Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain-damaged patients

Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey; Noirhomme, Quentin; Tshibanda, Luaba; Bruno, Marie‐Aurélie; Boveroux, Pierre; Schnakers, Caroline; Soddu, Andrea; Perlbarg, Vincent; Ledoux, Didier; Brichant, Jean-François; Moonen, Gustave; Maquet, Pierre; D. Greicius, Michael; Laureys, Steven; Boly, Mélanie

doi:10.1093/brain/awp313

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Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain-damaged patients

Published in Brain • Dec 24, 2009

Authors:

Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse

Quentin Noirhomme

Luaba Tshibanda

Abstract

The 'default network' is defined as a set of areas, encompassing posterior-cingulate/precuneus, anterior cingulate/mesiofrontal cortex and temporo-parietal junctions, that show more activity at rest than during attention-demanding tasks. Recent studies have shown that it is possible to reliably iden...

Subject

Default mode network

Precuneus

Posterior cingulate

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