title: Can patients in vegetative state experience pain and have conscious awareness?
authors.forename: Gastone G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Celesia
authors.forename: Walter G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Sannita
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D003448:Crying / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*