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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Main Authors: Antonino Naro, Antonino Leo, Margherita Russo, Angelo Quartarone, Placido Bramanti, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X14003088