Functional imaging reveals movement preparatory activity in the vegetative state

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Bekinschtein, Tristan Andres ^a,b,c,d   Manes, Facundo Francisco ^a,b,e   Villarreal, Mirta ^b   Owen, Adrian Mark ^c,d   Della Maggiore, Valeria ^f  

^a Institute of Cognitive Neurology   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Functional imaging; Intention; Movement preparation; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 79961031267     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00005     Document Type: Article

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