Invasive and non-invasive brain stimulation methods are widely used in neuroscience to
establish causal relationships between distinct brain regions and the sensory, cognitive and …

In this Opinion article, we discuss how integrated information theory accounts for several
aspects of the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Integrated information …

One challenging aspect of the clinical assessment of brain-injured, unresponsive patients is
the lack of an objective measure of consciousness that is independent of the subject's ability …

The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentials is a cornerstone of the
instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). The past few …

A common endpoint of general anesthetics is behavioral unresponsiveness [1], which is
commonly associated with loss of consciousness. However, subjects can become …

Over the last years, a surge of empirical studies converged on complexity-related measures
as reliable markers of consciousness across many different conditions, such as sleep …

Time and space are the basic building blocks of nature. As a unique existent in nature, our
brain exists in time and takes up space. The brain's activity itself also constitutes and …

Consciousness is subjective experience. During both sleep and anesthesia, consciousness
is common, evidenced by dreaming. A defining feature of dreaming is that, while conscious …

The goal of this paper is to examine existing methods to study the “Human Brain
Connectome” with a specific focus on the neurophysiological ones. In recent years, a new …

Highlights•Slow waves of NREM sleep can occur locally and asynchronously across brain
regions.•Their regional distribution and amplitude is in part mediated by experience …