Electrophysiological assessments of cognition and sensory processing in TBI: Applications for diagnosis, prognosis and rehabilitation

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-15

  Folmer, Robert L ^a,b   Billings, Curtis J ^a,b   Diedesch Rouse, Anna C ^a   Gallun, Frederick J ^a,b   Lew, Henry L ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC)   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EP; ERP; Event related potentials; Evoked potentials; TBI; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMPLIFIER; AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG USE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL N100 COMPONENT; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL P300 COMPONENT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE P200 COMPONENT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LATENT PERIOD; MIDDLE LATENCY RESPONSE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 80455137137     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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