Coma, vegetative state and minimally conscious state

The changing spectrum of coma
Laureys S, Boly M
Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 2008, Epub ahead of print

Blink to visual threat does not herald consciousness in the vegetative state
Vanhaudenhuyse A, Giacino J, Schnakers C, Kalmar K,  Smart C, Bruno M-A, Gosseries O, Moonen G, Laureys S
Neurology, 2008, Epub ahead of print

A twitch of consciousness: defining the boundaries of vegetative and minimally conscious states
Noirhomme Q, Schnakers C, Laureys S
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79 (2008) 741-742

Assessment of visual pursuit in post-comatose states: use a mirror
Vanhaudenhuyse A, Schnakers C, Brédart S, Laureys S
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 79 (2008) 223

Measuring the effect of amantadine in chronic anoxic minimally conscious state
Schnakers C, Hustinx R, Vandewalle G, Majerus S, Moonen G, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Laureys S
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 79 (2008) 225-227

What is it like to be vegetative or minimally conscious?
Laureys S, Boly M
Curr Opin Neurol 20 (2007) 609-13

Pain assessment and management in disorders of consciousness
Schnakers C, Zasler ND
Curr Opin Neurol 20 (2007) 620-626

Cognitive event-related potentials in comatose and post-comatose states
Vanhaudenhuyse A, Laureys S, Perrin F
Neurocrit Care 8 (2008) 262-70

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to detect covert awareness in the vegetative state
Owen AM, Coleman MR, Boly M, Davis MH, Laureys S, Pickard J
Archives of Neurology 64 (2007) 1098-102

When thoughts become action: an fMRI paradigm to study volitional brain activity in non-communicative brain injured patients
Boly M, Coleman MR, Hampshire A, Bor D, Moonen G, Maquet P, Laureys S, Owen A
Neuroimage 36 (2007) 979-92

Self-consciousness in non-communicative patients - view PDF - Commentary by Cole
Laureys S, Perrin F, Brédart S
Consciousness & Cognition, 16 (2007) 722-41

Cerebral response to patients’ own name in the vegetative and minimally conscious states
Di HB, Yu SM, Weng XC, Laureys S, Yu D, Li JQ, Qin PM, Zhu YH, Zhang SZ, Chen YZ
Neurology, 68 (2007) 895-899

Cerebral response to patient’s own name in PVS and MCS cases [reply on commentary]
Di HB, Weng XC, Laureys S, Chen YZ
Neurology, in press

Eyes open, brain shut: the vegetative state
Laureys S
Scientific American, 4 (2007) 32-37

Brain response to one’s own name in vegetative state, minimally conscious state and locked-in syndrome
Perrin F, Schnakers C, Schabus M, Degeuldre C, Goldman S, Brédart S, Faymonville ME, Lamy M, Moonen G, Luxen A, Maquet P, Laureys S
Archives of Neurology 63 (2006) 562-569

Detecting awareness in the vegetative state - (supplementary online material)
Owen AM, Coleman MR, Boly M, Davis MH, Laureys S, Pickard J
Science 313 (2006) 1402

Response to comments on “Detecting awareness in the vegetative state” [technical comment]
Owen AM, Coleman MR, Boly M, Davis MH, Laureys S, Jolles D, Pickard J
Science 315 (2007) 1221

Tracking the recovery of consciousness from coma
Laureys S, Boly M, Maquet P
J Clin Invest, 116 (2006) 1823-1825

How should functional imaging of patients with disorders of consciousness contribute to their clinical rehabilitation needs?
Laureys S, Giacino JT, Schiff ND, Schabus M, Owen AM
Current Opinion in Neurology, 19 (2006) 520-527

The neural correlate of (un)awareness: lessons from the vegetative state
Laureys S
Trends Cogn Sci, 9 (2005) 556-559

Residual cognitive function in comatose, vegetative and minimally conscious states
Laureys S, Perrin F, Schnakers C, Boly C, Majerus S
Current Opinion in Neurology, 18 (2005) 726-733

Functional neuroimaging applications for assessment and rehabilitation planning in patients with disorders of consciousness
Giacino J, Hirsch J, Schiff N, Laureys S
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 87 (2006) 67-76

To be or not to be … vegetative
Boly M, Owen A, Laureys S
In: 2007 Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Edited by Vincent JL, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2007) 918-925

Cerebral processing of auditory and noxious stimuli in severely brain injured patients: differences between VS and MCS
Boly M, Faymonville ME, Peigneux P, Lambermont B, Damas F, Luxen A, Lamy M, Moonen G, Maquet P, Laureys S
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation , 15 (2005) 283-289

Bispectral analysis of electroencephalogram signals during recovery from coma: preliminary findings
Schnakers C, Majerus S, Laureys S
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 15 (2005) 381-388

Cerebral processing in the minimally conscious state [letter]
Schnakers C, Boly M, Majerus S, Laureys S
Neurology, 65 (2005) 973-974

Auditory processing in severely brain injured patients: differences between the minimally conscious state and the persistent vegetative state
Boly M, Faymonville ME, Peigneux P, Lambermont B, Damas P, Del Fiore G, Degueldre C, Franck G, Luxen A, Lamy M, Moonen G, Maquet P, Laureys S
Archives of Neurology 61 (2004) 233-238

Cerebral processing in the minimally conscious state
Laureys S, Perrin F, Faymonville ME, Schnakers C, Boly M, Bartsch V, Majerus S, Moonen G, Maquet P
Neurology 63 (2004) 916-918

Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders
Laureys S, Owen A, Schiff  N
Lancet Neurology 3 (2004) 537–46 

