Comatose patients often have a questionable prognosis. Family and doctors are left to ask, what are the chances a loved one ...

Scientists have found that brain-injury patients with hidden consciousness may show signs of recovery through their sleep ...

A study suggests sleep spindles during non-dreaming sleep stages can predict recovery of consciousness in brain injury patients. Researchers identified hidden consciousness in unresponsive patients, ...

Spindle fibers form a protein structure that divides the genetic material in a cell. The spindle is necessary to equally divide the chromosomes in a parental cell into two daughter cells during ...