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

Recovery of consciousness following severe brain injuries can occur over long time
intervals. Importantly, evolving cognitive recovery can be strongly dissociated from motor …

In recent years, numerous electrophysiological signatures of consciousness have been
proposed. Here, we perform a systematic analysis of these electroencephalography markers …

Despite advances in resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging investigations,
clinicians remain with the challenge of how to implement this paradigm on an individualized …

The 'default network'is defined as a set of areas, encompassing posterior-
cingulate/precuneus, anterior cingulate/mesiofrontal cortex and temporo-parietal junctions …

Widespread loss of cerebral connectivity is assumed to underlie the failure of brain
mechanisms that support communication and goal-directed behaviour following severe …

Consciousness has two main components: wakefulness and awareness. The vegetative
state is characterized by wakefulness without awareness. Recent functional neuroimaging …

Delirium, stupor and coma are common clinical states that confront clinicians in almost every
medical specialty. With appropriate diagnosis and treatment, coma can often be treated …

The past 15years have provided an unprecedented collection of discoveries that bear upon
our scientific understanding of recovery of consciousness in the human brain following …

Human brain networks have topological properties in common with many other complex
systems, prompting the following question: what aspects of brain network organization are …