Wakefulness and loss of awareness: Brain and brainstem interaction in the vegetative state

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-320

  Silva, S ^a,b,c   Alacoque, X ^c   Fourcade, O ^c   Samii, K ^c   Marque, P ^a,b   Woods, R ^d   Mazziotta, J ^d   Chollet, F ^a,b,c   Loubinoux, I ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULATION; VITAL SIGN; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 76749110002     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181cbcd96     Document Type: Article

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