New Delhi, March 06, 2025.
Sleep spindles or brain activity occurring during the non-dreaming stage of sleep could help predict recovery of consciousness and independent functioning in those who suffered a brain injury, a new study has suggested.
Researchers from Columbia University and the NewYork-Presbyterian healthcare system, US, said the studies have shown that unresponsive patients with a recent brain injury can possess a degree of consciousness hidden from families and doctors.
For the study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers looked through electroencephalograms or EEG recordings of brain activity in 226 comatose patients taken over a night.
