The role of impaired neuronal communication in neurological disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-660

  He, Biyu J ^a   Shulman, Gordon L ^b   Snyder, Abraham Z ^a   Corbetta, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Recovery of function; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN INJURY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONVALESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 36048933955     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282f1c720     Document Type: Review

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