Measuring the fading consciousness in the human brain

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-400

  Boly, Mélanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

behavioral assessment; consciousness; functional neuroimaging; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE;

EID: 79960842625     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328347da94     Document Type: Article

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