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Which statement is correct ?
(A) Anesthetics act at structures in the brainstem, hypothalamus, and basal forebrain that regulate sleepwake states, which may account for loss of awareness .
(B) Anesthetics disrupt connectivity and communication across cortical and thalamocortical networks, which
may account for loss of wakefulness.
(C) Suppression of explicit episodic recall is one of the most potent effects of most general anesthetics.
(D) Anesthesia and surgery, as well as treatment in the intensive care unit, alter sleep duration and
architecture, which leads to non-impaired outcome.
(E) All of above are correct