Consciousness and responsiveness: lessons from anaesthesia and the vegetative state.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to review recent behavioural and neuroimaging studies in anaesthesia and the vegetative state. RECENT FINDINGS These studies highlight possible dissociations between consciousness and responsiveness in both these states. SUMMARY We discuss future avenues of research in the field, in order to improve the detection of awareness during anaesthesia and the vegetative state using neuroimaging and neurophysiologic techniques.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current opinion in anaesthesiology
دوره 26 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013