patients have at least some periods of conscious awareness and can respond to others at least by eye movements, but are otherwise paralyzed and unable to speak
patients have at least some periods of conscious awareness and can respond to others at least by eye movements, but are otherwise paralyzed and unable to speak
patients are totally unconscious as if asleep <=> coma
patients have at least some periods of conscious awareness and can respond to others at least by eye movements, but are otherwise paralyzed and unable to speak
patients can be physiologically stabilized for long periods, even years, but can have no psychic functions since these depend on higher brain centers <=> persistent vegetative state (PVS)
patients have at least some periods of conscious awareness and can respond to others at least by eye movements, but are otherwise paralyzed and unable to speak
patients have at least some periods of conscious awareness and can respond to others at least by eye movements, but are otherwise paralyzed and unable to speak <=> locked in state