Cycles in epilepsy

PJ Karoly, VR Rao, NM Gregg, GA Worrell… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Epilepsy is among the most dynamic disorders in neurology. A canonical view holds that
seizures, the characteristic sign of epilepsy, occur at random, but, for centuries, humans …

Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate

G Tononi, M Boly, M Massimini, C Koch - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
In this Opinion article, we discuss how integrated information theory accounts for several
aspects of the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Integrated information …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms

L Albantakis, L Barbosa, G Findlay… - PLoS computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This paper presents Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 4.0. IIT aims to account for the
properties of experience in physical (operational) terms. It identifies the essential properties …

Are the neural correlates of consciousness in the front or in the back of the cerebral cortex? Clinical and neuroimaging evidence

M Boly, M Massimini, N Tsuchiya… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
The role of the frontal cortex in consciousness remains a matter of debate. In this
Perspective, we will critically review the clinical and neuroimaging evidence for the …

The neural correlates of dreaming

F Siclari, B Baird, L Perogamvros, G Bernardi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Consciousness never fades during waking. However, when awakened from sleep, we
sometimes recall dreams and sometimes recall no experiences. Traditionally, dreaming has …

Clinical utility and prospective of TMS–EEG

S Tremblay, NC Rogasch, I Premoli… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (TMS–EEG) has
emerged as a powerful tool to non-invasively probe brain circuits in humans, allowing for the …

Stratification of unresponsive patients by an independently validated index of brain complexity

S Casarotto, A Comanducci, M Rosanova… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Validating objective, brain‐based indices of consciousness in behaviorally
unresponsive patients represents a challenge due to the impossibility of obtaining …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group

A Comanducci, M Boly, J Claassen, M De Lucia… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The spectral exponent of the resting EEG indexes the presence of consciousness during unresponsiveness induced by propofol, xenon, and ketamine

MA Colombo, M Napolitani, M Boly, O Gosseries… - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the absence of responsiveness during anesthesia, conscious experience may
persist. However, reliable, easily acquirable and interpretable neurophysiological markers of …

[HTML][HTML] Consciousness and complexity during unresponsiveness induced by propofol, xenon, and ketamine

S Sarasso, M Boly, M Napolitani, O Gosseries… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
A common endpoint of general anesthetics is behavioral unresponsiveness [1], which is
commonly associated with loss of consciousness. However, subjects can become …