Coherence and Consciousness: Study of Fronto-Parietal Gamma Synchrony in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness

Brain Topography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 570-579

  Cavinato, Marianna ^a   Genna, Clara ^a,b   Manganotti, Paolo ^a,c   Formaggio, Emanuela ^a   Storti, Silvia Francesca ^c   Campostrini, Stefania ^a   Arcaro, Chiara ^a   Casanova, Emanuela ^d   Petrone, Valeria ^d   Piperno, Roberto ^d   Piccione, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG coherence; Fronto parietal network; Sensory stimulation; Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE OF COHERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING; NERVE TRACT; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84931570947     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-014-0383-5     Document Type: Article

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