Structural and functional MRI will continue to advance our understanding of brain regions
supporting human consciousness. Measures of regional and global white matter integrity …

Chronic disorders of consciousness cause a total or partial and fluctuating unawareness of
the surrounding environment. Virtual reality (VR) can be useful as a diagnostic and/or a …

Long-range cortico-cortical functional connectivity has long been theorized to be necessary
for conscious states. In the present work, we estimate long-range cortical connectivity in a …

Introduction: Persons with disorders of consciousness (DoC) may perceive pain without
being able to communicate their discomfort. Nociception Coma Scale (NCS) and its revised …

The evaluation of the level of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness
(DOC) is primarily based on behavioural assessments. Patients with unresponsive …

Sleep features and sleep--wake cycles are important prognostic markers in subacute DOC
and can provide insight into covert recovery in chronic DOC. Although large-scale studies …

Patients diagnosed with disorders of consciousness show minimal or inconsistent
behavioural evidence of conscious awareness. However, using functional neuroimaging …

Objectives Many post-traumatic patients with minimally conscious state are complicated by
psychomotor inhibition state (PIS), which impedes further rehabilitation. The treatment of PIS …

BACKGROUND Recent innovations in intensive care have improved the prognosis of
patients with severe brain injuries and brought more patients with disorders of …

Brain injury contributes more to death and disability globally than any other traumatic
incident. 1 While the past decade has seen significant medical advances, laws and policies …