PUBLICATIONS

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Papers by subject

Coma, vegetative and minimally conscious states

Death & brain death

Locked-in syndrome

Consciousness

Clinical evaluation of consciousness

Self-consciousness & auto-referential stimuli

Anesthesia

Sleep - also see papers by P Maquet

Hypnosis - also see papers by ME Faymonville

Pain - also see papers by R Kupers

Dementia - also see papers by E Salmon

Functional neuroimaging

Other

 

Articles en Français

Etats de conscience altérés

 

Nederlandstalige artikels over coma

Coma – de grote slaap - A. Lievens en G. Starquit, Test Aankoop - Gezondheid 2008

In coma en toch praten - Knack 2006

 

Deutsch

Koma, Hirntod un Wachcoma

 

Books

The boundaries of consciousness: Neurobiology and Neuropathology
Laureys S (Ed)
Elsevier press, 632 pages
Hardback, August 2005 ISBN: 0-444-51851-7
Paperback, July 2006 ISBN: 0-444-52876-8

The Neurology of Consciousness
Laureys S and Tononi G (Eds)
Elsevier press, to be published in 2008

 

Representative papers

Baseline brain activity fluctuations predict somatosensory perception in humans - view PDF
Boly M, Balteau E, Schnakers C, Degueldre C, Moonen G, Luxen A, Phillips C, Peigneux P, Maquet P, Laureys S
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 104 (2007) 12187-92

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

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

Death, unconsciousness and the brain - view PDF
Laureys S
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11 (2005) 899-909

The neural correlate of (un)awareness: lessons from the vegetative state - view PDF
Laureys S
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9 (2005) 556-559

The locked-in syndrome: what is it like to be conscious but paralyzed and voiceless - view PDF
Laureys S, Pellas F, Van Eeckhout P, Ghorbel S, Schnakers C,  Perrin F, Berré J, Faymonville ME, Pantke KH, Damas F, Lamy M, Moonen G, Goldman S
Progress in Brain Research, 150 (2005) 495-511

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

Brain, conscious experience and the observing self - view PDF
Baars B, Ramsoy T, Laureys S
Trends in Neurosciences, 26 (2003) 671-675

Cortical processing of noxious somatosensory stimuli in the persistent vegetative state - view PDF
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

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

Auditory processing in the vegetative state - view PDF
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

 

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