ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2015
Neural correlates of consciousness: what we know and what we have to learn!
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- The Constrained Disorder Principle May Account for Consciousness.Brain sciences · 2024Review
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- The hidden structure of consciousness.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Approaching the nature of consciousness through a phenomenal analysis of early vision. What is the explanandum?Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Aberrant temporal correlations of ongoing oscillations in disorders of consciousness on multiple time scales.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2023Article
- Sleep in Disorders of Consciousness: A Brief Overview on a Still under Investigated Issue.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Moving toward Appropriate Motor Assessment Tools in People Affected by Severe Acquired Brain Injury: A Scoping Review with Clinical Advices.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Mapping the emergence of visual consciousness in the human brain via brain-wide intracranial electrophysiology.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2022Article
- Neurogenic Dysphagia and Nutrition in Disorder of Consciousness: An Overview with Practical Advices on an "Old" but Still Actual Clinical Problem.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Alterations in Cortical-Subcortical Metabolism in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy With Impaired Awareness Seizures.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Nursing, Caregiving and Psychological support in Chronic Disorders of Consciousness: a scoping review.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Article
- Morphological alterations of the reticular thalamic nucleus in Engrailed-2 knockout mice.Journal of anatomy · 2020Article
- Thinking Before Doing: A Pilot Study on the Application of Motor Imagery as a Learning Method During Physical Education Lesson in High School.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- Differentiating Responders and Non-responders to rTMS Treatment for Disorder of Consciousness Using EEG After-Effects.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Functional Brain Network Topology Discriminates between Patients with Minimally Conscious State and Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Consciousness is a multifaceted concept with two major components: awareness of environment and of self (i.e., the content of consciousness) and wakefulness (i.e., the level of consciousness). Medically speaking, consciousness is the state of the patient's awareness of self and environment and his responsiveness to external stimulation and inner need. A basic understanding of consciousness and its neural correlates is of major importance for all clinicians, especially those involved with patients suffering from altered states of consciousness. To this end, in this review it is shown that consciousness is dependent on the brainstem and thalamus for arousal; that basic cognition is supported by recurrent electrical activity between the cortex and the thalamus at gamma band frequencies; and that some kind of working memory must, at least fleetingly, be present for awareness to occur. New advances in neuroimaging studies are also presented in order to better understand and demonstrate the neurophysiological basis of consciousness. In particular, recent functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have offered the possibility to measure directly and non-invasively normal and severely brain damaged subjects' brain activity, whilst diffusion tensor imaging studies have allowed evaluating white matter integrity in normal subjects and patients with disorder of consciousness.
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