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

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

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

The notion of a level of consciousness is a key construct in the science of consciousness.
Not only is the term employed to describe the global states of consciousness that are …

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 …

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 …

The concept of consciousness continues to defy definition and elude the grasp of
philosophical and scientific efforts to formulate a testable construct that maps to human …

Recent advances in functional neuroimaging have demonstrated novel potential for
informing diagnosis and prognosis in the unresponsive wakeful syndrome and minimally …

Active, passive and resting state paradigms using functional MRI (fMRI) or EEG may reveal
consciousness in the vegetative (VS) and the minimal conscious state (MCS). A meta …