Induced arousal following zolpidem treatment in a vegetative state after brain injury in 7 cases: Analysis using visual single photon emission computerized tomography and digitized cerebral state monitor

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-96

  Du, Bo ^a   Shan, Aijun ^a   Yang, Di ^a   Xiang, Wei ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Coma; Controlled clinical trials

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TABLET; THALAMUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 69749120758     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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