Browsing Institutt for psykisk helse by Journals "PeerJ"
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Automated pupillometry to detect command following in neurological patients: a proof-of-concept study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Levels of consciousness in patients with acute and chronic brain injury are notoriously underestimated. Paradigms based on electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may detect ... -
Extracellular vesicles in patients in the acute phase of psychosis and after clinical improvement: an explorative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived structures that transport proteins, lipids and nucleic acids between cells, thereby affecting the phenotype of the recipient cell. As the content of EVs reflects the status of ... -
Prevalence of near-death experiences in people with and without REM sleep intrusion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The origin and prevalence of near-death experiences are unknown. A recent study suggested a link with REM sleep intrusion but was criticized for its selection of control participants. We therefore assessed the ... -
Public perception of the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: A crowdsourced study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The vegetative state (VS)/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) denotes brain-injured, awake patients who are seemingly without awareness. Still, up to 15% of these patients show signs of covert consciousness ...