Detecting residual cognitive function in persistent vegetative state

Neurocase

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 394-403

  Owen, Adrian M ^a   Menon, David K ^b   Johnsrude, Ingrid S ^a   Bor, Daniel ^a   Scott, Sophie K ^c   Manly, Tom ^a   Williams, Emma J ^b   Mummery, C ^d   Pickard, John D ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036972072     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/8.5.394     Document Type: Article

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