Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

"This volume is an official title of Coma and Consciousness Consortium funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) ..."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Problem of unreported awareness -- How can we know in patients in coma, vegetative state or minimally conscious state are conscious? -- Contemporary controversies in the definition of death -- Behavioral assessment in patients with disorders of consciousness: gold standard or fool's gold? -- Problem of aphasia in the assessment of consciousness in brain-damaged patients -- Predictors of short-term outcome in brain-injured patients with disorders of consciousness -- Natural history of recovery from brain injury after prolonged disorders of consciousness: outcome of patients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation with 1-4 year follow-up -- Cognitive deficits after traumatic coma -- Long-term survival after severe TBI: clinical and forensic aspects -- Waking up the brain: a case study of stimulation-induced wakeful unawareness during anesthesia -- Consciousness and epilepsy: why are complex-partial seizures complex? -- You are only coming through in waves: wakefulness variability and assessment in patients with impaired consciousness -- Disorders of consciousness: further pathophysiological insights using motor cortext transcranial magnetic stimulation -- Perturbational approach for evaluating the brain's capacity for consciousness -- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy nd diffusion tensor imaging in coma survivors: promises and pitfalls -- Multimodal approach to the assessment of patients with disorders of consciousness -- Executive functions in the absence of behavior: functional imaging of the minimally conscious state -- Reaching across the abyss: recent advances in functional magnetic resonance imaging and their potential relevance to disorders of consciousness -- Another kind of BOLD response: answering multiple-choice questions via online decoded single-trial brain signals -- Pharmacotherapy to enhance arousal: what is know and what is not -- Intrathecal administration of GABA agonists in the vegetative state -- Different beliefs about pain perception in the vegetative and minimally conscious states: a European survey of medical and paramedical professionals -- Life can be worth living in locked-in syndrome -- Defining personal loss after severe brain damage -- Moral significance of phenomenal consciousness -- Ethics of measuring and modulating consciousness: the imperative of minding time -- Theoretical approaches to the diagnosis of altered states of consciousness -- New era of coma and consciousness science.

Description based on print version record.

This serial is firmly established as an extensive documentation of the advances in contemporary brain research. Each volume presents authoritative reviews and original articles by invited specialists. This volume concentrates on coma and consciousness science. presenting articles from leading figures in the area on the clinical and ethical implications of work in this field. The book provides a thorough review of the various aspects of coma science from a review of the concepts, questioning of recent advances, case studies, through to where research in the field is heading. * Provides the reader with a unique overview of all aspects of new advances in coma science * Broad focus with contributions by the top scientists worldwide in the respective disciplines.