Explore: Consciousness [mesh]

drugs), severe fatigue, pain, anaesthesia, and other causes. Loss of consciousness should not be confused with the notion of the psychoanalytic unconscious

463.188.409 – consciousness MeSH F02.463.188.634 – imagination MeSH F02.463.188.634.309 – dreams MeSH F02.463.188.634.507 – fantasy MeSH F02.463.188.675

Disorders of consciousness are medical conditions that inhibit consciousness. Some define disorders of consciousness as any change from complete self-awareness

MeSH F03.087.250.400 – huntington disease MeSH F03.087.300 – Disorders of consciousness MeSH F03.087.350 – delirium MeSH F03.087.400 – dementia MeSH F03

Reflex syncope is a brief loss of consciousness due to a neurologically induced drop in blood pressure and/or a decrease in heart rate. Before an affected

(syncope), commonly known as fainting or passing out, is a loss of consciousness and muscle strength characterized by a fast onset, short duration, and

A minimally conscious state (MCS) is a disorder of consciousness distinct from persistent vegetative state (PVS) and locked-in syndrome. Unlike PVS, patients

are divided into three types: those with preserved consciousness, those with impaired consciousness, and those that evolve to bilateral tonic–clonic activity

electromagnetic signals, heard as clicks and buzzes) can be blocked by a patch of wire mesh (rather than foil) placed above the temporal lobe. In 2005, a tongue-in-cheek

vegetative state (VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial