What is the role of brain mechanisms underlying arousal in recovery of motor function after structural brain injuries?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 564-569

  Goldfine, Andrew M ^a,b   Schiff, Nicholas D ^b  

^a BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

arousal regulation; goal directed behavior; poststroke apathy; poststroke fatigue; sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

ACCELEROMETER; AKINETIC MUTISM; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACHINE LEARNING; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; STROKE; THALAMUS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 81855183254     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834cd4f5     Document Type: Review

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