Psychobiology of consciousness: Concepts, hypotheses and clinical and experimental observations;Psicobiología de la consciencia: Conceptos, hipótesis y observaciones clínicas y experimentales

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Morgado, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Brainstem arousal systems; Consciousness; Cortical brain; Neural integrated information; Qualia; Resonance activity; Synchronization; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 70349274458     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4905.2009284     Document Type: Review

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