• Physiological measurement · Aug 2017

    Directional connectivity in the EEG is able to discriminate wakefulness from NREM sleep.

    • G Lioi, S L Bell, D C Smith, and D M Simpson.
    • Institute for Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
    • Physiol Meas. 2017 Aug 22; 38 (9): 1802-1820.

    AbstractA reliable measure of consciousness is of great interest for various clinical applications including sleep studies and the assessment of depth of anaesthesia. A number of measures of consciousness based on the EEG have been proposed in the literature and tested in studies of dreamless sleep, general anaesthesia and disorders of consciousness. However, reliability has remained a persistent challenge. Despite considerable theoretical and experimental effort, the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness remain unclear, but connectivity between brain regions is thought to be disrupted, impairing information flow.

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