Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades in detecting, predicting and
promoting recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) …

Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

Converging evidence indicates that impairments in executive function and information-
processing speed limit quality of life and social reentry after moderate-to-severe traumatic …

Loss of consciousness is associated with the disruption of long-range thalamocortical and
corticocortical brain communication. We tested the hypothesis that deep brain stimulation …

Functional MRI and electrophysiology studies suggest that consciousness depends on large-
scale thalamocortical and corticocortical interactions. However, it is unclear how neurons in …

The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentials is a cornerstone of the
instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). The past few …

Abstract Slow waves (0.5–4 Hz) predominate in the cortical electroencephalogram during
non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep in mammals. They reflect the synchronization of …

Recent methodological advances have enabled researchers to track the network structure of
the human brain over time. Together, these studies provide novel insights into effective brain …

The past few years have seen an emergence of approaches that leverage temporal changes
in whole-brain patterns of functional connectivity (the chronnectome). In this chronnectome …

Multiple populations of wake-promoting neurons have been characterized in mammals, but
few sleep-promoting neurons have been identified. Wake-promoting cell types include …