Cortical mechanisms of loss of consciousness: Insight from TMS/EEG studies

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 150, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 44-55

  Massimini, M ^a   Ferrarelli, F ^a,b   Sarasso, S ^a,b   Tononi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Bistability; Coma; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84872412375     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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