Electrical stimulation of a small brain area reversibly disrupts consciousness

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-35

  Koubeissi, Mohamad Z ^a   Bartolomei, Fabrice ^b,c,d   Beltagy, Abdelrahman ^e   Picard, Fabienne ^f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Claustrum; Consciousness; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Insula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTERIOR INSULA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CLAUSTRUM; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; INSULA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; TONGUE;

EID: 84902959796     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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