Multiple tasks and neuroimaging modalities increase the likelihood of detecting covert awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Gibson, Raechelle M ^a   Fernandez Espejo, Davinia ^a   Gonzalez Lara, Laura E ^a   Kwan, Benjamin Y ^a   Lee, Donald H ^a,b   Owen, Adrian M ^a   Cruse, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disorders of consciousness; Electroencephalography; Mental imagery; Motor imagery; Neuroimaging; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMA RECOVERY SCALE REVISED; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROIMAGING; OSCILLATION; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

EID: 84933673517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00950     Document Type: Article

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