Functional pathophysiology of consciousness;Funktionelle pathophysiologie des bewusstseins

Neuropsychiatrie

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-133

  Jellinger, Kurt A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ascending reticular system; Coma; Conscience; Disorders of consciousness; Functional anatomy; Levels of consciousness

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; STUPOR; WAKEFULNESS;

AROUSAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 67650739260     PISSN: 09486259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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