Delirium as a disorder of consciousness

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1167-1170

  Bhat, Ravi ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Health Care of the Elderly   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MENTAL DISEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME PERCEPTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EGO; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EGO; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 35748976245     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.115998     Document Type: Review

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