About the Authors
- Joon-Young Moon
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- UnCheol Lee
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* E-mail: uclee@med.umich.edu
Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Stefanie Blain-Moraes
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- George A. Mashour
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Consciousness Science and Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Competing Interests
UL and GAM hold a patent (pending) through the University of Michigan on directed functional connectivity as a method of assessing consciousness (Application No.: 13/804,706, Filed March 14, 2013, "System and Method to Assess Causal Signaling in the Brain during States of Consciousness").
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JYM UL GAM. Performed the experiments: SBM GAM. Analyzed the data: JYM UL. Wrote the paper: JYM UL GAM SBM.