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Brain Electrophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility

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Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness

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Electroencephalography (EEG) is a powerful and inexpensive bedside tool for the assessment of residual brain function in prolonged disorders of consciousness. Here we review a range of methods for EEG interpretation, including reactivity, perturbation by transcranial magnetic stimulation, evoked potentials, and oscillatory changes. We show that, in combination, these methods can form a reliable picture of each patient’s structural impairments and residual sensory and cognitive functioning, thereby leading to more accurate diagnoses and prognoses and stratification of patients for experimental neuro-stimulation therapies.

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    Damian Cruse

  2. Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

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  3. I.R.C.C.S, San Camillo Hospital, Venezia, Italy

    Francesco Piccione & Marianna Cavinato

  4. Unit of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Fondazione PAS, Scandicci, Firenze, Italy

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Cruse, D., Young, G.B., Piccione, F., Cavinato, M., Ragazzoni, A. (2016). Brain Electrophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility. In: Monti, M., Sannita, W. (eds) Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21425-2_9

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