Neuroimaging activation studies in the vegetative state: Predictors of recovery?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 502-507

  Di, Haibo ^a,b   Boly, Melanie ^a   Weng, Xuchu ^c   Ledoux, Didier ^a   Laureys, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Coma; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Minimally conscious state; Positron emission tomography; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 55049126724     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-5-502     Document Type: Article

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