Coma and Disorders of Consciousness

1. Behavioral Assessment and Diagnosis of Disorders of Consciousness
Caroline Schnakers, Steve Majerus

2. Prognosis in Disorders of Consciousness
Anna Estraneo, Luigi Trojano

3. Linking Complex Alterations in Functional Network Connectivity to Disorders of Consciousness
Julia S. Crone, Martin M. Monti

4. Electrophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: From Conventional EEG Visual Analysis to Brain-Computer Interfaces
C. Chatelle, D. Lesenfants, Q. Noirhomme

5. Identifying Covert Cognition in Disorders of Consciousness
Laura E. González-Lara, Adrian M. Owen

6. Taking Care of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: Caregivers’ Burden and Quality of Life
Matilde Leonardi, Davide Sattin, Venusia Covelli

7. How Does Spasticity Affect Patients with Disorders of Consciousness?
Géraldine Martens, Marguerite Foidart-Dessalle, Steven Laureys, Aurore Thibaut

8. Feasibility of Oral Feeding in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
Audrey Maudoux, Ingrid Breuskin, Olivia Gosseries, Evelyne Mélotte, Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse

9. What Can We Learn About Brain Functions from Sleep EEG? Insights from Sleep of DOC Patients
Malgorzata Wislowska, Manuel Schabus

10. Sensory Stimulation Program
Haibo Di, Caroline Schnakers

11. Pharmacological Treatments
Olivia Gosseries, John Whyte

12. New Therapeutic Options for the Treatment of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: The Field of Neuromodulation
Aurore Thibaut, Nicholas D. Schiff

13. The Ethics in the Management of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
A. Demertzi

14. Near-Death Experiences: Actual Considerations
Vanessa Charland-Verville, Charlotte Martial, Helena Cassol, Steven Laureys

15. Future Perspectives of Clinical Coma Science
Steven Laureys, Caroline Schnakers

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Neuroradiology