Finger or Light: Stimulation Sensitivity of Visual Startle in the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised for Disorders of Consciousness

Feng Zhou^{1

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3}, Hui Li⁴, Kai Wang⁵, Yanbin He¹, Yan Chen¹, Xiaoxiao Ni¹, Yechun Guo¹, Wei Lv¹, Jiechun Zhang¹, Qiuyou Xie¹, Ronghao Yu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Coma Research Group, Center for Hyperbaric Oxygen and Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuroscience Institute, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, 510010, China.
² Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
³ Department of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, China.
⁴ Clinical Laboratory, The Second Chinese Traditional Medical Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510095, China.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
⁶ Coma Research Group, Center for Hyperbaric Oxygen and Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuroscience Institute, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, 510010, China. gesund@21cn.com.

Feng Zhou et al. Neurosci Bull. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;34(4):709-712.

doi: 10.1007/s12264-018-0261-3. Epub 2018 Jul 18.

Feng Zhou^{1

2

3}, Hui Li⁴, Kai Wang⁵, Yanbin He¹, Yan Chen¹, Xiaoxiao Ni¹, Yechun Guo¹, Wei Lv¹, Jiechun Zhang¹, Qiuyou Xie¹, Ronghao Yu⁶

¹ Coma Research Group, Center for Hyperbaric Oxygen and Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuroscience Institute, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, 510010, China.
² Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
³ Department of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, China.
⁴ Clinical Laboratory, The Second Chinese Traditional Medical Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510095, China.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
⁶ Coma Research Group, Center for Hyperbaric Oxygen and Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuroscience Institute, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, 510010, China. gesund@21cn.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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