The dissociation between command following and communication in disorders of consciousness: an fMRI study in healthy subjects

Neuroimaging studies have identified a subgroup of patients with a Disorder of Consciousness (DOC) who, while being behaviourally non-responsive, are nevertheless able to follow commands by modulating their brain activity in motor imagery tasks. These techniques have even allowed for binary communic...

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Main Authors: Natalie Rae Osborne, Adrian M Owen, Davinia eFernández-Espejo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00493/full