title: Why is the distinction between neural predispositions, prerequisites, and correlates of the level of consciousness clinically relevant?: Functional brain imaging in coma and vegetative state.
authors: From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada (G.N.); Department of Psychology, Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China (G.N.); Center for Brain and Consciousness (G.N.) and College for Humanities and Medicine (G.N.), Department of Humanities, Taipeh Medical University, Taipeh, Taiwan; and Max-Plank Institute for Metabolism Research (formerly Neurological Research), Cologne, Germany (W.-D.H.). georg.northoff@theroyal.ca.
authors: Georg
authors: G
authors: Northoff
authors: From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada (G.N.); Department of Psychology, Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China (G.N.); Center for Brain and Consciousness (G.N.) and College for Humanities and Medicine (G.N.), Department of Humanities, Taipeh Medical University, Taipeh, Taiwan; and Max-Plank Institute for Metabolism Research (formerly Neurological Research), Cologne, Germany (W.-D.H.).
authors: Wolf-Dieter
authors: WD
authors: Heiss
mesh_terms: D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: coma; functional magnetic resonance imaging; neural predispositions; positron emission tomography