Consciousness: A neurological perspective

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b   Shah, Sachin ^a,c   Eddy, Clare M ^a   Williams, Adrian ^a   Rickards, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; awareness; coma; consciousness; epilepsy; neurology; sleep

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WALKING;

EID: 79953247677     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0322     Document Type: Review

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