Reference : Cognitive Event-Related Potentials in Comatose and Post-Comatose States

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Human health sciences : Neurology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/7323

Title :	Cognitive Event-Related Potentials in Comatose and Post-Comatose States
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey [Université de Liège - ULg > > Centre de recherches du cyclotron >]
	Laureys, Steven [Université de Liège - ULg > > Centre de recherches du cyclotron]
	Perrin, F. [> > > >]
Publication date :	2008
Journal title :	Neurocritical Care
Volume :	8
Issue/season :	2
Pages :	262-70
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1541-6933
Keywords :	[en] Coma ; vegetative state ; Minimally conscious state ; ERPs ; N100 ; MMN
	[fr] P300 ; N400
Abstract :	[en] We review the interest of cognitive event-related potentials (ERPs) in comatose, vegetative, or minimally conscious patients. Auditory cognitive ERPs are useful to investigate residual cognitive functions, such as echoic memory (MMN), acoustical and semantic discrimination (P300), and incongruent language detection (N400). While early ERPs (such as the absence of cortical responses on somatosensory-evoked potentials) predict bad outcome, cognitive ERPs (MMN and P300) are indicative of recovery of consciousness. In coma-survivors, cognitive potentials are more frequently obtained when using stimuli that are more ecologic or have an emotional content (such as the patient's own name) than when using classical sine tones.
Funders :	Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - F.R.S.-FNRS ; Fondation médicale Reine Elisabeth ; European Commission ; James S. McDonnell Foundation ; Mind Science Foundation ; Concerted Research Action ; Fondation Léon Frédéricq
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/7323
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