2011
Neuroethics, neuroimaging, and disorders of consciousness: promise or peril?
Fins J. Neuroethics, neuroimaging, and disorders of consciousness: promise or peril? Transactions Of The American Clinical And Climatological Association 2011, 122: 336-46. PMID: 21686236, PMCID: PMC3116331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingDisorders of consciousnessPositron emission tomographyBehavior-based assessmentsMinimally conscious stateNeuroimaging dataNeuroimaging toolsBrain statesBrain injuryMagnetic resonance imagingNeuroimagingEmission tomographyConscious stateDisordersBrainResonance imagingNeuroimaging applicationsConsciousnessDiagnostic dilemmaTherapeutic useCommunication vectorNeuroethics
2002
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