The minimally conscious state: definition and diagnostic criteria.

By D. A. Shewmon. Neurology, 2002

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Recovery of cortical effective connectivity and recovery of consciousness in vegetative patients (2012, unknown): “…behaviours, such as visual tracking or responding to simple commands, is considered a suffi- cient clinical criterion for a minimally conscious state (Giacino et al., 2002, 2004), while functional communication marks the unambiguous emergence of consciousness (emergence from mini- mally conscious…”
Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment (2009, methodology): “In 2002, criteria were proposed to characterize MCS and identify behaviors that signal emergence from this state [2].”
When thoughts become action: An fMRI paradigm to study volitional brain activity in non-communicative brain injured patients (2007, background): “Functional communication indicates the next boundary – emergence from MCS – in the course of recovery (Laureys et al., 2005).”
Neural signature of the conscious processing of auditory regularities (2009, background): “MCS is a condition characterized by intermittent and discrete signs of conscious processing (21).”
From unresponsive wakefulness to minimally conscious PLUS and functional locked-in syndromes: recent advances in our understanding of disorders of consciousness (2011, background): “Since its formal definition nearly 10 years ago [ 9 ], a number of authors have questioned the usefulness of differentiating vegetative/unresponsive from minimally responsive patients considering both patient groups as hopelessly brain damaged [24].”
Cortical Processing of Noxious Somatosensory Stimuli in the Persistent Vegetative State (2002, unknown): “, attempts to articulate or utter words, selective emotional responses, visual pursuit, visual fixation or response to visual threat); patients with uncertain diagnosis; and patients in a minimally conscious state (American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1995; Giacino et al., 2002) were exclud”
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a new name for the vegetative state or apallic syndrome (2010, methodology): “Careful analysis of his medical records quickly showed he actually recovered to a MCS within the first year after his brain trauma [24].”
Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain-damaged patients. (2010, background): “Minimally conscious patients, though unable to communicate, show inconsistent non-reflexive behaviours, interpreted as signs of awareness of self or environment (Giacino et al., 2002).”
Distinct Spectral Profiles of Awake Resting EEG in Disorders of Consciousness: The Role of Frequency and Topography of Oscillations (2022, background): “However those behavioral manifestations of consciousness may be intermittent in MCS. Reappearance of functional communication and/or ability to use objects adequately is a sign of the Emer-gence from Minimally Conscious State (EMCS, Giacino et al. 2002).”