Electrical modulation of neuronal networks in brain-injured patients with disorders of consciousness: A systematic review

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 88-97

  Lemaire, J J ^a,b   Sontheimer, A ^a,b   Nezzar, H ^a,b   Pontier, B ^a,b   Luaute J ^c   Roche, B ^a   Gillart, T ^a,d   Gabrillargues, J ^a,e   Rosenberg, S ^a,f   Sarret, C ^a,b   Feschet, F ^a   Vassal, F ^a,g   Fontaine, D ^a,h   Coste, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d Service de réanimation médico chirurgicale HÔpital Gabriel Montpied   (France)

^e Unité de neuroradiologie HÔpital Gabriel Montpied   (France)

^f Unité d'électroencéphalographie et d'exploration fonctionnelle en neurologie HÔpital Gabriel Montpied   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Consciousness; Deep brain stimulation; Neuromodulation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMANTADINE; AMPHETAMINE; APOMORPHINE; BACLOFEN; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE STIMULATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOMMAGE CÉRÉBRAL; NEUROMODULATION; STIMULATION CÉRÉBRALE; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CATS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895488772     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: 17696623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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