A person with locked-in syndrome is in a persistent vegetative state (brain-dead).

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Locked-in syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes. It is different from a persistent vegetative state, where the person is not aware or awake, and brain death, where there is no brain activity.

A Person with Locked-In Syndrome Is in a Persistent Vegetative