Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 67-76 , December 2006

Functional Neuroimaging Applications for Assessment and Rehabilitation Planning in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness

  • Joseph T. Giacino, PhD

      Affiliations

    • JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, and New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, 65 James St, Edison, NJ 08818
    • ,
  • Joy Hirsch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Functional MRI Research Center, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Nicholas Schiff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Steven Laureys, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cyclotron Research Center and Department of Neurology, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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 Supported in part by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133A031713-04), National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support, Charles A. Dana Fund, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant no. R21 NS43451), the University Hospital of Liège, Belgium, and the Mind Science Foundation.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated. Laureys is Research Associate at the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01262-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.272

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 67-76 , December 2006

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