Decoding Thoughts in Disorders of Consciousness
Fig. 6.1 Top row: Five healthy participants asked to imagine playing tennis in the fMRI scanner (Adapted from [6]). In all five cases, significant activity was observed in the premotor…
Vegetative State Two Decades After the Multi-Society Task Force (MSTF) Report
Fig. 13.1 Flow chart of patients in coma and VS. The red arrows indicate that the process is bidirectional. The dashed arrow indicates that this is a rare occurrence. Permanent…
Brain Electrophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility
Fig. 9.1 Individual cortical potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TEPs) of the primary motor cortex and recorded from both hemispheres for the two groups of patients: VS patients (8)…
Advances in the Scientific Investigation of Consciousness
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Martin M. Monti and Walter G. Sannita (eds.)Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness10.1007/978-3-319-21425-2_2 2. Advances in the Scientific Investigation of Consciousness Daniel Bor1, 2 (1) Sackler Centre for Consciousness…
Moving Beyond End of Life: The Ethics of Disorders of Consciousness in an Age of Discovery and Uncertainty
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Martin M. Monti and Walter G. Sannita (eds.)Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness10.1007/978-3-319-21425-2_14 14. Moving Beyond End of Life: The Ethics of Disorders of Consciousness in an Age…
The Medical Practice Impact of Functional Neuroimaging Studies in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Martin M. Monti and Walter G. Sannita (eds.)Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness10.1007/978-3-319-21425-2_12 12. The Medical Practice Impact of Functional Neuroimaging Studies in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness…
Responsiveness and the Autonomic Control–CNS Two-Way Interaction in Disorders of Consciousness
Fig. 11.1 Schematic outline of the central autonomic network model 11.4 HRV Measures of Autonomic Function The heart rate variations around the mean value over the time sample epoch mirror…
Clinical Evaluation of Residual Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness
Condition Consciousness Sleep/wake Motor function Auditory function Visual function Communication Emotion Coma None Absent Reflex and postural responses only None None None None Vegetative state None Present Postures or withdraws…
Responsiveness in DoC: A Quest for Consciousness?
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Martin M. Monti and Walter G. Sannita (eds.)Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness10.1007/978-3-319-21425-2_1 1. Responsiveness in DoC: A Quest for Consciousness? Walter G. Sannita1, 2 (1) Department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology…
Blue Ameliorates Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Cerebral Edema: An MRI and Transmission Electron Microscope Study
Fig. 1 (a) Schematic drawings of experimental design. (b) Schematic drawing of samples dissection and collection at the ischemic penumbra for TEM assays. MB methylene blue; REP reperfusion; MCAO middle…
