Persistent Vegetative State

Known as: State, Persistent Vegetative, Persistent Unawareness State, PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) 
Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Auditory processing in severely brain injured patients: differences between the minimally conscious state and the persistent vegetative state.
BACKGROUND The minimally conscious state (MCS) is a recently defined clinical condition; it differs from the persistent… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cortical Processing of Noxious Somatosensory Stimuli in the Persistent Vegetative State
The persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a devastating medical condition characterized by preserved wakefulness contrasting with… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain.
This report identifies evidence of partially functional cerebral regions in catastrophically injured brains. To study five… (More)
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2002
2002
Detecting residual cognitive function in persistent vegetative state.
Despite converging agreement about the definition of persistent vegetative state, recent reports have raised concerns about the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Restoration of thalamocortical connectivity after recovery from persistent vegetative state
By use of H2(15)O positron emission tomography we have shown that functional connectivity between intralaminar thalamic nuclei… (More)
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1999
1999
Cerebral glucose metabolism in acute and persistent vegetative state.
Regional cerebral glucose metabolism (rCMRglc) was investigated with 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) and positron emission… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cortical processing in persistent vegetative state
to make judgments about awareness or consciousness based on these results; however, it is clear that she not only perceived… (More)
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Medical aspects of the persistent vegetative state (1).
This consensus statement of the Multi-Society Task Force summarizes current knowledge of the medical aspects of the persistent… (More)
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Medical aspects of the persistent vegetative state (2).
  • The New England journal of medicine
  • 1994
 
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Persistent vegetative state after brain damage. A syndrome in search of a name.
 
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