Functional neuroimaging in the vegetative state
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When thoughts become actions: functional neuroimaging in the vegetative state
Adrian M Owen MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK Tel.: +44 1223 355 294 ext. 511; Fax: +44 1223 359 062; adrian.owen@mrc-cbu. cam.ac.uk ‘We suggest that functional neuroimaging should be more widely used in the assessment of patients with disorders of consciousness, and particularly, in those for whom existing clinical approaches have left some ambiguity about the dia...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroRehabilitation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1878-6448,1053-8135
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2004-19410