… Andreu Casali1,2 and Eduard Batlle1,3,* 1Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB
Barcelona), Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 2Institut de Biologia Molecular de …

How consciousness (experience) arises from and relates to material brain processes (the “mind-body
problem”) has been pondered by thinkers for centuries, and is regarded as among …

In Brazil, 4.5% of the AIDS-related opportunistic infections are caused by Cryptococcus
neoformans. This pathogen is a ubiquitous environmental basidiomycetous encapsulated yeast, …

By employing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in combination with high-density
electroencephalography (EEG), we recently reported that cortical effective connectivity is …

The frequency tuning of a system can be directly determined by perturbing it and by observing
the rate of the ensuing oscillations, the so called natural frequency. This approach is used, …

Patients surviving severe brain injury may regain consciousness without recovering their
ability to understand, move and communicate. Recently, electrophysiological and …

One challenging aspect of the clinical assessment of brain-injured, unresponsive patients is
the lack of an objective measure of consciousness that is independent of the subject’s ability …

A common endpoint of general anesthetics is behavioral unresponsiveness [1], which is
commonly associated with loss of consciousness. However, subjects can become disconnected …

Prolonged wakefulness is associated not only with obvious changes in the way we feel and
perform but also with well-known clinical effects, such as increased susceptibility to seizures, …

BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of death in cirrhotic
patients. This neoplasm is associated with liver cirrhosis (LC) in more than 90% of cases. Early …