Recovery of cortical effective connectivity and recovery of consciousness in vegetative patients

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1308-1320

  Rosanova, Mario ^a,b   Gosseries, Olivia ^b   Casarotto, Silvia ^a   Boly, Mélanie ^b   Casali, Adenauer G ^a   Bruno, Marie Aurélie ^b   Mariotti, Maurizio ^a   Boveroux, Pierre ^b   Tononi, Giulio ^c   Laureys, Steven ^b,d   Massimini, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cerebral cortex; coma; EEG; minimally conscious state; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORTICAL EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; PARIETAL GYRUS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL GYRUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84857366858     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr340     Document Type: Article

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