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SUBMITTER: Lant ND
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4660379 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lant Nicholas D ND Gonzalez-Lara Laura E LE Owen Adrian M AM Fernández-Espejo Davinia D
NeuroImage. Clinical 20151110
The specific neural bases of disorders of consciousness (DOC) are still not well understood. Some studies have suggested that functional and structural impairments in the default mode network may play a role in explaining these disorders. In contrast, others have proposed that dysfunctions in the anterior forebrain mesocircuit involving striatum, globus pallidus, and thalamus may be the main underlying mechanism. Here, we provide the first report of structural integrity of fiber tracts connectin ...[more]