%0 Journal Article
%T Resting state networks in patients with acute disorders of consciousness after severe traumatic brain injury.
%A Ordóñez-Rubiano EG
%A Castañeda-Duarte MA
%A Baeza-Antón L
%A Romo-Quebradas JA
%A Perilla-Estrada JP
%A Perilla-Cepeda TA
%A Enciso-Olivera CO
%A Rudas J
%A Marín-Muñoz JH
%A Pulido C
%A Gómez F
%A Martínez D
%A Zorro O
%A Garzón E
%A Patiño-Gómez JG
%J Clin Neurol Neurosurg
%V 242
%N 0
%D 2024 07 23
%M 38830290
%F 1.885
%R 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108353
%X This study aims to describe resting state networks (RSN) in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC)s after acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).<BR>Adult patients with TBI with a GCS score <8 who remained in a coma, minimally conscious state (MCS), or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS), between 2017 and 2020 were included. Blood-oxygen-level dependent imaging was performed to compare their RSN with 10 healthy volunteers.<BR>Of a total of 293 patients evaluated, only 13 patients were included according to inclusion criteria: 7 in coma (54%), 2 in MCS (15%), and 4 (31%) had an UWS. RSN analysis showed that the default mode network (DMN) was present and symmetric in 6 patients (46%), absent in 1 (8%), and asymmetric in 6 (46%). The executive control network (ECN) was present in all patients but was asymmetric in 3 (23%). The right ECN was absent in 2 patients (15%) and the left ECN in 1 (7%). The medial visual network was present in 11 (85%) patients. Finally, the cerebellar network was symmetric in 8 patients (62%), asymmetric in 1 (8%), and absent in 4 (30%).<BR>A substantial impairment in activation of RSN is demonstrated in patients with DOC after severe TBI in comparison with healthy subjects. Three patterns of activation were found: normal/complete activation, 2) asymmetric activation or partially absent, and 3) absent activation.