Changes in cerebral metabolism in patients with a minimally conscious state responding to zolpidem [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 Background: Zolpidem, a short-acting nonbenzodiazepine GABA agonist hypnotic, has been shown to induce paradoxical responses in some patients with disorders of consciousness, leading to recovery of arousal and cognitive abilities.
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Influence of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy on Oxidative Stress Intensity in Minimally Conscious State Patients. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2020 Neurological disorders, including minimally conscious state (MCS), may be associated with the presence of high concentrations of reactive oxygen species within the central nervous system.
Jezierska-Wozniak K +5 more
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Virtual Reality Based Cognitive Rehabilitation in Minimally Conscious State: A Case Report with EEG Findings and Systematic Literature Review. [PDF]
Brain Sci, 2020 Chronic disorders of consciousness cause a total or partial and fluctuating unawareness of the surrounding environment. Virtual reality (VR) can be useful as a diagnostic and/or a neurorehabilitation tool, and its effects can be monitored by means of ...
Maggio MG +8 more
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Should Consistent Command-Following Be Added to the Criteria for Emergence From the Minimally Conscious State? [PDF]
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2022 Golden K +4 more
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The minimally conscious state: Definition and diagnostic criteria [PDF]
Neurology, 2002 To establish consensus recommendations among health care specialties for defining and establishing diagnostic criteria for the minimally conscious state (MCS).There is a subgroup of patients with severe alteration in consciousness who do not meet diagnostic criteria for coma or the vegetative state (VS).
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Animal-assisted therapy for patients in a minimally conscious state: A randomized two treatment multi-period crossover trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 OBJECTIVE:To investigate if animal-assisted therapy (AAT) leads to higher consciousness in patients in a minimally conscious state during a therapy session, measured via behavioral reactions, heart rate and heart rate variability. METHODS:In a randomized
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Presynaptic dopamine deficit in minimally conscious state patients following traumatic brain injury. [PDF]
Brain, 2019 Dopaminergic stimulation has been proposed as a treatment strategy for post-traumatic brain injured patients in minimally conscious state based on a clinical trial using amantadine, a weak dopamine transporter blocker. However, a specific contribution of
Fridman EA +4 more
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Is frontoparietal electroencephalogram activity related to the level of functional disability in patients emerging from a minimally conscious state? A preliminary study. [PDF]
Front Hum Neurosci, 2022 Wu W +7 more
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A novel closed-loop EEG-tDCS approach to promote responsiveness of patients in minimally conscious state: A study protocol [PDF]
Behavioural Brain Research, 2021 Géraldine Martens +12 more
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Brain Injury, 2019 Objective. To evaluate the prognostic value of demographical, anamnestic, and clinical findings on long-term outcome (up to 36 months) in individuals with severe brain injury in vegetative state (VS) or in minimally conscious state (MCS).
Anna Estraneo +6 more
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