Measuring consciousness in coma and related states

Figure 3 Default mode network in vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, minimally conscious state, healthy controls-sagittal view[68]. In vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS), the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) are hypoconnected to the default mode network (in blue) and hyperconnected to the fronto-insular cortex (in red), axial view. Correlation from random effect (P < 0.01) and clustered corrected (P < 0.05) results based on general linear model maps with seed region of interest comparing VS/UWS to healthy controls[60]. MCS: Minimally conscious state.