"Sleep brain waves are easy to record and do not require intervention from the care team." In the new study, the researchers looked through EEG recordings of overnight brain activity in 226 comatose ...

Of patients who had both sleep spindles and cognitive motor dissociation, 76% showed evidence of consciousness by the time they were discharged from the hospital, the researchers ...

New research from Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian may soon help physicians identify unresponsive brain-injury ...

Researchers from the University of Montreal observed previously unreported spikes of neuronal activity, which they called Nu-complexes, in the EEG of one human patient in a deep coma. In order to see ...

The study, which examined electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from 226 comatose patients, found that the presence of sleep spindles – brief bursts of brain activity during sleep – was linked to a ...

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus, a condition diagnosed only with EEG, is a frequent condition in comatose patients and carries a poor prognosis. Coma assessment in childhood There are many ...

Sleep spindles predict recovery In the new study, the researchers looked through EEG recordings of overnight brain activity in 226 comatose patients who also underwent the more complex testing for ...

Functional neuroimaging, PET and fMRI, as well as EEG and evoked potential studies ... be used for its clinical assessment. Although the Coma Recovery Scale – Revised is the most recommended ...