Identifying Brain Patterns of Consciousness
Researchers shed light on the neural networks that appear to govern human consciousness.... Read More...
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Rewriting the Brain Pathway for Consciousness
Researchers say a new discovery about the pathways associated with consciousness contradicts conventional belief. The study reports the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain's pathway involved in wakefulness and consciousness, a finding that could help develop better methods for treating comas.... Read More...
Club Drug GBH Associated with Brain and Cognitive Changes
According to researchers, regular use of the popular clubbing drug, GBH, can have negative effects on brain networks associated with both long term and working memory. Additionally, frequent use of the drug is associated with an increased risk of developing stress and anxiety. ... Read More...
Only Half of Infants with Deadly Meningitis Show Traditional Symptoms
A new study reports only half of infants under three months of age who have bacterial meningitis show traditional symptoms of the disease, such as high fever. ... Read More...
Insomnia Medication May Wake Some Patients From Vegetative State
Zolpidem, a medication commonly prescribed for insomnia, appear to be effective in helping to restore a conscious state in some patients who were in comas or vegetative state.... Read More...
Insight Into the ‘Seat of Human Consciousness’
Researchers believe they may have pinpointed an area of the brain that plays a role in maintaining human consciousness.... Read More...
Using Ultrasound to Jump Start The Brain After Coma
Researchers have developed a new, non-invasive technique that could be used to treat patients with consciousness disorders.... Read More...
Coma Recovery Could Be Predicted by Brain Scans
A new study reports fMRI brain scans may help doctors to predict which of their patients in a coma will regain consciousness.... Read More...
Picture Emerges of How Kids Get Head Injuries
A new report offers deeper understanding of how children most frequently suffer head injuries.... Read More...
Researchers Report New Insights on Human Brain, Consciousness
Using neuroimaging techniques, researchers find new clues as to what happens to the brain as it slips into unconsciousness.... Read More...
Coma: Researchers Observe Never Before Detected Brain Activity
Researchers observe brain activity beyond a flat line EEG in human patients with extreme deep hypoxic comas.... Read More...
New Test for Consciousness in Comatose Patients
The Coma Science Group (CRCyclotron, University of Liège /Liège University Hospital), led by Dr Steven Laureys, has developed, along with its partners in London... Read More...