Dance your PhD 2018 - BIOLOGY WINNER & AUDIENCE FAVORITE: The (un)conscious brain

“Measuring consciousness after severe brain injury using brain stimulation“ After severe brain injury, patients can fall into a coma (eyes closed, reflexes only), then evolve in an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state (eyes opened, reflexes only), and then to a minimally conscious state (purposeful behaviors) before recovering functional communication [1]. If the brain lesions are too severe, patients may remain in these states for months or years, or pass away. Assessing consciousness at t