Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades in detecting, predicting and
promoting recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) …

The goal of this article is to provide a general review of the epidemiology, acute care, and
chronic management of adult patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This text was …

Background and purpose Patients with acquired brain injury and acute or prolonged
disorders of consciousness (DoC) are challenging. Evidence to support diagnostic decisions …

Objective To update the 1995 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice parameter on
persistent vegetative state and the 2002 case definition on minimally conscious state (MCS) …

There have been a number of advances in the search for the neural correlates of
consciousness—the minimum neural mechanisms sufficient for any one specific conscious …

The management of patients with severe brain injuries and prolonged disorders of
consciousness raises important issues particularly with respect to their therapeutic options …

Mounting evidence suggests that during conscious states, the electrodynamics of the cortex
are poised near a critical point or phase transition and that this near-critical behavior …

Determining the state of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness is a
challenging practical and theoretical problem. Recent findings suggest that multiple markers …

At rest, the brain is traversed by spontaneous functional connectivity patterns. Two
hypotheses have been proposed for their origins: they may reflect a continuous stream of …

Abstract See Schiff (doi: 10.1093/awx209) for a scientific commentary on this article. Patients
with acute severe traumatic brain injury may recover consciousness before self-expression …