Coma Brain Scans Predict If A Person Will Ever Recover Awareness, University of Liege Study
Are you there? Detecting brain circuits that switch back-and-forth between internal awareness 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.
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.