Researchers found that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity, may predict recovery in unresponsive brain injury patients. Patients with these waves were more likely to regain consciousness ...

Gabe Brown uses both an eye-controlled computer pad and a simple alphabet board to discuss his recovery from a severe ...

When electrical activity travels across the brain, it moves like ripples on a pond. The motion of these "brain waves," first ...

A research team from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Barcelona, the UB Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) ...

Brad Fritz, affectionately known as the “Wheelchair Waver,” was hospitalized Tuesday night with life-threatening injuries ...

This, in turn, could help better predict which brain-injured individuals are more likely to recover with rehabilitation, according to the scientists.

New research suggests a unique form of meditation can affect brain regions linked to emotional regulation and memory, potentially paving the way for new treatments for anxiety and depression.

If a brain aneurysm ruptures, it can cause a coma. Depending on the severity of the brain injury, the coma may be temporary, long lasting, or may lead to death.

Monitoring Comatose Patients’ Brain Waves During Sleep May Help Predict Recovery Learn how brain circuits that help regulate slumber may also control consciousness, helping advance research.

For the first time ever, scientists have caught a glimpse of what human brain waves look like in a dying person, bringing us one step closer to answering the perennial question: what do you see ...

Researchers noticed a surge in brain activity that is correlated with consciousness even after two comatose patients' hearts stopped beating.