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The Trace Conditional Learning of the Noxious Stimulus in UWS Patients and Its Prognostic Value in a GSR and HRV Entropy Study
Cortese, Daniela; Riganello, Francesco; Arcuri, Francesco et al.
2020In Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14
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Keywords :
Galvanic Skin Response (GSR); HRV (heart rate variability)
Abstract :
[en] The assessment of the consciousness level of Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (UWS) patients often depends on a subjective interpretation of the observed spontaneous and volitional behavior. To date, the misdiagnosis level is around 30%. The aim of this study was to observe the behavior of UWS patients, during the administration of noxious stimulation by a Trace Conditioning protocol, assessed by the Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) entropy. We recruited 13 Healthy Control (HC) and 30 UWS patients at 31 ± 9 days from the acute event evaluated by Coma Recovery Scale–Revised (CRS-R) and Nociception Coma Scale (NCS). Two different stimuli [musical stimulus (MUS) and nociceptive stimulus (NOC)], preceded, respectively by two different tones, were administered following the sequences (A) MUS1 – NOC1 – MUS2 – MUS3 – NOC2 – MUS4 – NOC3 – NOC*, and (B) MUS1*, NOC1*, NOC2*, MUS2*, NOC3*, MUS3*, NOC4*, MUS4*. All the (*) indicate the only tones administration. CRS-R and NCS assessments were repeated for three consecutive weeks. MUS4, NOC3, and NOC* were compared for GSR wave peak magnitude, time to reach the peak, and time of wave's decay by Wilcoxon's test to assess the Conditioned Response (CR). The Sample Entropy (SampEn) was recorded in baseline and both sequences. Machine Learning approach was used to identify a rule to discriminate the CR. The GSR magnitude of CR was higher comparing music stimulus (p < 0.0001) and CR extinction (p < 0.002) in nine patients and in HC. Patients with CR showed a higher SampEn in sequence A compared to patients without CR. Within the third and fourth weeks from protocol administration, eight of the nine patients (88.9%) evolved into MCS. The Machine-learning showed a high performance to differentiate presence/absence of CR (≥95%). The possibility to observe the CR to the noxious stimulus, by means of the GSR and SampEn, can represent a potential method to reduce the misdiagnosis in UWS patients. © Copyright © 2020 Cortese, Riganello, Arcuri, Lucca, Tonin, Schnakers and Laureys.
Research Center/Unit :
CHU de Liège-Centre du Cerveau² - ULiège
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Cortese, Daniela;  Research in Advanced NeuroRehabilitation, Istituto Sant'Anna, Crotone, Italy
Riganello, Francesco;  Research in Advanced NeuroRehabilitation, Istituto Sant'Anna, Crotone, Italy, Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Arcuri, Francesco;  Research in Advanced NeuroRehabilitation, Istituto Sant'Anna, Crotone, Italy
Lucca, Lucia Francesca;  Research in Advanced NeuroRehabilitation, Istituto Sant'Anna, Crotone, Italy
Tonin, Paolo;  Research in Advanced NeuroRehabilitation, Istituto Sant'Anna, Crotone, Italy
Schnakers, Caroline;  Neurosurgery Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Research Institute, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers of Healthcare, Pomona, CA, United States
Laureys, Steven  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA Consciousness-Coma Science Group
Language :
English
Title :
The Trace Conditional Learning of the Noxious Stimulus in UWS Patients and Its Prognostic Value in a GSR and HRV Entropy Study
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
eISSN :
1662-5161
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A.
Volume :
14
Peer reviewed :
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