Dissociation of vegetative and minimally conscious patients based on brain operational architectonics: Factor of etiology

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-220

  Fingelkurts, Andrew A ^a   Fingelkurts, Alexander A ^a   Bagnato, Sergio ^b   Boccagni, Cristina ^b   Galardi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G Giglio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain operations; Consciousness unconsciousness; EEG a and b rhythms; Functional connectivity; Metastability; Minimally conscious state (MCS); Neuronal assemblies; Neurophysiological pattern; Structural synchrony; Synchronization; Vegetative state (VS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; OPERATIONAL ARCHITECTONICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

BRAIN OPERATIONS; CONSCIOUSNESS/UNCONSCIOUSNESS; EEG-Α AND Β-RHYTHMS; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; METASTABILITY; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE (MCS); NEURONAL ASSEMBLIES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL PATTERN; STRUCTURAL SYNCHRONY; SYNCHRONIZATION; VEGETATIVE STATE (VS);

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84883359905     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: 21695202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1550059412474929     Document Type: Article

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