Antonino Errante, Stefania Ferraro, Greta Demichelis, Chiara Pinardi, Mario Stanziano, Davide Sattin, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Stefano Rozzi, Ludovico D'Incerti, Eleonora Catricalà, Matilde Leonardi, Maria Grazia Bruzzone, Leonardo Fogassi, Anna Nigri
In the past 2 decades, several attempts have been made to promote a correct diagnosis and possible restorative interventions in patients suffering from disorders of consciousness. Sensory stimulation has been proved to be useful in sustaining the level of arousal/awareness and to improve behavioural responsiveness with a significant effect on oro-motor functions. Recently, action observation has been proposed as a stimulation strategy in patients with disorders of consciousness, based on neurophysiological evidence that the motor cortex can be activated not only during action execution but also when actions are merely observed in the absence of motor output, or during listening to action sounds and speech...
2024: Brain communications