Sleep-like cortical OFF-periods disrupt causality and complexity in the brain of unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients

Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) patients may retain intact portions of the thalamocortical system that are spontaneously active and reactive to sensory stimuli but fail to engage in complex causal interactions, resulting in loss of consciousness. Here, we show that loss of brain complexity a...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 4427 - 10
Main Authors:	Rosanova, M., Fecchio, M., Casarotto, S., Sarasso, S., Casali, A. G., Pigorini, A., Comanducci, A., Seregni, F., Devalle, G., Citerio, G., Bodart, O., Boly, M., Gosseries, O., Laureys, S., Massimini, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.10.2018 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	631/378 631/378/1385/519 631/378/1697/2601 692/617/375/1345 9/26 Brain Brain - physiology Brain injury Cerebral cortex Complexity Consciousness EEG Electroencephalography Head injuries Human health sciences Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Magnetic fields multidisciplinary Neurologie Neurology Patients Persistent Vegetative State - physiopathology Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sciences de la santé humaine Sensory stimuli Sleep Sleep - physiology Sleep and wakefulness Somatosensory cortex Thalamus Transcranial magnetic stimulation Wakefulness Wakefulness - physiology
ISSN:	2041-1723, 2041-1723
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