- "Effect of nitrous oxide on neurologic and neuropsychological function after intracranial aneurysm surgery"
McGregor DG, Lanier WL, Pasternak JJ, et al., Anesthesiology 108 (4): 568-579 Apr 2008. In a population of patients at risk for ischemic brain injury, nitrous oxide use had no overall beneficial or detrimental impact on neurologic or neuropsychological outcomes.