Assessment of cognitive functions in severely paralysed and severely brain-damaged patients: Neuropsychological and electrophysiological methods

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Neumann, Nicola ^a   Kotchoubey, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Locked in syndrome; Minimally conscious state; Neuropsychological assessment; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 7444226385     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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