Neuroimaging and the vegetative state: Resolving the behavioral assessment dilemma?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1157, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-89

  Monti, Martin M ^a   Coleman, Martin R ^b   Owen, Adrian M ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Coma Recovery Scale (CRS); Disorders of consciousness; FMRI; Minimally conscious state; Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitation Technique (SMART); Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVOR;

EID: 63849124130     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04121.x     Document Type: Article

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