Coma

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1133-1142

  Laureys, S ^a   Boly, M ^a   Moonen, G ^a   Maquet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arousal; Associative cortices; Awareness; Brain death; Brain metabolism; Coma; Consciousness; Death; EEG; Event related potentials; Functional imaging; Functional MRI; Locked in syndrome; Neural plasticity; PET; Reticular activating system; Sleep; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury; Vegetative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882877588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01770-8     Document Type: Chapter

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