Brain communication in the locked-in state

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1989-2000

  De Massari, Daniele ^a,b,c   Ruf, Carolin A ^a   Furdea, Adrian ^a   Matuz, Tamara ^a   Van Der Heiden, Linda ^a,d   Halder, Sebastian ^a,e   Silvoni, Stefano ^b   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; brain computer interface; locked in state; semantic conditioning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84878883293     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt102     Document Type: Article

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