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A publication in The European Journal of Neurology

Encouraging new prospects for the treatment of consciousness disorders  

An international team of researchers and clinicians, led by GIGA (ULiège), has just completed a groundbreaking clinical trial on a cohort of 62 patients from ten institutions.

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A publication in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Entrepreneurs' brains: researchers reveal increased cognitive flexibility  

A multidisciplinary research team led by ULiège and CHU Liège has uncovered evidence of increased neuronal connectivity in the brains of entrepreneurs, which may contribute to distinct cognitive attributes.

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Award

Charlotte Martial receives the Young Investigator Award from IBIA, Charlène Aubinet an honorable mention  

Charlotte Martial (Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness) received this award from the International Brain Injury Association in Dublin on Friday. It rewards her work on disconnected consciousness. Congratulations !

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Brain connectomics: time for molecular imaging?  

A group of international researchers, including Arianna Sala (GIGA Consciousness and Centre du Cerveau2), to advocate greater use of positron emission tomography (PET) to study brain connectomics.

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Scientific Award

The AstraZeneca 2022 Award to Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse  

The GIGA and CHU de Liège researcher is rewarded for her pioneering work on modified states of consciousness, including hypnosis, to relieve patients.

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A publication in eLife

Exploring the mechanisms underlying disorders of consciousness  

A study conducted by researchers at ULiège provides evidence of altered brain dynamics in patients with unresponsive arousal syndrome and in those in a minimally conscious state. 

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New FNRS Mandates  

Congratulations to all researchers obtaining a new FNRS mandate !

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Artificial intelligence helps scientists to measure human consciousness  

AI offers insights into quantifying consciousness in different altered states of consciousness.

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A publication in Brain Communications

Near-death experiences, a survival strategy that originates in thanatosis, common in the animal kingdom ?  

A study lead by Danish and Belgian (GIGA/ULiège) researchers attributes for the first time a biological purpose to near-death experiences (NDEs)

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Publication in Annals of Neurology

New evidence about brain activity of patients diagnosed as being unresponsive  

Most of post-comatose clinically unresponsive patients present residual brain activity closer to what we usually observe in minimally conscious patients.

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A publication in the Journal of Neuroscience

Heartbeat can help detect signs of consciousness in patients after a coma  

A new study shows that heart brain interactions, measured using electroencephalography (EEG), provide a novel diagnostic avenue for patients with disorders of consciousness.

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AstraZeneca Foundation Awards

Athena Demertzi to receive one of the AstraZeneca Foundation Awards  

The prize supports his work in the field of Artificial Intelligence applied to the follow-up of patients after coma.

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