Disorders of consciousness articles from across Nature Portfolio

Disorders of consciousness refer to medical conditions that impair the individual's ability for self-awareness and interaction with the environmental stimuli.

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06 March 2023 | Open Access

Standardized pharmacological management of delirium after on-pump cardiac surgery reduces ICU stay and ventilation in a retrospective pre-post study
- Matthias Manfred Deininger
- , Stefan Schnitzler
- & Thomas Breuer
Scientific Reports 13, 3741
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05 January 2023 | Open Access

Functional geometry of the cortex encodes dimensions of consciousness

Dimensions of consciousness such as wakefulness or awareness are well established but have not been mapped to the brain. Here, the authors show that dimensions of consciousness are encoded in the functional geometry of the cortex.
- Zirui Huang
- , George A. Mashour
- & Anthony G. Hudetz
Nature Communications 14, 72
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16 December 2022 | Open Access

Anosognosia in hoarding disorder is predicted by alterations in cognitive and inhibitory control
- Peter J. van Roessel
- , Cassandra Marzke
- & Carolyn I. Rodriguez
Scientific Reports 12, 21752
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15 December 2022 | Open Access

Neural complexity is a common denominator of human consciousness across diverse regimes of cortical dynamics

EEG measurements in children with Angelman or duplication 15q11.2-13.1 syndrome reveal a dissociation between consciousness and sleep-like spectral content, with complexity-based measures superseding other markers of consciousness.
- Joel Frohlich
- , Jeffrey N. Chiang
- & Martin M. Monti
Communications Biology 5, 1374
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05 August 2022 | Open Access

Predicting outcome of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness using machine learning models based on medical complexity
- Piergiuseppe Liuzzi
- , Alfonso Magliacano
- & Anna Estraneo
Scientific Reports 12, 13471
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28 July 2022 | Open Access

Clinical and neurophysiological effects of central thalamic deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state after severe brain injury
- Hisse Arnts
- , Prejaas Tewarie
- & Pepijn van den Munckhof
Scientific Reports 12, 12932

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Research Highlights | 25 August 2021

Be conscious with your VTA
- Jake Rogers
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 22, 591
News & Views | 09 April 2020

Towards improving care for disorders of consciousness

Disorders of consciousness (DOCs), including vegetative and minimally conscious states, represent a financial, medical and ethical conundrum. Recently published guidelines for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of DOCs should lead us to reconsider our management strategies for these challenging disorders.
- Caroline Schnakers
- & Martin M. Monti
Nature Reviews Neurology 16, 405-406
News & Views | 04 October 2018

Who improves from coma, how do they improve, and then what?

A committee has developed a guideline on prolonged disorders of consciousness. Caution in prognostication is advocated because patients who have been unconscious or barely conscious for a long time might improve. The new guideline voices concern about persistent vegetative state as a clinical diagnosis but also rejects several unsupported therapies.
- Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
Nature Reviews Neurology 14, 694-696
Correspondence | 28 July 2016

Future directions for identifying the neural correlates of consciousness
- Kristian Sandberg
- , Stefan Frässle
- & Michael Pitts
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 17, 666
Correspondence | 28 July 2016

Posterior and anterior cortex — where is the difference that makes the difference?
- Christof Koch
- , Marcello Massimini
- & Giulio Tononi
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 17, 666
Research Highlights | 20 November 2015

Functional connectivity could be a prognostic neuroimaging marker for recovery from coma

Nature Reviews Neurology 11, 668

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Disorders of consciousness articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Standardized pharmacological management of delirium after on-pump cardiac surgery reduces ICU stay and ventilation in a retrospective pre-post study

Functional geometry of the cortex encodes dimensions of consciousness

Anosognosia in hoarding disorder is predicted by alterations in cognitive and inhibitory control

Neural complexity is a common denominator of human consciousness across diverse regimes of cortical dynamics

Predicting outcome of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness using machine learning models based on medical complexity

Clinical and neurophysiological effects of central thalamic deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state after severe brain injury

News and Comment

Be conscious with your VTA

Towards improving care for disorders of consciousness

Who improves from coma, how do they improve, and then what?

Future directions for identifying the neural correlates of consciousness

Posterior and anterior cortex — where is the difference that makes the difference?

Functional connectivity could be a prognostic neuroimaging marker for recovery from coma

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