The problem of aphasia in the assessment of consciousness in brain-damaged patients

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue C, 2009, Pages 49-61

  Majerus, Steve ^a,b   Bruno, Marie Aurélie ^a,b   Schnakers, Caroline ^a   Giacino, Joseph T ^c   Laureys, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Fund for Scientific Research FNRS   (Belgium)

^c NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia; behavioral assessment; communication; consciousness; dysphasia; minimally conscious state; neuroimaging; responsiveness; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

APHASIA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

APHASIA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 73949121261     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17705-1     Document Type: Review

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