Detection of Brain Activation in Unresponsive Patients with Acute Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Jan Claassen,
Kevin Doyle,
Adu Matory,
Caroline Couch,
Kelly M. Burger,
Ángela Velázquez,
Joshua U. Okonkwo,
Jean-Rémi King,
Soojin Park,
Sachin Agarwal,
David Roh,
Murad Megjhani,
Andrey Eliseyev,
E. Sander Connolly,
Benjamin Rohaut
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1812757
Subject(s) - electroencephalography , dissociation (chemistry) , neuroscience , brain activity and meditation , medicine , traumatic brain injury , acquired brain injury , psychology , audiology , psychiatry , chemistry , rehabilitation
Brain activation in response to spoken motor commands can be detected by electroencephalography (EEG) in clinically unresponsive patients. The prevalence and prognostic importance of a dissociation between commanded motor behavior and brain activation in the first few days after brain injury are not well understood.
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