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Dementia with Lewy Bodies

A New Avenue for Research into Neurobiological Mechanisms of Consciousness?

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Progress in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 49))

Abstract

The term consciousness is generally applied medically with reference to the level of consciousness apparent to the observer-awake or comatose/unrousable with varying degrees between, or with reference to general anaesthesia. Far less consideration has been given, in the past, to the subjective experience of conscious awareness. However, consciousness is rapidly emerging as a subject of intense scientific enquiry. Innumerable books have been published within the last decade and international meetings are becoming abundant.

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Perry, R.H., Walker, M., Perry, E.K. (1998). Dementia with Lewy Bodies. In: Fisher, A., Hanin, I., Yoshida, M. (eds) Progress in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 49. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5337-3_65

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