Directory of Persistent Vegetative State Resources

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Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished.

Resources in This Category

• NHS Choices: Vegetative State -

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Vegetative-state/
  Provides information on this condition and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

• NINDS Information Page

  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/coma/coma.htm
  Coma and persistent vegetative state data compiled by The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

 

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