Exploration of Functional Connectivity During Preferred Music Stimulation in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness.

ABSTRACT: Preferred music is a highly emotional and salient stimulus, which has previously been shown to increase the probability of auditory cognitive event-related responses in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). To further investigate whether and how music modifies the functional connectivity of the brain in DOC, five patients were assessed with both a classical functional connectivity scan (control condition), and a scan while they were exposed to their preferred music (music condition). Seed-based functional connectivity (left or right primary auditory cortex), and mean network connectivity of three networks linked to conscious sound perception were assessed. The auditory network showed stronger functional connectivity with the left precentral gyrus and the left dorsolateral prefron

SUBMITTER: Heine L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4637404 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature