Coma Science

1. Introducing Consciousness <br>Adam Zeman (Peninsula Medical School, UK)<br>2. Behavioral correlates of consciousness <br>Joseph Giacino (JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ, USA)<br>3. Controversy on the definition of death <br>James Bernat (Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA)<br>4. Outcome from anoxic coma <br>John Whyte (Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, US)<br>5. Life expectancy issues after brain injury <br>Nathan Zasler (University of Virginia, Glen Allen, USA)<br>6. Brain function in sleep<br>Habib Benali (Paris)<br>7. Pharmacological coma and the boundaries of unconsciousness <br>Pierre Boveroux, Rohan Dixit, Michael Greicius (Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA)<br>8. Consciousness and epilepsy: Why are complex partial seizures complex? <br>Hal Blumenfeld (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA)<br>9. The comatose resting brain <br>Rafi Malach (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)<br>10. MRI spectroscopy and DTI in coma survivors: promises & pitfalls <br>Louis Puybasset (Paris, France)<br>11. Measuring consciousness: a perturbational approach<br>Marcello Massimini (University of Milano, Italy)<br>12. Transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation in coma <br>Natalllia Lapitskaya and Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen (Hammel, Denmark)<br>13. Pharmacological arousal in comatose states <br>Ross Zafonte (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)<br>14. Zolpidem treatment in disorders of consciousness<br>Ralf Clauss (Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK)<br>15. Advantages and pitfalls of intrathecal administration of GABA agonist in management of chronic vegetative state <br>Takaomi Taira (Tokyo)<br>16. TBA<br>Douglas Katz (Boston, MA, USA)<br>17. TBA<br>Flora Hammond (Charlotte, NC)<br>18. The neurophysiology of brain computer interface control<br>Andrea Kübler and Christa Neuper (University of Würzburg, Germany)<br>19. Deep brain stimulation and modulation of consciousness <br>Nicholas D. Schiff (Cornell University, NY, USA)<br>20. Quality of life in locked-in syndrome <br>Dorothee Lule (University of Ulm, Germany)<br>21. Defining personal loss after severe brain damage <br>(Isabelle Lutte, Law Dept, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium)<br>22. The neuroethics of measuring and modulating consciousness <br>Joseph J. Fins (Cornell University, NY, USA)