A list of selected publications follows. For briefer lists in specific areas, use these links:
Schiff, N.D., Giacino, J.T., Kalmar, K., Victor, J.D., Baker, K., Gerber, M., Fritz, B., Eisenberg, B., O'Connor, J., Kobylarz, E.J., Farris, S., Machado, A., McCagg, C., Plum, F., Fins, J.J., and Rezai, A. R. (2007) Behavioural improvements with thalamic stimulation after severe traumatic brain injury. Nature 448, 600-603.
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Fins, J.J., Schiff, N.D., and Foley, K.M. (2007)
Late recovery from the minimally conscious state: Ethical and policy implications.
Neurology 68, 304-307.
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Schiff, N.D., and Posner, J.B. (2007)
Another "awakenings."
Annals of Neurology 62, 5-7.
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this editorial from
Annals of Neurology
Schiff, N.D., and Fins, J.J. (2007)
Disorders of consciousness.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 82, 250-253.
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this letter to the Editor from
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Fins, J.J., and Schiff, N.D. (2006) Shades of gray: new insights into the vegetative state. Hastings Center Reports 36, 8.
Voss, H.U., Ulug, A.M., Dyke, J.P., Watts, R., Kobylarz, E.J., McCandliss, B.D., Heier, L.A., Beattie, B.J.,
Hamacher, K.A., Vallabhajosula, S., Goldsmith, S.J., Ballon, D., Giacino, J.T., and Schiff, N.D. (2006)
Possible axonal regrowth in late recovery
from the minimally conscious state.
Journal of Clinical Investigation 116, 2005-2011.
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Shirvalkar, P., Seth, M., Schiff, N.D., and Herrera, D.G. (2006)
Cognitive enhancement with central thalamic electrical stimulation.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 17007-17012.
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Schiff, N.D. (2006)
Measurements and models of cerebral function in the severely injured brain.
Journal of Neurotrauma 23, 1436-1449.
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Schiff, N.D. (2006)
Multimodal neuroimaging approaches to disorders of consciousness.
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 21, 388-397.
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Laureys, S., Giacino, J.T., Schiff, N.D., Schabusa, M., and Owen, A.M. (2006)
How should functional imaging of patients with disorders of
consciousness contribute to their clinical rehabilitation needs?
Current Opinion in Neurology 19, 520–527.
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Schiff, N.D. (2005)
Modeling the minimally conscious state: measurements of brain function and therapeutic possibilities.
Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 150, chapter 33. pp. 473-493. Ed: S. E. Laureys. Elsevier.
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Schiff, N.D., Rodriguez-Moreno, D., Kamal, A., Kim, K.H., Giacino, J.T., Plum, F., and Hirsch, J. (2005)
fMRI reveals large-scale network activation in minimally conscious patients.
Neurology 64, 514-523.
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Kobylarz, E.J., and Schiff, N.D. (2005)
Neurophysiological correlates of persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states.
Neuropsychol. Rehabil. 15, 323-332.
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Fins, J.J., and Schiff, N.D. (2005) The afterlife of Terri Schiavo. Hastings Cent Rep. 35, 8.
Laureys, S., Owen, A.M., and Schiff, N.D. (2004)
Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders.
Lancet Neurol. 3, 537-546.
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Kobylarz, E.J., and Schiff, N.D. (2004)
Functional imaging of severely brain-injured patients: progress, challenges, and limitations.
Arch. Neurol. 61, 1357-1360.
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Purpura, K.P., Kalik, S., and Schiff, N.D. (2003)
Analysis of perisaccadic field potentials in the occipitotemporal pathway during active vision.
J. Neurophysiol. 90, 3455-3478.
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Schiff, N.D., Ribary, U., Moreno-Rodriguez, D., Beattie, B.,
Kronberg, E., Blasberg, R., Giacino, J., McCagg, C., Fins, J., Llinas, R. and Plum, F. (2002)
Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain.
Brain 125, 1210-1234
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Schiff, N.D and Purpura, K.P. (2002)
Towards a neurophysiological foundation for cognitive neuromodulation
through deep brain stimulation.
Thalamus and Related Systems 2, 55-69.
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Plum, F. and Schiff, N.D. (2002)
Disorders of Consciousness.
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Elsevier.
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Schiff, N.D. and Plum, F. (2002)
Possible relationships of anesthetic coma and pathological disorders
of consciousness.
Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience: Neural Mechanisms of Anesthesia
Ed: Josph F. Antognini et al.
Humana Press.
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Schiff, N.D., Plum, F., and Rezai, A.R. (2002)
Developing prosthetics to treat conitive disabilities resulting from
acquired brain injuries.
Neurological Research 24, 116-124.
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Repucci, M.A., Schiff, N.D., and Victor, J.D. (2001)
General strategy for hierarchical decomposition of multivariate
time series: implications for temporal lobe seizures.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering 29, 1135-1149.
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Schiff, N.D., and Plum, F. (2000)
The role of arousal and "gating" systems in the neurology
of impaired consciousness.
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 17, 438-452.
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Davey, M.P., Victor, J.D., and Schiff, N.D. (2000)
Power spectra and coherence in the EEG of a
vegetative patient with severe asymmetric brain damage.
Clinical Neurophysiology 111, 1949-1954.
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Schiff, N.D., Rezai, A.R., Plum, F. (2000)
A neuromodulation strategy for rational therapy of complex brain injury states.
Neurol. Res. 22, 267-272.
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Fins, J.J., and Schiff, N.D. (2000)
Diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury.
Journal of the American Medical Association 283, 2392.
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Schiff, N.D. (1999)
Commentary: neurobiology, suffering, and unconscious brain states.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 17, 303-304.
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Schiff, N.D., Purpura, K.P., and Victor, J.D. (1999)
Gating of local network signals appears as stimulus-dependent activity
envelopes in striate cortex.
J. Neurophysiol. 82, 2182-2196.
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Schiff, N.D., and Pulver, M. (1999) Does vestibular stimulation activate
thalamocortical mechanisms that reintegrate impaired cortical regions?
Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B266, 421-423.
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Schiff, N.D., and Plum, F. (1999) Cortical function in the persistent
vegetative state. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 3, 43-44.
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Schiff, N.D., Labar, D.R., and Victor, J.D. (1999) Common dynamics in
temporal lobe seizures and absence seizures. Neuroscience 91, 417-428.
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Schiff, N.D., Ribary, U., Plum, F., and Llinas, R. (1999)
Words without mind.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 11, 650-656.
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Plum, F., Schiff, N., Ribary, U., and Llinas, R. (1998) Coordinated
expression in chronically unconscious persons. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond.
B353, 1929-1933.
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Purpura, K.P., and Schiff, N.D. (1997) The thalamic intralaminar nuclei:
A role in visual awareness. The Neuroscientist 3, 8-15.
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Schiff, N.D., Moore, D.F., and Winterkorn, J.M. (1996) Predominant downgaze ophthalmoparesis in anti-Hu encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroophthalmol. 16, 44-48.
Schiff, N.D., Victor, J.D., Canel, A., and Labar, D.R. (1995) Characteristic
nonlinearities of the 3/second ictal EEG identified by nonlinear autoregressive
analysis. Biological Cybernetics 72, 519-526.
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Schiff, N.D., Victor, J.D., and Canel, A. (1995) Nonlinear autoregressive
analysis of the 3/second ictal EEG: implications for underlying dynamics.
Biological Cybernetics 72, 527-532.
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