Brain function; Cognitive function; Consciousness; Neuroimaging; Vegetative state
Abstract :
[en] The assessment of patients in the vegetative state is extremely complex and depends frequently on subjective interpretations of the observed spontaneous and volitional behavior. In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated an important role for functional neuroimaging in the identification of residual cognitive function, and even conscious awareness, in some patients fulfilling the clinical criteria for vegetative state. Such studies, when successful, may be particularly useful where there is concern about the accuracy of the diagnosis and the possibility that residual cognitive function has remained undetected. However, use of these techniques in severely brain-injured persons is methodologically complex and requires careful quantitative analysis and interpretation.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Owen, Adrian M.; The Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Schiff, Nicholas D.; Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States
Laureys, Steven ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Consciousness-Coma Science Group
Language :
English
Title :
The Assessment of Conscious Awareness in the Vegetative State
Publication date :
2016
Main work title :
The Neurology of Consciousness: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology
Editor :
LAUREYS, Steven ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Centre du Cerveau²
Gosseries, Olivia ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques
Tononi, Giulio
Publisher :
Elsevier Inc.
Edition :
2nd edition
ISBN/EAN :
978-0-12-800948-2
Pages :
155-166
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE] S02172,NS434 Charles A. Dana Foundation Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program JSMF - James S McDonnell Foundation [US-MO] National Sciences andEngineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) CIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CA]
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