References and links to selected research collaborations:

Brain Network Recovery Group
www.brainnrg.org

Posner, JP, Saper, CB, Schiff, ND and Plum, F (2007) Plum and Posner's Stupor and Coma. Oxford University Press.
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/Neurology/?view=usa&ci=9780195138986

Schiff, N., Ribary, U., Moreno, D., Beattie, B., Kronberg, E., Blasberg, R., Giacino, J., McCagg, C., Fins, J.J., Llinas, R. and Plum, F. (2002) Residual cerebral activity and behavioral fragments in the persistently vegetative brain. Brain 125(6): 1210-1234.

Laureys, S.L., Owen, A.M., and Schiff, N.D. (2004) Brain function in coma, vegetative state and related disorders. Lancet Neurology 3(9):537-46.

Schiff, N, Rodriguez-Moreno, D, Kamal, A, Kim, K.H., Giacino, J, Plum, F and Hirsch, J. (2005) fMRI reveals large-scale network activation in minimally conscious patients. Neurology 64: 514-523

Voss H.U., Ulug A.M., Watts R., Heier L.A., McCandliss B., Kobylarz E., Giacino, J, Ballon D., Schiff N.D. (2006) Possible axonal regrowth in late recovery from minimally conscious state. Journal of Clinical Investigation 116: 2005-2011.

Shirvalkar, P., Seth, M. Schiff, N.D., Herrera, D.G. (2006) Cognitive enhancement with central thalamic electrical stimulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(45): 17007-17012.

Fins, J.J. and Schiff, N.D. (2006) Shades of gray: New insights into the vegetative state . Hastings Center Report 36(6): 8

Fins, J.J., Schiff, N.D., and Foley, K. (2007) Late recovery from the minimally conscious state. Neurology 68: 304-7