Brain balance hints at coma recovery

• Autores: Anil Ananthaswamy
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3072, 2016, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Detecting brain circuits that switch back and forth between internal and external awareness could help doctors work out if a person in a coma is ever likely to regain consciousness. The test involves scanning the brains of people who are minimally conscious or in a coma. Other tests for consciousness have used beeps, music or electromagnetic pulses to stimulate the patient--but the latest one needs no active input, simply watching resting brain activity is enough