IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO INJURY OF THE ASCENDING RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM IN A PATIENT WITH BILATERAL PONTINE INFARCTION: A CASE REPORT

The ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) is known to play an essential role in maintaining arousal and consciousness.In this report, we describe the d2 prudence case of a patient with impaired consciousness due to injury of the ARAS after bilateral pontine infarction.A 73-year-old female patient presented with anterior chest pain to the Eme