Cognitive processing in completely paralyzed patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 551-558

  Kotchoubey, B ^a   Lang, S ^a   Winter, S ^b   Birbaumer, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognitive processing; Event related potentials; Locked in state; Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS;

EID: 0142056067     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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