… brain injury rehabilitation program, for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness. …
and outcome from prolonged disorders of consciousness after brain injury by examining the …

… allowed for improved survivability of acute brain injury and have secondarily imparted
insight into the neural correlates of consciousness. Clinically, the 2 components that separate …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a looming epidemic, growing most rapidly in the elderly
population. Some of the most devastating sequelae of TBI are related to depressed levels of …

… Clinical disorders of consciousness can be acute and reversible, as in a transient stage
in the spontaneous recovery after traumatic brain injury, or they can be irreversible and …

… specific to brain injury, we compared results from a generic HRQOL instrument with those
from a HRQOL instrument developed specifically for patients with brain injuries (Petersen & …

… severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may experience prolonged disorders of consciousness
(… natural history of DOC after an acquired brain injury has grown. The accumulating literature …

… In contrast, the effects of brain injury on arousal and attentional modulation are pervasive
and general, and, as we suggest below, are likely to have an underlying pathophysiology that …

… The last 10 years witnessed a considerable increase in our knowledge of brain function in
survivors to severe brain injuries with disorders of consciousness (DOC). At the same time, a …

… of sleep disorders in the context of brain injury are manifold … develop those disorders (presence
of a psychiatric disorder, … trigger disorders onset (psychological reactions to brain injury …

Background: Over the last two decades, there has been a considerable increase in
knowledge of brain function in patients with disorders of consciousness following a coma. …