2022
Syndromes in Search of a Name: Disorders of Consciousness, Neuroethics, and Nosological Humility
Fins J. Syndromes in Search of a Name: Disorders of Consciousness, Neuroethics, and Nosological Humility. 2022, 163-175. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-04935-4_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisorders of consciousnessBrain injuryCognitive motor dissociationStruggle for ConsciousnessRecognition of consciousnessVegetative stateDiagnostic categorizationLimits of knowledgePermanent vegetative stateNosologyPersistent vegetative stateMotor dissociationCovert consciousnessNormative importanceBrainDisordersChronic vegetative stateConsciousnessSocial integrationHumilityEvolving storyNeuroimagingNeuroscienceMindfulnessRights
2019
Disorders of Consciousness, Past, Present, and Future
Fins J. Disorders of Consciousness, Past, Present, and Future. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2019, 28: 603-615. PMID: 31405394, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180119000719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessLegal obligationsPersistent vegetative stateConsciousness literatureNational Institute on DisabilityCognitive motor dissociationMinimally conscious stateCounter-narrativesAmerican Academy of NeurologyVegetative stateMotor dissociationCovert consciousnessObligationsConscious stateDisordersIndependent livingStateWhen No One Notices: Disorders of Consciousness and the Chronic Vegetative State
Fins J. When No One Notices: Disorders of Consciousness and the Chronic Vegetative State. The Hastings Center Report 2019, 49: 14-17. PMID: 31429953, DOI: 10.1002/hast.1030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Institute on DisabilityMulti-Society Task Force ReportDisorders of consciousnessAmerican Academy of NeurologyComprehensive evidence-based reviewEvidence-based reviewRehabilitation researchRehabilitation medicineVegetative stateChronic vegetative stateHealthcare facilitiesTask Force ReportPractice guidelinesIndependent livingPersistent vegetative stateAmerican CollegeAmerican AcademyMisdiagnosis of patientsLevel of consciousnessPermanent vegetative stateForce ReportDiagnostic categoriesPatientsAmericanGuidelines
2016
The historical origins of the vegetative state: Received wisdom and the utility of the text
Adams Z, Fins J. The historical origins of the vegetative state: Received wisdom and the utility of the text. Journal Of The History Of The Neurosciences 2016, 26: 140-153. PMID: 27295518, DOI: 10.1080/0964704x.2016.1184074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent vegetative stateHistorical originsEarly-twentieth centuriesClassical scholarshipOriginal GreekAristotle’s treatisesAristotle’s definitionXavier BichatVegetative stateTheory of MindReception studiesMedical nosologyAristotleReceived wisdomPhrasesBichatAntiquityNineteenthGreekTreatisesCenturyEtymologyClassicsOriginScholarship
2007
Late recovery from the minimally conscious state
Fins J, Schiff N, Foley K. Late recovery from the minimally conscious state. Neurology 2007, 68: 304-307. PMID: 17242341, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252376.43779.96.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimally conscious stateDisorders of consciousnessDiagnosis of persistent vegetative stateLate recoveryInvestigation of patientsPersistent vegetative stateConscious statePrognostic markerTraumatic injuryPublic confusionMeeting participantsResearch initiativesDiagnostic testsAxonal regrowthPublished studiesParticipantsPatientsMechanisms of recoveryVegetative stateMeetingInitial focus
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