak power, \u221214.0 \u00b1 1.6 dB), while it is approximate about 8 Hz (mean \u00b1 SD; frequency: 8.3 \u00b1 1.3 Hz; peak power, \u221213.8 \u00b1 1.6 dB) for desflurane with significantly lower frequency-resolved spectra for this band. In addition, the mean power of propofol is much higher from alpha to gamma band, including slow oscillation than that of desflurane. The patterns might give us an EEG biomarker for specific anesthetic. This study suggests that both of the anesthetics exhibit similar spectral dynamics, which could provide insight into some common neural circuit mechanism. However, differences between them also indicate their uniqueness where relevant.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym10010015","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,4]],"date-time":"2018-01-04T11:52:47Z","timestamp":1515066767000},"page":"15","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Electroencephalogram Similarity Analysis Using Temporal and Spectral Dynamics Analysis for Propofol and Desflurane Induced Unconsciousness"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Quan","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Fiber Optic Sensing Technology and Information Processing (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China"},{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Fiber Optic Sensing Technology and Information Processing (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China"},{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6849-8453","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shou-Zen","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8515-7933","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maysam","family":"Abbod","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK"}]},{"given":"Jiann-Shing","family":"Shieh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Innovation Center for Big Data and Digital Convergence, Yuan Ze University, 135, Yuan-Tung Road, Chung-Li 32003, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2638","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra0808281","article-title":"General anesthesia, sleep, and coma","volume":"363","author":"Brown","year":"2010","journal-title":"N. 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