What the brain's intrinsic activity can tell us about consciousness? A tri-dimensional view

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 726-738

  Northoff, Georg ^a  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Content; Depression; Form; Intrinsic activity; Level; Neural correlates; Neural predisposition; Neural prerequisites; Schizophrenia; Spatiotemporal continuity

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE EXECUTIVE NETWORK; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURAL PREDISPOSITION OF CONSCIOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTINUITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84876324341     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.004     Document Type: Note

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