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Neuroimaging activation studies in the vegetative state: predictors of recovery?
2008
Clinical medicine (London)
The vegetative state (VS) is a devastating clinical condition characterised by wakefulness without awareness. Functional neuroimaging permits to objectively measure brain responsiveness to external stimuli in VS. The literature on functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography studies in these patients has been reviewed. Results from 15 studies were classified in: absent cortical activation or 'typical' activation of 'low level' primary sensory cortices and 'atypical'
doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.8-5-502
pmid:18975482
fatcat:fmoh6fmklzhkzlhc4anlj3yfu4