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Locked-In Syndrome

Clinical development underwayEmerging researchRising momentum
3
Publications
1
Clinical trials
2026
Latest publication
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Executive briefingUpdating summary…Momentum: Low
Key developments
  • Active recent publication activity.
Research Highlights1View
Activity timeline1

Clinical trials

1 sponsors · 0 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
1
All trials
0
Active
0
Late-stage
0
Completed

Research activity

3 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Publications over time
20212026
Major themes8
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces3
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis1
  • Anxiety1
  • Caregivers1
  • Communication Devices for People with Disabilities1
  • Locked-In Syndrome1
  • Motivation1
  • Patient Preference1
Leading journals2
  • Neurorehabilitation and neural repair2
  • Annals of medicine1
Leading researchers8
  • Aarnoutse EJ1
  • Branco MP1
  • Giraud AL1
  • Hattori N1
  • He X1
  • Hida E1
  • Hirata M1
  • Jhilal S1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics1
  • Hendaye hospital1
  • Institut Pasteur1
  • Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine1
  • Lariboisière Hospital1
  • Leiden University1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Acquired neuromuscular disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles and lower CRANIAL NERVES except for limited voluntary eye movements. It is due to various cerebrospinal disconnections at or near the PONS and the POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA, typically secondary to pontine hemorrhage or infarct. Because cognitive function is intact it is sometimes referred to as a pseudocoma state.

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.