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Does oral care contribute to brain activation?: One case of functional near-infrared spectroscopy study in patients with a persistent disturbance of consciousness

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: We used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure cerebral blood flow during oral care in a patient with persistent disturbance of consciousness. We experienced that cerebral blood flow to frontal area increased during oral care, suggesting that oral care may hav...

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Autores principales: Fujii, Wataru, Kanamori, Daisuke, Nagata, Chisato, Sakaguchi, Kiyomi, Watanabe, Risa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.81