Specific and nonspecific thalamocortical functional connectivity in normal and vegetative states

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-268

  Zhou, Jingsheng ^a   Liu, Xiaolin ^b   Song, Weiqun ^a   Yang, Yanhui ^a   Zhao, Zhilian ^a   Ling, Feng ^a   Hudetz, Anthony G ^b   Li, Shi Jiang ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Information and integration; Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Specific and nonspecific thalamocortical functional connectivity; Vegetative state (VS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CONSCIOUSNESS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 79955467449     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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