Disorders of consciousness and electrophysiological treatment strategies: A review of the literature and new perspectives

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 20, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 4248-4267

  Guerra, Andrea ^a   Costantini, Emanuele Maria ^b   Maatta, Sara ^c   Ponzo, David ^a,c   Ferreri, Florinda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arousal; Awareness; Coma; Consciousness; DBS; Deep brain stimulation; Disorders of consciousness; DOC; LIS; Locked in syndrome; MCS; Median nerve stimulation; Minimally conscious state; PVS; rTMS; SCS; Spinal cord stimulation; TENS; Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURVIVOR; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY;

CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84904725827     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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