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Aurore Thibaut

Aurore Thibaut

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Neuroscience

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50
Citations
9275
World Ranking
5745
National Ranking
70

Overview

Aurore Thibaut is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and has contributed significantly to research in medicine and neuroscience, focusing particularly on neurology and cognitive neuroscience. Their work is oriented around the study of brain injuries and consciousness, as well as related clinical and neurophysiological topics.

Their research addresses core topics including:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Several of Thibaut's recent papers highlight their areas of focus. Notable publications include:

  • Preservation of Brain Activity in Unresponsive Patients Identifies MCS Star, 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions, 2021, Neurocritical Care
  • Methods and strategies of tDCS for the treatment of pain: current status and future directions, 2020, Expert Review of Medical Devices
  • Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learning, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Loss of consciousness reduces the stability of brain hubs and the heterogeneity of brain dynamics, 2021, Communications Biology

Thibaut's frequent co-authors include Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries, Jitka Annen, Géraldine Martens, and Nicolas Lejeune, reflecting collaborations often linked with clinical neuroscience and neurology research.

Their work is frequently published in venues that include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neurocritical Care
  • Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

The scientist's contributions span various subfields such as neurology, epidemiology, cognitive neuroscience, emergency medicine, and psychiatry and mental health, indicating a multidisciplinary approach to complex medical and neurological conditions.

Best Publications

  • From unresponsive wakefulness to minimally conscious PLUS and functional locked-in syndromes: recent advances in our understanding of disorders of consciousness

    Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Aurore Thibaut;Gustave Moonen

  • Diagnostic precision of PET imaging and functional MRI in disorders of consciousness: a clinical validation study

    Johan Stender;Johan Stender;Olivia Gosseries;Marie Aurélie Bruno;Vanessa Charland-Verville

  • Spasticity after stroke: Physiology, assessment and treatment

    Aurore Thibaut;Camille Chatelle;Erik Ziegler;Marie-Aurélie Bruno

  • tDCS in patients with disorders of consciousness Sham-controlled randomized double-blind study

    Aurore Thibaut;Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Didier Ledoux;Athena Demertzi

  • Therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness

    Aurore Thibaut;Aurore Thibaut;Nicholas Schiff;Joseph Giacino;Steven Laureys

  • Brain networks predict metabolism, diagnosis and prognosis at the bedside in disorders of consciousness

    Srivas Chennu;Srivas Chennu;Jitka Annen;Sarah Wannez;Aurore Thibaut

  • Neural correlates of consciousness in patients who have emerged from a minimally conscious state: a cross-sectional multimodal imaging study

    Carol Di Perri;Mohamed Ali Bahri;Enrico Amico;Aurore Thibaut

  • Metabolic activity in external and internal awareness networks in severely brain-damaged patients.

    Aurore Thibaut;Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Camille Chatelle;Olivia Gosseries

  • Quantitative rates of brain glucose metabolism distinguish minimally conscious from vegetative state patients

    Johan Stender;Ron Kupers;Anders Rodell;Aurore Thibaut

  • Measures of metabolism and complexity in the brain of patients with disorders of consciousness.

    Olivier Bodart;Olivia Gosseries;Sarah Wannez;Aurore Thibaut

  • Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learning

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  • Minimally conscious state "plus": diagnostic criteria and relation to functional recovery

    Aurore Thibaut;Yelena G Bodien;Steven Laureys;Joseph T Giacino

  • Controlled clinical trial of repeated prefrontal tDCS in patients with chronic minimally conscious state

    Aurore Thibaut;Sarah Wannez;Anne-Francoise Donneau;Camille Chatelle

  • The Minimal Energetic Requirement of Sustained Awareness after Brain Injury

    Johan Stender;Johan Stender;Kristian Nygaard N. Mortensen;Aurore Thibaut;Sune Darkner

  • Randomized controlled trial of home-based 4-week tDCS in chronic minimally conscious state.

    Géraldine Martens;Nicolas Lejeune;Anthony Terrence O'Brien;Felipe Fregni

  • Preservation of brain activity in unresponsive patients identifies MCS star

    Aurore Thibaut;Rajanikant Panda;Jitka Annen;Leandro R D Sanz

  • EEG ultradian rhythmicity differences in disorders of consciousness during wakefulness

    Andrea Piarulli;Massimo Bergamasco;Aurore Thibaut;Victor Cologan

  • Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions.

    Brian L Edlow;Leandro R D Sanz;Len Polizzotto;Nader Pouratian

  • Loss of consciousness reduces the stability of brain hubs and the heterogeneity of brain dynamics

    Ane López-González;Rajanikant Panda;Adrián Ponce-Alvarez;Gorka Zamora-López

  • Non-invasive brain stimulation for fine motor improvement after stroke: a meta-analysis.

    A. T. O'Brien;F. Bertolucci;G. Torrealba-Acosta;R. Huerta

  • Clinical Response to tDCS Depends on Residual Brain Metabolism and Grey Matter Integrity in Patients With Minimally Conscious State

    Aurore Thibaut;Carol Di Perri;Camille Chatelle;Camille Chatelle;Marie Aurélie Bruno

  • Burnout in healthcare workers managing chronic patients with disorders of consciousness.

    Olivia Gosseries;Athina Demertzi;Didier Ledoux;Marie-Aurélie Bruno

  • Cerebral metabolism before and after external trigeminal nerve stimulation in episodic migraine.

    Delphine Magis;Kevin D’Ostilio;Aurore Thibaut;Victor De Pasqua

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys University of Liège
Olivia Gosseries
Olivia Gosseries University of Liège
Camille Chatelle
Camille Chatelle Harvard Medical School
Marie-Aurélie Bruno
Marie-Aurélie Bruno University of Liège
Felipe Fregni
Felipe Fregni Harvard University
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse University of Liège
Athena Demertzi
Athena Demertzi University of Liège
Mélanie Boly
Mélanie Boly University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrea Soddu
Andrea Soddu University of Western Ontario
Brian L. Edlow
Brian L. Edlow Harvard University

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