摘要
The objective of this study was to determine the integrity of the homoeostatic coupling relationship between neuronal electrical function and cerebral metabol ism in the vegetative and minimally conscious states. Ten patients who met recog nised diagnostic criteria (six in the vegetative state and four minimally consci ous) were investigated using simultaneous electroencephalography and positron em ission tomography. It was found that the coupling between neuronal electrical ac tivity and regional glucose metabolism was preserved in all the minimally consci ous patients but was absent in all the vegetative state patients. Our preliminar y results suggest patients in the vegetative state may endure an impaired coupli ng relation between neuronal electrical function and cerebral energy metabolism.
The objective of this study was to determine the integrity of the homoeostatic coupling relationship between neuronal electrical function and cerebral metabol ism in the vegetative and minimally conscious states. Ten patients who met recog nised diagnostic criteria (six in the vegetative state and four minimally consci ous) were investigated using simultaneous electroencephalography and positron em ission tomography. It was found that the coupling between neuronal electrical ac tivity and regional glucose metabolism was preserved in all the minimally consci ous patients but was absent in all the vegetative state patients. Our preliminar y results suggest patients in the vegetative state may endure an impaired coupli ng relation between neuronal electrical function and cerebral energy metabolism.
出处
《世界核心医学期刊文摘（神经病学分册）》
2005年第7期30-30,共1页
Digest of the World Core Medical Journals:Clinical Neurology
