Global functional connectivity reveals highly significant differences between the vegetative and the minimally conscious state

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 975-983

  Kotchoubey, Boris ^a   Merz, Susanne ^b   Lang, Simone ^c   Markl, Alexandra ^a,d   Müller, Friedemann ^d   Yu, Tao ^a   Schwarzbauer, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxic brain injury; Coma; Consciousness; Functional connectivity; Traumatic brain injury; Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHTED GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876504146     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6734-9     Document Type: Article

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