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When Thoughts Become Actions: Imaging Disorders of Consciousness

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Air date:	Monday, February 27, 2012, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 646 (41 Live, 605 On-demand)
Category:	Neuroscience
Runtime:	01:02:16
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Description:	Neuroscience Seminar Series Dr. Owen's lab research combines functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, EEG), with neuropsychological studies in brain-injured patients and healthy volunteers. They seek to understand the effects of brain injury in order to improve diagnosis and early detection and to find possible new treatments. For example, they study patients who have sustained the sorts of severe brain injuries that result in vegetative state and other so-called ‘disorders of consciousness’. They also study neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s in order to try to understand more about the causes and consequences of the memory, perception and reasoning problems that many of these patients experience. Finally, they develop web-based tools for the assessment of cognitive function in health and disease (cambridgebrainsciences.com) and investigate different ways to rehabilitate or 'train' the human brain. For more information go to http://neuroseries.info.nih.gov

NLM Title:	When thoughts become actions : imaging disorders of consciousness / Adrian Owen.
Author:	Owen, Adrian M. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): Neuroscience Seminar Series Dr. Owen's lab research combines functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, EEG), with neuropsychological studies in brain-injured patients and healthy volunteers. They seek to understand the effects of brain injury in order to improve diagnosis and early detection and to find possible new treatments. For example, they study patients who have sustained the sorts of severe brain injuries that result in vegetative state and other so-called "disorders of consciousness". They also study neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson"s and Alzheimer"s in order to try to understand more about the causes and consequences of the memory, perception and reasoning problems that many of these patients experience. Finally, they develop web-based tools for the assessment of cognitive function in health and disease (cambridgebrainsciences.com) and investigate different ways to rehabilitate or 'train' the human brain.
Subjects:	Brain Injuries--diagnosis Consciousness Disorders--diagnosis Consciousness Disorders--therapy Imagination
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WL 341
NLM ID:	101581464
CIT Live ID:	10978
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=10978

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