Quantifying cortical EEG responses to TMS in (Un)consciousness

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-49

  Sarasso, Simone ^a   Rosanova, Mario ^a,b   Casali, Adenauer G ^a,c   Casarotto, Silvia ^a   Fecchio, Matteo ^a   Boly, Melanie ^d,e   Gosseries, Olivia ^d,e   Tononi, Giulio ^e   Laureys, Steven ^d   Massimini, Marcello ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Europea di Ricerca Biomedica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

anesthesia; bistability; brain complexity; coma; sleep; TMS EEG

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BISTABILITY; BRAIN COMPLEXITY; COMA; SLEEP; TMS/EEG;

CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDAZOLAM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84894175079     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: 21695202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1550059413513723     Document Type: Article

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