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Auditory processing in the vegetative state

Laureys, S.·2000·Brain

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H(2)(15)O-PET was used to investigate changes in regional cerebral blood flow in response to auditory stimulation in patients in the vegetative state. Five patients in a vegetative state of hypoxic origin were compared with 18 age-matched controls. In addition, the cerebral metabolism of these patients and 53 age-matched controls was studied using [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose. In control subjects, auditory click stimuli activated bilateral auditory cortices [Brodmann areas (BA) 41 and 42] and the contralateral auditory association cortices (BA 22). In the patients, although resting metabolism was decreased to 61% of normal values, bilateral auditory areas 41 and 42 showed activation as seen in the controls, but the temporoparietal junction cortex (BA 22) failed to be activated. Moreover, the auditory association cortex was functionally disconnected from the posterior parietal association area (BA 40), the anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) and the hippocampus, as revealed by psychophysiological interaction analysis. Thus, despite altered resting metabolism, the auditory primary cortices were still activated during external stimulation, whereas hierarchically higher-order multi- modal association areas were not. Such a cascade of functional disconnections along the auditory cortical pathways, from the primary auditory areas to multimodal and limbic areas, suggests that the residual cortical processing observed in the vegetative state cannot lead to the integrative processes that are thought to be necessary for the attainment of the normal level of awareness.

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  • Tactile or auditory stimulations during vegetative state can still activate primary somatosensory cortex (S1) or primary auditory cortex (A1), respectively, in the absence of perception and without the involvement of higher-order associative areas.

    “For example, tactile (Laureys et al., 2002) or auditory (Boly et al., 2004; Laureys et al., 2000) stimulations during vegetative state can still activate primary somatosensory cortex (S1) or primary auditory cortex (A1), respectively, in the absence of perception and without the involvement of higher-order associative areas.”

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  1. Hackett TA, Stepniewska I, Kaas JH. Subdivisions of auditory cortex and ipsilateral cortical connections of the parabelt auditory cortex in macaque monkeys. J Comp Neurol 1998; 394: 475-95.
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Authors
Laureys, S.
Affiliations
University of Liège (BE)
Corresponding author
Laureys, S.
Venue
Brain
Published
2000-08-01
Volume
123
Issue
8
Pages
1589-1601
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2102082234
Cited by
311
References
110
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords
vegetative state, auditory processing, regional cerebral blood flow, brain glucose metabolism, auditory cortex activation, auditory association cortex, temporoparietal junction, functional connectivity, psychophysiological interaction, hypoxic brain injury, awareness, anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Auditory Cortex, Auditory Perception, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Reference Values, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Persistent Vegetative State

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