Recovery of an injured ascending reticular activating system with recovery from a minimally conscious state to normal consciousness in a stroke patient: a diffusion tensor tractography study

Consciousnessiscontrolledbytheascendingreticularactivating system (ARAS)(Teasdale and Jennett, 1974;Jang and Lee, 2015;Jang et al., 2016a). Scientific medical strategies for recovery in patients with impaired consciousness are relatively few compared with other diseases.