Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Jun 18 2025 Since their anesthetic effects were discovered approximately 180 years ago, inhalational anesthetics have been used for general anesthesia in surgical operations. However, the mechanism of their anesthetic has not been fully revealed yet. Previous studies have shown that inhalational anesthetics exert their anesthetic effects by acting on multiple proteins, but the presence of unknown target molecules has also been suggested. In rare cases,