Brain anatomy, cerebral blood flow, and connectivity in the transition from PVS to MCS

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 177-180

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Rodríguez, Rafael ^b   Carballo, Maylen ^b   Korein, Julius ^c   Sanchez Catasus, Carlos ^b   Pérez, Jesus ^d   Leisman, Gerry ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hermanos Ameijeras Hospital   (Cuba)

^e LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Awareness; Consciousness; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Minimally conscious state; Persistent vegetative state; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; THALAMUS;

EID: 75649109205     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2009.20.3-4.177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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