Hypothesis for the pathophysiology of delirium: Role of baseline brain network connectivity and changes in inhibitory tone

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-143

  Sanders, Robert D ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958057463     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.03.048     Document Type: Article

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