Impaired percent alpha variability on continuous electroencephalography is associated with thalamic injury and predicts poor long-term outcome after human traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-590

  Hebb, Matthew O ^b   McArthur, David L ^a   Alger, Jeffry ^a   Etchepare, Maria ^a   Glenn, Thomas C ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a   Martin, Neil ^a   Vespa, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult brain injury; Electrophysiology; Outcome measures; Recovery; Secondary insult

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CALCULATION; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCENT ALPHA VARIABILITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249847462     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0146     Document Type: Article

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