Environmental influences on activity patterns in altered states of consciousness

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1432-1434

  De Weer, A S ^a   Da Ros, M ^a   Berre J ^b   Melot C ^b   Goldman, S ^b   Peigneux, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actimetry; Arousal; Circadian; Coma; Light; Minimally conscious state; Sleep; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; LIGHT; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855176119     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03477.x     Document Type: Article

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