Minimally Conscious States akinetic mutism This refers to a condition, originally described by Cairns (1941), In general, akinetic mutism involves bilateral damage to http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0161.html?printable=1
Minimally Conscious States akinetic mutism This refers to a condition, originally described by Cairns (1941), akinetic mutism with an epidermoid cyst of the 3rd ventricle. http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0161.html?m=3
* Urology - (Disease): Definition akinetic mutism A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) andunmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology observes that a person with http://en.mimi.hu/disease/urology.html
The Journal Of Head Trauma Rehabilitation - UserLogin Disorders of diminished motivation include akinetic mutism, abulia, and apathy . akinetic mutism is essentially characterized by a total absence of http://www.headtraumarehab.com/pt/re/jhtr/fulltext.00001199-200507000-00009.htm
Extractions: Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed The degree of drowsiness is often misrepresented on the patient'srecord. The terms obtundation, stupor, and coma are often used interchangeably. It is best to note the response the patient makes to his environment (i.e. responds to soft verbal stimuli, loud verbal stimuli,physical stimuli such as shaking, or deep painful stimuli to theextremities). Coma or absence of arousal to any external stimuli is mimicked by several other clinical conditions which should not be diagnosed as coma. These conditions include: (1) locked in syndrome, (2) psychogenic coma, (3) persistent vegetative state, (4) akinetic mutism,(5) hypersomnolence (exaggerated sleep response), and (6) brain death. All of these conditionswill look like coma and should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Locked-in syndrome is seen in brain stem infarction or metabolic conditions which cause paralysis of all four extremities without loss ofconsciousness. Generally there is preservation of eye movements and the blink reflex, and communication may be established in this manner. This may alsooccur in acute motor paralysis due to peripheral nerve or neuromuscularjunction blockade. Psychogenic coma should be considered if the patient has intact brainstem reflexes including calorics, pupillary reactions, and optokinetic nystagmus. In psychogenic coma there is an active resistance to eyelidopening and the eyes will tend to avoid looking at the examiner.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal - UserLogin akinetic mutism in a bone marrow transplant recipient following totalbodyirradiation and amphotericin B chemoprophylaxis. Arch Neurol 1987;44414-17. http://www.pidj.com/pt/re/pidj/fulltext.00006454-199805000-00021.htm
Revista Electrónica Doxa, La Verdad Como Aventura Another disorder included in their analysis is akinetic mutism, which refers toa state in which patients appear vigilant and attentive but remain http://www.umce.cl/revistas/doxa/doxa_n05_a02.html
Extractions: PROBLEMS WITH THE WORD CONSCIOUSNESS Rodrigo Becerra (1)A good review is provided by Kirsner et al (Eds., 1998) in their "Implicit and Explicit Mental Processes". Another interesting recent review is "Out of mind. Varieties of unconscious processes" (Gelder, De Haan and Heywood, 2001). (2) (MacLeod, 1992; MacLeod, Mathews and Tata, 1986; MacLeod and Rutherford, 1992, MacLeod and Hagan, 1992, MacLeod and Mathews 1991; MacLeod and McLaughlin, 1994; MacLeod and Lawrence Cohen, 1993 and MacLeod, Rutherford, Campbell, Ebsworthy and Holker, 2002) "At its least, normal human consciousness consists of a serially time-ordered, organized, restricted and reflective awareness of self and the environment. Moreover, it is an experience of graded complexity and quantity" (p.1) The detailed neurological account offered by the authors is beyond the scope of this essay. Of considerable however interest is their understanding of consciousness. What follows is a brief description of the first part of their essay, which is of more interest to this paper in that it specifies the "type" of consciousness to which they refer. The taxonomy favoured by the authors involves a classification of global disorders of consciousness that include: stupor and coma, the vegetative state, akinetic mutism, absence and partial complex seizures, delirium, dementia and hyperkinetic mutism.
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Clinical Neuropharmacology - UserLogin Cyclosporinassociated akinetic mutism and extrapyramidal syndrome after livertransplantation. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psych. 1990;531068-1071. http://www.clinicalneuropharm.com/pt/re/clnneupharm/fulltext.00002826-200407000-
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Extractions: Abstract. Here I present a sympathetic but critical analysis of Damasio's latest book. I begin with a brief exposition of his neurobiological theory of emotion and then take issue with him on the cognitive and representational nature of emotional states. I discuss his view of consciousness as a second-order set of neural activations, which are allegedly intimately related to, and even necessary for, elementary emotional and homeodynamic processes. I find Damasio's account wanting in at least two respects. First, the relationship between emotional states and the consciousness thereof is left ambiguous. Second, Damasio lacks a clear psychological hypothesis about the hierarchy of first-, second-, and possibly third-order mental/neural states. The result is that a wealth of neurobiological information fails to be organized in a coherent conceptual scheme, and the whole account is ultimately unsatisfactory.
