Deep brain stimulation and spinal cord stimulation for chronic disorders of consciousness: a decade of clinical evidence, mechanistic insights, and critical appraisal
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) and spinal cord stimulation (SCS) have been investigated for over four decades as neuromodulatory treatments for chronic disorders of consciousness (DOC), including the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) and the minimally conscious state (MCS), for which no disease-...