Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain
Schiff N, Ribary U, Moreno D, Beattie B, Kronberg E, Blasberg R, Giacino J, McCagg C, Fins J, Llinás R, Plum F. Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain. Brain 2002, 125: 1210-1234. PMID: 12023311, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent vegetative stateCortical metabolismCerebral metabolismUnique metabolic patternsPersistent vegetative state patientsCerebral regionsResponse to sensory stimulationConscious brain functionGamma-band activityParamedian thalamusPathology reportsFDG-PETAnoxic injuryGlobal metabolic rateCorticothalamic networksMultifocal brain injuriesMetabolic activityMetabolic ratePartial functional integrityPatientsNeuronal islandsEmission tomographyBrain metabolismIsolated brain regionsMetabolic patterns