Disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury: therapeutic options

C Schnakers, MM Monti - Current opinion in neurology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
… of the biology of disorders of consciousness has led to a renaissance in the development of
therapeutic interventions for patients with disorders of consciousness. High-quality evidence …

Therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness

A Thibaut, N Schiff, J Giacino, S Laureys… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
… In this Review, we critically evaluate the available therapeutic options for patients with
prolonged disorders of consciousness (ie, more than 28 days) that have been studied in the past 6 …

Disorders of consciousness: responding to requests for novel diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

RJ Jox, JL Bernat, S Laureys, E Racine - The Lancet Neurology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Severe brain injury can leave patients with chronic disorders of consciousness. Because of
impaired responsiveness, many of these patients have traditionally been regarded as …

New therapeutic options for the treatment of patients with disorders of consciousness: the field of neuromodulation

A Thibaut, ND Schiff - Coma and Disorders of Consciousness, 2018 - Springer
… patients with disorders of consciousness, a population that lacks of effective treatment options,
… direct current stimulation (tDCS), as therapeutic options for patients with DOC. DBS has …

Pharmacological modulation of the state of awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness: an overview

E Mura, F Pistoia, M Sarà, S Sacco… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
… to understand the circuitry and neurochemistry of consciousness. Disorders of consciousness
(DOCs) include coma, vegetative state and minimally conscious state. The study of DOCs …

Current status of neuromodulatory therapies for disorders of consciousness

X Xia, Y Yang, Y Guo, Y Bai, Y Dang, R Xu, J He - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2018 - Springer
… Recently, some studies have explored the potential of tDCS to improve patients’ consciousness.
We reviewed 5 main studies regarding the therapeutic effect of tDCS for DOCs (Table 3)…

Pharmacologic therapies to promote recovery of consciousness

ME Barra, BL Edlow, GM Brophy - Seminars in Neurology, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
… to support rehabilitation efforts of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). The 2018
… of pharmacologic therapies to stimulate recovery of consciousness in patients with DoC. …

[PDF][PDF] Disorders of consciousness

C Pistarini, G Maggioni - Clinical Pathways in Stroke …, 2021 - library.oapen.org
Consciousness is defined as the state of awareness of the self and environment with
appropriate arousal or wakefulness (Giacino et al. 2018a, b). Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) …

[HTML][HTML] Spasticity management in disorders of consciousness

G Martens, S Laureys, A Thibaut - Brain Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
… beneficial effects on the level of consciousness in subacute traumatic patients is amantadine
[… of therapeutic options to manage spasticity for patients with altered state of consciousness

Pharmacological and electrical stimulation in chronic disorders of consciousness: new insights and future directions

L Oliveira, F Fregni - Brain Injury, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
… of the reduced level of consciousness was not limited): (1) articles that were related to
therapeutic interventions in VS or MCS patients; (2) the therapeutic option that was used had to be …