Neurology

Vegetative state – unresponsive wakefulness syndrome

Alexey Yu.Ulitin, Director of the Russian Research Neurological Institute named after prof. A. L. Polenov, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Dr. Sci. (Med), Ekaterina A. Kondratieva, Cand. Sci. (Med), neurologist of the Intensive Care and Anesthesiology Department of the Russian Neurosurgical Institute named after Professor A. L. Polenov. (St. Petersburg)

Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness

Martin M. Monti, Ph.D., Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, M.Sc., Martin R. Coleman, Ph.D., Melanie Boly, M.D., John D. Pickard, F.R.S.C., F.Med.Sci., Luaba Tshibanda, M.D., Adrian M. Owen, Ph.D., and Steven Laureys, M.D., Ph.D. (Cambridge, The UK; Liege, Belgium)

Evaluation of pain perception in patients with chronic disorders of consciousness: assessment of behavioral responses and neurophysiological criteria

Ekaterina A. Kondratieva, neurologist of the Intensive Care and Anesthesiology Department of the Russian Neurosurgical Institute named after Professor A. L. Polenov, Head of Research Group of Minimally Conscious State, Cand. Sci. (Med), (Saint Petersburg)

Spiritual care to patients in a coma

Archpriest Sergiy Filimonov, D.Sc.(Med), Cand, Sci. (Theology), Professor of St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University. (St. Petersburg)