Before revision: Functional neuroimaging have shown that parts of the cortex are still active in vegetative patients that are presumed to be unconscious;Laureys, Trends Cogn Sci, 2005, 9: 556-559 however, these areas appear to be functionally disconnected from associative cortical areas whose activity is needed for awareness.
After revision: Functional neuroimaging have shown that parts of the cortex are still active in vegetative patients that are presumed to be unconscious;Laureys, Trends Cogn Sci, 2005, 9: 556–559 however, these areas appear to be functionally disconnected from associative cortical areas whose activity is needed for awareness.