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Effects of Cancer Treatment on Somatosensory and Nociceptive Processing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy remains a major complication in pediatric cancer, with disrupted somatosensory and nociceptive processing being a key aspect. This review synthesizes empirical studies on alterations in somatosensory and nociceptive processing in children and adolescents with cancer.
Julia Schweiger, Laura Walz, Michael C. Frühwald, Stefan Lautenbacher, Miriam Kunz   +4 more
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Needs and Quality of Life of Caregivers of Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness

Brain Sciences, 2023
Background. Many patients with severe brain damage may survive and remain in a prolonged disorder of consciousness (PDoC), impacting the quality of life (QoL) and needs of their family caregivers.
Olivia Gosseries, Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet, Vanessa Charland-Verville, Aurore Thibaut, Jitka Annen, Didier Ledoux, Steven Laureys, Charlotte Grégoire   +10 more
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Criterion‐Related Validity of the Neuropsychological Quick Assessment for Screening Cognitive, Motor, and Behavioral Impairments in Patients With Pediatric Brain Tumors: An Observational Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuropsychological complications may impair the qualitative prognosis of patients with pediatric brain tumors. However, multifaceted evaluations cannot be conducted in all patients because they are time consuming and burdensome for patients.
Ami Tabata, Keita Ueda, Tsukasa Ueno, Katsutsugu Umeda, Kentaro Ueno, Kanade Tanaka, Noyuri Nishida, Rie Yamawaki, Megumi Nukui, Yoshiki Arakawa   +9 more
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Disorders of Consciousness, Language and Communication Following Severe Brain Injury

Psychologica Belgica
Patients with severe brain injuries and disorders of consciousness (DoC) represent a complex clinical population in terms of diagnosis, prognosis, and management, including critical ethical considerations.
Charlène Aubinet, Anaïs Gillet, Amandine Regnier   +2 more
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Machine consciousness

Scholarpedia, 2005
The work from several laboratories on the modeling of consciousness is reviewed. This ranges, on one hand, from purely functional models where behavior is important and leads to an attribution of consciousness to, on the other hand, material work closely derived from the information about the anatomy of the brain. At the functional end of the spectrum,
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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig, Sophie Jessop, Jordan R. Hansford, Hien Le, Matthew O'Connor, Peter Gorayski, Andrew Cunningham, Amanda Hutchinson, Victoria Bedford, Eva Bezak, Nayana Parange, Kelly Skelton, Timothy Price, Michala Short   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scoping review on shamanistic trances practices

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Background Shamanism is a spiritual tradition in which trance practitioners deliberately modify their state of consciousness to seemingly interact with an invisible world to resolve their community members’ problems.
Nolwenn Marie, Yannick Lafon, Aminata Bicego, Charlotte Grégoire, Floriane Rousseaux, Antoine Bioy, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Olivia Gosseries   +7 more
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Exploring end-of-life decision-making in China for disorders of consciousness

Annals of Medicine
Objectives We aim to investigate the ethical attitudes of the Chinese population toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WLST) in disorders of consciousness (DoC) patients.Methods A self-administered questionnaire concerning WLST was distributed ...
Meiqi Li, Benedetta Cecconi, Olivia Gosseries, Lijuan Cheng, Yifan Yan, Yan Chen, Yan Li, Steven Laureys, Haibo Di   +8 more
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Decreased Evoked Slow-Activity After tDCS in Disorders of Consciousness

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2020
Due to life-saving medical advances, the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of consciousness (DOC) has become a more commonly occurring clinical issue.
Armand Mensen, Olivier Bodart, Olivier Bodart, Aurore Thibaut, Aurore Thibaut, Aurore Thibaut, Sarah Wannez, Jitka Annen, Steven Laureys, Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries, Olivia Gosseries   +11 more
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Fragmenting consciousness [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012
The mechanism of human consciousness persists as a fundamental question in science and philosophy. As English biologist T. H. Huxley noted, “how it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as the result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of the Djin when Aladdin rubbed his lamp ...
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