Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness

This book provides up-to-date information on all aspects of brain function and responsiveness in patients with severe disorders of consciousness. Topics considered include the mechanisms and measures of consciousness; perfusional, metabolic, and fMRI markers of responsiveness; responsiveness to pain...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Monti, Martin M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sannita, Walter G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21425-2
Table of Contents:
  • Responsiveness in Doc: A Quest for Consciousness?
  • Advances in the Scientific Investigation of Consciousness
  • Behavioral Responsiveness in Patients with Doc
  • Clinical Evaluation of Residual Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness
  • Measuring Consciousness through Imaging
  • Decoding Thoughts in Disorders of Consciousness
  • Brain Responsiveness after Severe Brain Injury: Revolutions and Controversies
  • Exploring the Neurophysiological Correlates of Loss and Recovery Of Consciousness: Perturbational Complexity
  • Brain Electrophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility
  • The Persistent Vegetative State: Evidence That the Lower Brain Survives Because its Neurons Intrinsically Resist Ischemia
  • Responsiveness and the Autonomic Control – CNS Two-Way Interaction in Disorders of Consciousness
  • The Medical Practice Impact of Functional Neuroimaging Studies in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
  • Vegetative State Two Decades After The Multi-Society Task Force (MSTF) Report
  • Moving Beyond End-Of-Life: The Ethics of Disorders of Consciousness in an Age of Discovery and Uncertainty.