Consciousness lost and found: Subjective experiences in an unresponsive state

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-334

  Noreika, Valdas ^a   Jylhänkangas, Leila ^a   Móró, Levente ^a   Valli, Katja ^a,b   Kaskinoro, Kimmo ^c   Aantaa, Riku ^c   Scheinin, Harry ^a   Revonsuo, Antti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; XENON; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SYRINGE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PROPOFOL; XENON;

EID: 84859247060     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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