A state in which a person is unable to speak (mute) or move (akinetic). Akinetic mutism is often due to damage to the frontal lobes of the brain.

an inexistence or major decrease of deliberate motions and conversation, even though the person does pay attention to eye motions. The health problem is tied in with destruction to the anterior ungula [..]

A condition of silent, alert-appearing, immobility that characterizes certain subacute or chronic states of altered consciousness. Sleep-wake cycles have been retained, but no observable evidence for [..]

A state where a person can no longer move or talk due to damage to the base of the brain, but the person is awake (not comatose) and their eyes are open and can follow what is going on around them.

Also known as a persistent vegetative state. The patient neither moves or speaks with volition and is unaware of internal or external stimuli. Such persons may appear to be awake but are not truly con [..]

A Syndrome characterized by a silent and inert state without voluntary Motor Activity despite preserved sensorimotor pathways and vigilance. Bilateral Frontal Lobe dysfunction involving the anterior C [..]

A syndrome characterized by a silent and inert state without voluntary motor activity despite preserved sensorimotor pathways and vigilance. Bilateral FRONTAL LOBE dysfunction involving the anterior c [..]

Subacute or chronic state of altered consciousness, in which the patient appears alert intermittently, but is not responsive, although his/her descending motor pathways appear intact; due to lesions of various cerebral structures. Synonyms: coma vigil. (05 Mar 2000)