EEG finds consciousness in people in vegetative state

New Scientist ^ | 11/10/11 | Chelsea Whyte

[wagglebee]

Signs of consciousness have been detected in three people previously thought to be in a vegetative state, with the help of a cheap, portable device that can be used at the bedside.

"There's a man here who technically meets all the internationally agreed criteria for being in a vegetative state, yet he can generate 200 responses [to direct commands] with his brain," says Adrian Owen of the University of Western Ontario. "Clearly this guy is not in a true vegetative state. He's probably as conscious as you or I are."

In 2005, Owen's team, used functional MRI to show consciousness in a person who was in a persistent vegetative state, also known as wakeful unconsciousness – where the body still functions but the mind is unresponsive – for the first time. However, fMRI is costly and time-consuming, so his team set about searching for simple and cost-effective solutions for making bedside diagnoses of PVS. Now, they have devised a test that uses the relatively inexpensive and widely available electroencephalogram (EEG).

[Mjaye]

I woke up during a rather simple medical procedure, could hear everything being said, but could not move a muscle or utter a word or signal that I was awake. One of the scariest things that ever happened to me. Thankfully, the procedure did not include cutting.

[TigersEye]

I am not at all surprised. Consciousness is not tied to biological functioning. It’s the other way around to a great extent.

[Wpin]

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[Marie]

I have hope that these people are finally able to communicate and, at least, made more comfortable.

I mean, sheesh. Turn on the TV. Give ‘em some pain meds. Turn them more often so they don’t get bed sores.

And TALK to them.

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