Disrupted Interactions Between Arousal and Cortical Awareness Networks in MCS and VS/UWS Patients: Evidence from Resting-state Functional Imaging Connectivity
Keywords: BOLD; blood-oxygen-level-dependent; DOC; disorders of consciousness; MCS; minimally conscious state; PTA; pontine tegmentum area; rs-fMRI; resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging; VS/UWS; vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome; veg