Shaping Thalamo-cortical Plasticity: A Marker of Cortical Pain Integration in Patients With Post-anoxic Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome?
Background: The distinctive feature of unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) is the dissociation between arousal and awareness. Cortico-cortical and thalamo-cortical connectivity and plasticity play a key role in consciousness. UWS patients do not usually show any “cortical” behavioral sign in res...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-01-01
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Series: | Brain Stimulation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X14003088 |