Brain language processing networks maintained in minimally conscious state</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Brain language processing networks maintained in minimally conscious state"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Brain,language,processing,networks,maintained,in,minimally,conscious,state"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">17-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Brain language processing networks maintained in minimally conscious state</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_Vgn1eV9tWbY0ecWi5eC5_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">New York, USA (Reuters Health): Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) - that is, those with severe brain damage who demonstrate intermittent awareness of their environment - may retain some degree of cognitive function "despite their inability to follow simple instructions or communicate reliably," investigators report. The results of a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study published in the February 8th issue of “Neurology” indicate that such patients exhibit brain responses to speech similar to those seen in healthy individuals. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/hmG20KrDrK0D2L0GQu20EK " target="blank">mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/hmG20KrDrK0D2L0GQu20EK </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show