Towards an effective definition of death and disorders of consciousness

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 147-150

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Leisman, Gerry ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Consciousness; Death; Functional disconnection; Integrative function

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEATH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 75649098972     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2009.20.3-4.147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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