Introduction: This study investigated the relationship between
Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) and the neural networks between the medial
prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and precuneus (PCun)/posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in
disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). Measures: Twenty-five
consecutive patients with TBI admitted to the rehabilitation department of a
university hospital were enrolled in this study. The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised
(CRS-R) was used to evaluate the consciousness state. The pathway of the neural
networks between the mPFC and the PCun (mPFC-PCun DMN)/PCC (mPFC-PCC DMN) were
reconstructed using DTT. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and the tract volume (TV)
were obtained to assess the diffusion tensor imaging parameters.
Results: The CRS-R score had strong positive correlations with the FA
value and TV of the mPFC-PCun DMN (p
