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An awakening

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Neuroscientists and engineers are developing ways to help patients overcome paralysis and stroke. But what about mental function itself? Can medical intervention restore consciousness?

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  1. Departments of Physiology & Biophysics, Michael N. Shadlen and Roozbeh Kiani are in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Neurology, University of Washington Medical School, Box 357290, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290, USA.,

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Shadlen, M., Kiani, R. An awakening. Nature 448, 539–540 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448539a

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