Residual brain processing in the vegetative state

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Riganello, Francesco ^a   Sannita, Walter G ^b,c  

^a RAN Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Neuroimaging; Residual brain processing; Responsiveness; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMANTICS; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 70349128620     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.23.1.18     Document Type: Article

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