<p>I don't know any such group in Italy but there is a group in Liege, Belgium which is called Coma Science Group. It consists of scientists of various disciplines and their main interest is understanding disorders of consciousness. Also their work has a clinical orientation as well. From your description, I think it will be interesting to you. Their website is <a href="http://www.coma.ulg.ac.be" rel="nofollow">http://www.coma.ulg.ac.be</a></p>

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2014-09-21T18:52:21.097Z
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Lazaros Mitskopoulos
<p>I've read an article about the consciousness in vegetative patients. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Owen" rel="nofollow">Adrian Owen</a> is one of the neuroscientist making research on this field. The article published on "Le scienze" was about the usage of fMRI before and EEG later, to check the presence of a consciousness.</p>

<p>Do you know of similar group of research in Italy? 
Is their work consolidated enough to be applied in the clinical practice by another neurologist?</p>

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2014-09-21T15:08:09.457Z
"in Italy" is a bit specific, is there a reason you're looking for groups in Italy in particular?
Seanny123
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2014-09-21T19:15:50.377Z
You'll have to be more precise. Consciousness is a broad term. There is a bunch of research on, for example, detecting if a nonresponsive patient is minimally conscious or in deep coma, often using EEG. Is that what you're interested in?
jona
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2014-09-22T07:38:31.357Z
@Seanny123: yes, one of my relative had a stroke.. most of doctors are simply following a protocol which will evolve in the next 50 years. Not the newest technologies.. I would like to try to help him.
Revious
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@jona: He is suspected to be in locked in syndrome. And seems to execute simple commands. But I would like to investigate it better. Does he feel pain? Does he understands completely? Is he ready for rehabilitation? If you have any advice I would really appreciate them.
Revious
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Finding consciousness through EEG
Revious
# Finding consciousness through EEG

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-21)

I've read an article about the consciousness in vegetative patients. [Adrian Owen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Owen) is one of the neuroscientist making research on this field. The article published on "Le scienze" was about the usage of fMRI before and EEG later, to check the presence of a consciousness.

Do you know of similar group of research in Italy?
Is their work consolidated enough to be applied in the clinical practice by another neurologist?

**Tags:** consciousness, eeg, fmri

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "in Italy" is a bit specific, is there a reason you're looking for groups in Italy in particular?  
> **username_2**: You'll have to be more precise. Consciousness is a broad term. There is a bunch of research on, for example, detecting if a nonresponsive patient is minimally conscious or in deep coma, often using EEG. Is that what you're interested in?  
> **username_0**: @username_1: yes, one of my relative had a stroke.. most of doctors are simply following a protocol which will evolve in the next 50 years. Not the newest technologies.. I would like to try to help him.  
> **username_0**: @username_2: He is suspected to be in locked in syndrome. And seems to execute simple commands. But I would like to investigate it better. Does he feel pain? Does he understands completely? Is he ready for rehabilitation? If you have any advice I would really appreciate them.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-09-21. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I don't know any such group in Italy but there is a group in Liege, Belgium which is called Coma Science Group. It consists of scientists of various disciplines and their main interest is understanding disorders of consciousness. Also their work has a clinical orientation as well. From your description, I think it will be interesting to you. Their website is <http://www.coma.ulg.ac.be>


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