Impaired conscious recognition of negative facial expressions in patients with locked-in syndrome

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7838-7844

  Pistoia, Francesca ^a,b   Conson, Massimiliano ^c   Trojano, Luigi ^c   Grossi, Dario ^c   Ponari, Marta ^c   Colonnese, Claudio ^d   Pistoia, Maria L ^b   Carducci, Filippo ^e   Sarà, Marco ^a  

^a San Raffaele Cassino   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STIMULATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77953525383     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6300-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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