New therapeutic approaches are providing hope that patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness can show improvement and can benefit from various interventions even years after the injury, a ...

For many patients, it takes time to regain full consciousness after a brain injury, and some develop a disorder of consciousness (DOC). UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Assistant ...

coma The new guidelines place a substantial emphasis on the importance of introducing high-quality rehabilitation early in these patients. In a new report published in Neurology by the American ...

Amsterdam, March 7, 2024 – Emerging trends and new developments in the care and management of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) are increasingly focused on a multidisciplinary approach ...

November 10, 2010 — A new study provides more evidence that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can provide additional insight into the cognitive status of patients with disorders of ...

Emerging trends and new developments in the care and management of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) are increasingly focused on a multidisciplinary approach that integrates ...

After a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or cardiac arrest, some patients sustain severe brain damage and lose consciousness for periods ranging from a few days to several weeks or months. They then ...

Patients with brain injury who are unresponsive to commands may perform cognitive tasks that are detected on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG). This ...

For decades, scientists have asked whether language simply reports conscious thought or helps shape it. New insights from ...

The brains of mammals continuously combine signals originating from different regions to produce various sensations, emotions, thoughts and behaviors. This process, known as information integration, ...