Visual fixation in the vegetative state: An observational case series PET study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bruno, Marie Aurélie ^a   Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey ^a   Schnakers, Caroline ^a   Boly, Mélanie ^a,b   Gosseries, Olivia ^a   Demertzi, Athena ^a   Majerus, Steve ^a   Moonen, Gustave ^a,b   Hustinx, Roland ^b   Laureys, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN STEM; CASE STUDY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIXATION; ANOXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; EYE FIXATION; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952613517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-35     Document Type: Article

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