Functional neuroimaging in the vegetative state
Laureys S
NeuroRehabilitation 19 (2004) 335-341

Brain function in the vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, De Tiège X, Peigneux P, Berré J, Moonen G, Goldman S, Maquet P
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 550 (2004) 229-38

Cerebral functions in brain-damaged patients. What is meant by coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state, locked-in syndrome and brain death?
Faymonville ME, Pantke KH, Berré J, Sadzot B, Ferring M, De Tiège X, Mavroudakis N, van Bogaert P, Lambermont B, Damas P, Franck G, Lamy M, Luxen A, Moonen G, Goldman S, Maquet P, Laureys S
Anaesthesist 12 (2004) 1195-1202

Comas: les états de conscience
Laureys S, Faymonville M-E, Maquet P
Encyclopaedia Universalis Paris, France, (2004) 138-141

Brain function in the vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, De Tiège X, Peigneux P, Berré J, Moonen G, Goldman S, Maquet P
In : Brain death and disorders of consciousness Series title : Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Edited by Machado C, Shewmon DA, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 550 (2004) 229-38

Residual cerebral functioning in the vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, De Tiège X, Berré J, Elincx S, Antoine S, Ligot N, Boly M, Schnakers C, Sadzot B, Hansen I, Damas P, Mavroudakis N, Vincent JL, Lamy M, Moonen G, Luxen A, Goldman S, Maquet P
Life-sustaing treatments and vegetative state: Scientific advances and ethical dilemmas, 17-20 March, 2004, Vatican City
L’Arco di Giano (2004) 74-80

Favorable outcome of a brain trauma patient despite bilateral loss of cortical somatosensory evoked potential during thiopental sedation
Robe PA, Dubuisson A, Bartsch S, Damas P, Laureys S
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 74 (2003) 1157-1158

Brain function during catatonic stupor and after clinical recovery
De Tiège X, Bier JC, Massat I, Laureys S, Lotstra F, Berré J, Mendlewicz J, Goldman S
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 74 (2003) 1003-1004

Cortical processing of noxious somatosensory stimuli in the persistent vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Peigneux P, Damas P, Lambermont B, Del Fiore G, Degueldre C, Aerts J, Luxen A, Franck G, Lamy M, Moonen G, Maquet P
Neuroimage, 17 (2002) 732-741

Brain function in the vegetative state
Laureys S, Antoine S, Boly M, Elincx S, Faymonville ME, Berré J, Sadzot B, Ferring M, De Tiège X, Lambermont B, Damas P, Van Bogaert P, Del Fiore G, Aerts J, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Franck G, Vincent JL, Lamy M, Luxen A, Moonen G, Goldman S, Maquet P
Acta Neurologica Belgica 102 (2002) 177-185

Cerebral function in coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state, locked-in syndrome and brain death
Laureys S, Berré J, Goldman S
In: 2001 Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Edited by Vincent JL (Ed) Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2001) 386-396

Etudes par tomographie à émission de positons des patients en coma, état végétatif, état de conscience minimale, syndrome de verrouillage et mort encéphalique
Laureys S, Antoine S, Faymonville ME, Berré J, Elincx S, Damas P, Lambermont B, Damas F, Janssens N, Degueldre C, Lemaire C, Del Fiore G, Aerts J, Luxen A, Moonen G, Vincent JL, Lamy M, Goldman S, Maquet P
In: L’évaluation neurophysiologique des comas, de la mort encéphalique et des états végétatifs
Edited by Guerit JM, Solal, Marseille (2001) 367-376

Etiologies des altérations de la conscience: comas, états végétatifs et mort encéphalique
Grooten F, Laureys S, Maquet P, Faymonville ME, Lamy M
In: L’évaluation neurophysiologique des comas, de la mort encéphalique et des états végétatifs
Edited by Guerit JM, Solal, Marseille (2001) 71-114

Restoration of thalamocortical connectivity after recovery from persistent vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Luxen A, Lamy M, Franck G, Maquet P
Lancet 355 (2000) 1790-1791

PET scanning and neuronal loss in acute vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Moonen G, Luxen A, Maquet P
Lancet 355 (2000) 1825-1826

Auditory processing in the vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Degueldre C, Del Fiore G, Damas P, Lambermont B, Janssens N, Aerts J, Franck G, Luxen A, Moonen G, Lamy M, Maquet P
Brain 123 (2000) 1589-1601

Cerebral function in vegetative state studied by positron emission tomography
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Lamy M
In: 2000 Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Edited by Vincent JL, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2000) 587-597

Brain activation during somatosensory and auditory stimulation in acute vegetative state of anoxic origin
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Del Fiore G, Janssens N, Degueldre C, Aerts J, Lamy M, Luxen A, Moonen G, Maquet P
In: Physiological Imaging of the Brain with PET
Edited by Gjedde A, Hansen SB, Knudsen GM, Paulson OB, Academic Press, San Diego (2000) 319-327

Impaired cerebral connectivity in vegetative state
Laureys S, Faymonville ME, Goldman S, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Lambermont B, Aerts J, Lamy M, Luxen A, Franck G, Maquet P
In: Physiological Imaging of the Brain with PET
Edited by Gjedde A, Hansen SB, Knudsen GM, Paulson OB, Academic Press, San Diego (2000) 329-334

Cerebral metabolism during vegetative state and after recovery to consciousness
Laureys S, Lemaire C, Maquet P, Phillips C, Franck G
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 67 (1999) 121

Impaired effective cortical connectivity in vegetative state: Preliminary investigation using PET
Laureys S, Goldman S, Phillips C, Van Bogaert P, Aerts J, Luxen A, Franck G, Maquet P
Neuroimage 9 (1999) 377-382

 

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