Consciousness and responsiveness: Lessons from anaesthesia and the vegetative state

[en] PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to review recent behavioural and neuroimaging studies in anaesthesia and the vegetative state. RECENT FINDINGS: These studies highlight possible dissociations between consciousness and responsiveness in both these states. SUMMARY: We discuss future avenues of research in the field, in order to improve the detection of awareness during anaesthesia and the vegetative state using neuroimaging and neurophysiologic techniques.

Research center :

GIGA CRC (Cyclotron Research Center) In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory - ULiège

Disciplines :

Neurology

Author, co-author :

Boly, Mélanie

Sanders, RD

Mashour, GA

Laureys, Steven ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron

Language :

English

Title :

Consciousness and responsiveness: Lessons from anaesthesia and the vegetative state

Publication date :

August 2013

Journal title :

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

ISSN :

0952-7907

eISSN :

1473-6500

Publisher :

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania

Volume :

Vol 26

Pages :

444-449

Peer reviewed :

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since 29 August 2014

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