Breakdown of effective information flow in disorders of consciousness: Insights from TMS-EEG
Brain StimulationBackground: The complexity of the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying human consciousness is widely acknowledged, with information processing and flow originating in cortex conceived as a core mechanism of consciousness emergence.
Yang Bai +7 more
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Exploring Processes and Dynamics of Mystical Contemplative Meditation: Some Christian-Buddhist Parallels in Relation to Transpersonal Theory [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores Christian contemplative meditation, focusing on the prayer of Recollection as it is developed especially by Evelyn Underhill and St. Teresa of Avila. It outlines the practice and explores possible theoretical and therapeutic dynamics,
Stoeber, Michael
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Mitochondria‐associated membranes (MAMs) are contact sites between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria that regulate calcium signaling, lipid metabolism, autophagy, and stress responses. This review outlines their molecular organization, roles in cellular homeostasis, and how dysfunction drives neurodegeneration, metabolic disease, cancer, and ...
Viet Bui +3 more
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Towards a New Assessment Tool for Caregivers of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: The Social and Family Evaluation Scale (SAFE) [PDF]
, 2022 Davide Sattin +3 more
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Phenomenology and Dimensional Approaches to Psychiatric Research and Classification [PDF]
, 2019 Contemporary psychiatry finds itself in the midst of a crisis of classification. The developments begun in the 1980s—with the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders —successfully increased inter-rater reliability ...
Fernandez, Anthony Vincent
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Neurological manifestations and neuro-invasive mechanisms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 [PDF]
, 2020 Background and purpose Infections with coronaviruses are not always confined to the respiratory tract and various neurological manifestations have been reported.
Boon, Paul +6 more
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Overview of molecular signatures of senescence and associated resources: pros and cons
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Cells can enter a stress response state termed cellular senescence that is involved in various diseases and aging. Detecting these cells is challenging due to the lack of universal biomarkers. This review presents the current state of senescence identification, from biomarkers to molecular signatures, compares tools and approaches, and highlights ...
Orestis A. Ntintas +6 more
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Ever Present: Attention and Alertness in the Unawake [PDF]
, 2013 Unlike patients diagnosed with traditional sleep disorders, this subject displays persistent equivalence of consciousness even while asleep. This poses a set of epistemic challenges to ideas of what constitutes sleep, self, and awareness.Peer ...
McDaniel, Raymond
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This research protocol outlines a workflow for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)‐based metabolomics in the agri‐food sector. Using two case studies—strawberry leaves (solid matrix) and wine (liquid matrix)—it details the procedures for sample preparation, data acquisition, and processing.
Andrea Fernández‐Veloso +4 more
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Assessing the state of consciousness for individual patients using complex, statistical stimuli
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 Patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) are often unable to communicate their state of consciousness. Determining the latter is essential for the patient's care and prospects of recovery.
U. Górska +3 more
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