Are we really unconscious in “unconscious” states? Common assumptions revisited
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022 In the field of consciousness science, there is a tradition to categorize certain states such as slow-wave non-REM sleep and deep general anesthesia as “unconscious”. While this categorization seems reasonable at first glance, careful investigations have
Andre Sevenius Nilsen +5 more
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Positive LGI1 Antibodies in CSF and Relapse Relate to Worse Outcome in Anti-LGI1 Encephalitis
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 ObjectiveThis single-center study was conducted in a cohort of patients with anti-LGI1 encephalitis to investigate the factors related to their functional recovery.MethodsWe retrospectively collected the clinical information of patients admitted to ...
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Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2023 The healthy conscious brain is thought to operate near a critical state, reflecting optimal information processing and high susceptibility to external stimuli. Conversely, deviations from the critical state are hypothesized to give rise to altered states
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Behavioral Recovery and Early Decision Making in Patients with Prolonged Disturbance in Consciousness after Traumatic Brain Injury [PDF]
, 2020 The extent of behavioral recovery that occurs in patients with traumatic disorders of consciousness (DoC) following discharge from the acute care setting has been under-studied and increases the risk of overly pessimistic outcome prediction.
Bagiella, Emilia +6 more
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Looking for the Self in Pathological Unconsciousness [PDF]
, 2013 There is an intimate relationship between consciousness and the notion of self. By studying patients with disorders of consciousness, we are offered with a unique lesion approach to tackle the neural correlates of self in the absence of subjective ...
Athena eDemertzi +6 more
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Treatment Trials in Disorders of Consciousness: Challenges and Future Directions
Brain Sciences, 2022 The evidence base supporting treatment interventions for patients with disorders of consciousness is limited, and rigorous treatment trials are needed to guide future management of this complex patient population.
Michael H. Marino, John Whyte
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Disorders of Consciousness [PDF]
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2007 Preface: Nicholas D. Schiff and Steven Laureys. 1. Dualism persists in the science of mind: Athena Demertzi, Charlene Liew, Didier Ledoux, Marie-Aurelie Bruno, Steven Laureys, and Adam Zeman. 2. Synchrony in the Interconnected Circuitry of Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex: Edward G. Jones. 3.
Nicholas D. Schiff, Joseph J. Fins
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Editorial: Clinical imaging, neurophysiological, neuropathology and neuroethics studies on disorders of consciousness, coma mechanisms, and theories of consciousness: a unifying attempt [PDF]
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The Ableism of Quality of Life Judgments in Disorders of Consciousness: Who Bears Epistemic Responsibility? [PDF]
, 2016 In this peer commentary on L. Syd M. Johnson’s “Inference and Inductive Risk in Disorders of Consciousness,” I argue for the necessity of disability education as an integral component of decision-making processes concerning patients with DOC and, mutatis
Reynolds, Joel Michael
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2022 Background Assessing consciousness in other subjects, particularly in non-verbal and behaviourally disabled subjects (e.g., patients with disorders of consciousness), is notoriously challenging but increasingly urgent. The high rate of misdiagnosis among
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