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S. Laureys et al. (Eds.) Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 177 - Oct 2009
Medico-legal Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universite´ Libre de Bruxelles and Coma Science Group,Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Lie`ge, Belgium

Defining personal loss after severe brain damage


Locked-in syndrome in children: report of five cases and review of the literature
Bruno M-A, Schnakers C, Damas F, Pellas F, Lutte I, Bernheim J, Majerus S, Moonen G, Goldman S, Laureys S
Pediatric Neurology 41 (2009) 237-246

Detecting consciousness in a total locked-in syndrome: an active event related paradigm
Schnakers C, Perrin F, Schabus M, Hustinx R, Majerus S, Moonen G, Boly M, Laureys S
Neurocase, 25 (2009) 1-7

new study on the persistence of cognitive impairment in people LIS - by Marc Rousseaux, Emilie Castelnot, Pascal Rigaux, Odile Kozlowski and François-Danzé published in October 2008


Pr Steven Laureys – neurologist – Bruxelles - Belgium
BRAIN FUNCTION IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC LOCKED-IN SYNDROME - 2003
The locked-in syndrome : what is it like to be conscious and voiceless ? - 2005


Dr Frédéric Pellas – CHU Nîmes - France
Treatment of victims of locked-in syndrome – april 1999

Philippe Van Eeckhout – speechtherapist – Paris - France
The locked-in syndrome- 1997

 Pr Léon-Carrion  - Sevilla - Spain
The Locked-in Syndrome: A survey
(A Syndrome looking for a therapy)- 2001

Dr Steven Laureys – neurologist – Bruxelles - Belgium
BRAIN FUNCTION IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC LOCKED-IN SYNDROME - 2003
The locked-in syndrome : what is it like to be conscious and voiceless ? - 2005

"fonctions cognitives par Schnakers C,
Majerus S, Goldman S, Boly M, Van Eeckhout P, Gays S, Pellas F,
Bartsch V, Peigneux P, Moonen G, Laureys S"


Extensive Brainstem Ischemia on Neuroimaging Does Not Preclude Meaningful

Recovery from Locked-In Syndrome:

Two Cases of Endovascularly Managed Basilar Thrombosis

The patient's journey: Living with locked-in syndrome
 
New publication of Nick Chisholm and Grant Gillett
 Read the publication here

nouvelle publication sur la qualité de vie des personnes LIS
AVRIL 2009
Quality of Life in Locked-in Syndrome Survivors
M.-A. BRUNO, F. PELLAS, and S. LAUREYS
 
"Thirty years ago a stroke left me in a coma. When I awoke I found myself completely
paralyzed and unable to speak... I didn't know what paralysis was until I could move
nothing but my eyes. I didn't know what loneliness was until I had to wait all night
in the dark, in pain from head to foot, vainly hopingfor someone to come with a teardrop
of comfort. I didn't know what silence was until the only sound I could make was
that of my own breath issuingfrom a hole drilled into my throat"