Towards a more precise neurophysiological assessment of cognitive functions in patients with disorders of consciousness

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 473-485

  Kotchoubey, B ^a   Veser, S ^a   Real, R ^b   Herbert, C ^b   Lang, S ^c   Kubler A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; consciousness; minimally conscious state; negative prediction; neurophysiological assessment; non responsive patients; unresponsive wakefulness syndrome; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880565583     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-120307     Document Type: Article

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