Central thalamic contributions to arousal regulation and neurological disorders of consciousness

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1129, Issue , 2008, Pages 105-118

  Schiff, Nicholas D ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Deep brain stimulation; Intralaminar nuclei; Minimally conscious state

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMANTIDINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL POPULATION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEAFFERENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRESS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 47249161525     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1417.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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