Finding a way in: A review and practical evaluation of fMRI and EEG for detection and assessment in disorders of consciousness

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1403-1419

  Harrison, Amabilis H ^a   Connolly, John F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Consciousness; Disorders of consciousness; Electroencephalography (EEG); Event related potentials (ERP); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Minimally conscious state; Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MENTAL HEALTH; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG); EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS (ERP); FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI); MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; UNRESPONSIVE WAKEFULNESS SYNDROME; VEGETATIVE STATE;

AWARENESS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84879700168     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.05.004     Document Type: Review

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