Sentences with phrase «in a vegetative state showed»

During brain stimulation, 13 people with minimal consciousness and two people in a vegetative state showed signs of awareness that were observed neither before the stimulation nor after the sham treatment.

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Patients who lose consciousness for more than a year are considered extremely unlikely to regain it, but a 35 - year - old Frenchman who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years has shown hints of awareness after having key brain regions electrically stimulated, scientists reported on Monday.

The new report shows that even in a very low functioning brain «a shift in observable behaviors from none, a vegetative state, to some limited ones — a minimally conscious state — can occur,» said Dr. Nicholas Schiff, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medical College who was not involve in the current case.

Patient N, who had been in a vegetative state for three years following a motor vehicle accident, showed no signs of language comprehension and was constantly screaming.

But experts caution that the patients may not have been in a permanent vegetative state (PVS), and that the men may simply have shown signs of natural recovery.

These results show that a small proportion of patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state have brain activation reflecting some awareness and cognition.

In summary, the results of this study show the potential for functional MRI to bridge the dissociation that can occur between behavior that is readily observable during a standardized clinical assessment and the actual level of residual cognitive function after serious brain injury.14 - 16 Thus, among 23 patients who received a diagnosis of being in a vegetative state on admission, 4 were shown to be able to willfully modulate their brain activity through mental imagery; this fact is inconsistent with the behavioral diagnosiIn summary, the results of this study show the potential for functional MRI to bridge the dissociation that can occur between behavior that is readily observable during a standardized clinical assessment and the actual level of residual cognitive function after serious brain injury.14 - 16 Thus, among 23 patients who received a diagnosis of being in a vegetative state on admission, 4 were shown to be able to willfully modulate their brain activity through mental imagery; this fact is inconsistent with the behavioral diagnosiin a vegetative state on admission, 4 were shown to be able to willfully modulate their brain activity through mental imagery; this fact is inconsistent with the behavioral diagnosis.

In light of a previous single - case study that showed intact awareness in a patient who met the clinical criteria for being in a vegetative state, 10 our investigation had two main aimIn light of a previous single - case study that showed intact awareness in a patient who met the clinical criteria for being in a vegetative state, 10 our investigation had two main aimin a patient who met the clinical criteria for being in a vegetative state, 10 our investigation had two main aimin a vegetative state, 10 our investigation had two main aims.

But things begin to unravel when a bizarre video emerges - purportedly playing by itself at midnight, showing a deceased singer, and leaving legions of watchers in a vegetative state.