Levodopa treatment for patients in persistent vegetative or minimally conscious states

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 414-427

  Matsuda, Wakoto ^a   Komatsu, Yoji ^b   Yanaka, Kiyoyuki ^c   Matsumura, Akira ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 3 23 4 Ninomiya Tsukuba 305   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BENSERAZIDE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBIDOPA; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORADRENALIN;

BRAIN INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24344467905     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010443000588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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