Background Brain activation in response to spoken motor commands can be detected by
electroencephalography (EEG) in clinically unresponsive patients. The prevalence and …

Background Recovery trajectories of clinically unresponsive patients with acute brain injury
are largely uncertain. Brain activation in the absence of a behavioural response to spoken …

Abstract See Schiff (doi: 10.1093/awx209) for a scientific commentary on this article. Patients
with acute severe traumatic brain injury may recover consciousness before self-expression …

Background Patients diagnosed as vegetative have periods of wakefulness, but seem to be
unaware of themselves or their environment. Although functional MRI (fMRI) studies have …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether EEG spectral analysis could be used to demonstrate
awareness in patients with severe brain injury. METHODS: We recorded EEG from healthy …

In unconscious appearing patients with acute brain injury, wilful brain activation to motor
commands without behavioural signs of command following, known as cognitive motor …

Objective Standard clinical characterization of patients with disorders of consciousness
(DOC) relies on observation of motor output and may therefore lead to the misdiagnosis of …

Objective: This study tested the hypothesis of electroencephalographic reactivity (EEG-R) as
a reliable tool for the prognostic evaluation of consciousness recovery in post-acute brain …

Abstract See Boly and Laureys (doi: 10.1093/brain/awy080) for a scientific commentary on
this article. Patients with severe brain injury are difficult to assess and frequently subject to …

OBJECTIVES: There is still considerable debate and controversy about whether EEG can be
used as a robust clinical tool for assessment of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) …