Coma science : clinical and ethical implications
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Coma science : clinical and ethical implications
(Progress in brain research, 177)
Elsevier, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
This volume is an official title of "Come and Consciousness Consortium funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the European Cooperation in the of Scientific and Technnical Research (COST) Action BM0605: consciousness: A transdisciplinary, integrated approach
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Description
This serial is firmly established as an extensive documentation of the advances in contemporary brain research. Each volume presents authoritative reviews and original articles by invited specialists.This volume concentrates on coma and consciousness science. presenting articles from leading figures in the area on the clinical and ethical implications of work in this field. The book provides a thorough review of the various aspects of coma science from a review of the concepts, questioning of recent advances, case studies, through to where research in the field is heading.
Table of Contents
1. Introducing Consciousness
Adam Zeman (Peninsula Medical School, UK)
2. Behavioral correlates of consciousness
Joseph Giacino (JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ, USA)
3. Controversy on the definition of death
James Bernat (Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA)
4. Outcome from anoxic coma
John Whyte (Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, US)
5. Life expectancy issues after brain injury
Nathan Zasler (University of Virginia, Glen Allen, USA)
6. Brain function in sleep
Habib Benali (Paris)
7. Pharmacological coma and the boundaries of unconsciousness
Pierre Boveroux, Rohan Dixit, Michael Greicius (Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA)
8. Consciousness and epilepsy: Why are complex partial seizures complex?
Hal Blumenfeld (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA)
9. The comatose resting brain
Rafi Malach (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
10. MRI spectroscopy and DTI in coma survivors: promises & pitfalls
Louis Puybasset (Paris, France)
11. Measuring consciousness: a perturbational approach
Marcello Massimini (University of Milano, Italy)
12. Transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation in coma
Natalllia Lapitskaya and Jorgen Feldbaek Nielsen (Hammel, Denmark)
13. Pharmacological arousal in comatose states
Ross Zafonte (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
14. Zolpidem treatment in disorders of consciousness
Ralf Clauss (Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK)
15. Advantages and pitfalls of intrathecal administration of GABA agonist in management of chronic vegetative state
Takaomi Taira (Tokyo)
16. TBA
Douglas Katz (Boston, MA, USA)
17. TBA
Flora Hammond (Charlotte, NC)
18. The neurophysiology of brain computer interface control
Andrea Kubler and Christa Neuper (University of Wurzburg, Germany)
19. Deep brain stimulation and modulation of consciousness
Nicholas D. Schiff (Cornell University, NY, USA)
20. Quality of life in locked-in syndrome
Dorothee Lule (University of Ulm, Germany)
21. Defining personal loss after severe brain damage
(Isabelle Lutte, Law Dept, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium)
22. The neuroethics of measuring and modulating consciousness
Joseph J. Fins (Cornell University, NY, USA)
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