Normal Brain Response to Propofol in Advance of Recovery from Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016 Up to 40% of individuals with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) actually might be conscious. Recent attempts to detect covert consciousness in behaviorally unresponsive patients via neurophysiological patterns are limited by the need to compare ...
Stefanie eBlain-Moraes +7 more
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Modulated Neuroprotection in Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2021 Background: We aimed to assess the effects of modulated neuroprotection with intermittent administration in patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Cristina Daia +8 more
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Conscious While Being Considered in an Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome for 20 Years [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Despite recent advances in our understanding of consciousness disorders, accurate diagnosis of severely brain-damaged patients is still a major clinical challenge.
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse +14 more
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tDCS-EEG for Predicting Outcome in Patients With Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 ObjectivesWe aimed to assess the role of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with electroencephalogram (EEG) for predicting prognosis in UWS cases.MethodsThis was a historical control study that enrolled 85 patients with UWS.
Baohu Liu +7 more
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Self-processing in coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and minimally conscious state [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionBehavioral and cerebral dissociation has been now clearly established in some patients with acquired disorders of consciousness (DoC). Altogether, these studies mainly focused on the preservation of high-level cognitive markers in prolonged ...
Fabrice Ferré +19 more
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Auditory Stimulation Modulates Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome Patients [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Passive listening to music is associated with several psychological and physical benefits in both, healthy and diseased populations. In this fMRI study, we examined whether preferred music has effects on the functional connectivity within resting-state ...
Melanie Boltzmann +8 more
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Public perception of the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a crowdsourced study [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background The vegetative state (VS)/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) denotes brain-injured, awake patients who are seemingly without awareness.
Daniel Kondziella +2 more
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Diagnostic Developments in Differentiating Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome and the Minimally Conscious State [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 When treating patients with a disorder of consciousness (DOC), it is essential to obtain an accurate diagnosis as soon as possible to generate individualized treatment programs.
Camillo Porcaro +13 more
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Life satisfaction in families with a child in an Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2021 Background The article examines life conditions in families living together with a child in an Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (UWS). Such families experience severe stress at financial, logistical, and existential level.
Christiane Chadasch, Boris Kotchoubey
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Psychophysiological Effects of Biographical Interventions in People With Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome and Minimally Conscious State [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 BackgroundVarious music interventions can evoke favorable behavioral responses or physiological reactions in people with disorders of consciousness (DOC), such as coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS), and minimally conscious state (MCS). However,
Teresa Grimm +7 more
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