Each neuroimaging technique conveys advantages and pitfalls to assess consciousness.
We recommend a multimodal approach in which complementary techniques provide …

Decades of evidence reveal intimate links between sensation and emotion. Yet, discussion
of sensory experiences as tools that promote emotion regulation is largely absent from …

Background Consciousness in patients with brain injury is traditionally assessed based on
semiological evaluation at the bedside. This classification is limited because of low …

Background Patients with disorders of consciousness who are behaviorally unresponsive
may demonstrate volitional brain responses to motor imagery or motor commands …

The clinical and fundamental exploration of patients suffering from disorders of
consciousness (DoC) is commonly used by researchers both to test some of their key …

Pupil dilation response (PDR) has been proposed as a physiological marker of conscious
access to a stimulus or its attributes, such as novelty. In a previous study on healthy …

Background The recent publication of practice guidelines for management of patients with
disorders of consciousness (DoC) in the United States and Europe was a major step forward …

Objective To investigate autonomic nervous system activity measured by brain–heart
interactions in comatose patients after cardiac arrest in relation to the severity and prognosis …

Introduction Functional brain-imaging techniques have revealed that clinical examination of
disorders of consciousness (DoC) can underestimate the conscious level of patients. FDG …

Background Decisions of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe brain
injury are often based on prognostic evaluations such as analysis of …