Mania as a dysfunction of reentry: Application of Edelman's and Tononi's hypothesis for consciousness in relation to a psychiatric disorder

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 464-466

  Mellerup, Erling ^a   Kristensen, Flemming ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ION CONDUCTANCE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPTOM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

EID: 3342922596     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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