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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A narrative review article in a themed issue on disorders of consciousness (DoC) guest edited by Dr. Caroline Schnakers and Dr. Nathan Zasler in the journal NeuroRehabilitation addresses the topic of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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