Impaired Frontoparietal Connectivity in Traumatic Individuals with Disorders of Consciousness: A Dynamic Brain Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Recent advances in neuroimaging have demonstrated that patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) may retain residual consciousness through activation of a complex functional brain network. However, an understanding of the hierarchy of residual consciousness and dynamic network connectivity in DOC patients is lacking. This study aimed to investigate residual consciousness and the dynamics of neural processing in DOC patients. We included 42 patients with DOC, categorized by aetiology. Event-related potentials combined with time-varying electroencephalography networks were used to probe affective consciousness in DOC and examine the related network mechanisms. The results showed an obvious frontal P3a component among patients in minimally conscious state (MCS), while a prominent N1 was

SUBMITTER: Wu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069467 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature