New research has found that anaesthesia and surgery are associated with increased blood levels of two markers of neuronal injury — neurofilament light (NFL) and tau. The findings highlight the neurotoxic effects of anaesthesia and surgery and indicate that tau and NFL could present useful biomarkers for postoperative neurocognitive disorders.
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Xie, Z., Shen, Y. New biomarkers of postoperative neurocognitive disorders. Nat Rev Neurol 14, 320–321 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0001-3
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