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Who’s likely to wake up from a coma? Brain waves provide a clue

A certain pattern of brain waves recorded during sleep can help to predict whether an unresponsive person who experienced severe brain injury can recover their consciousness1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00606-1

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