~~~~~~ PAIN ALERT ~ Week of Sep 25th, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~

A review of the best papers this year
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Simultaneous EEG and fMRI applied to epilepsy.
Integrating of both electrophysiologic and metabolic information
provides much insight into cerebral physiology.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16630747

Neurofeedback treatment of epilepsy: rationale to practical application.
Provides rationale and practice for using sensorimotor rhythm
conditioning to reduce susceptibility of seizures.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16466304

Self-Regulation of Slow Cortical Potentials in Seizure Patients.
Decreased seizure frequency from this form of neurofeedback training
may be due to inhibition in cortical areas proximal to active
electrodes, frontal cortex, and thalamus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16691432

Fronto-parietal coupling of brain rhythms in mild cognitive impairment
Elderly with Alzheimer's present a reduction of synchronization
likelihood (delta to gamma) at both fronto-parietal and
inter-hemispherical electrodes whereas normal functioning elderly do not.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16464686

EEG coherence in mild cognitive impairment
EEG coherences in all bands were higher in a mild cognitive
impairment group compared to controls during effort, but similar
during rest.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16615165

Post-lesional cerebral reorganisation
Functional neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation were
used to assess post-lesional brain plasticity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16723211

Functional MRI to study brain plasticity in clinical neurology.
Exhaustion of adaptive properties of cerebral cortex may be
responsible for 'fixed' neurological deficits.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16708177

Role of corticothalamic coupling in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
Overall increase of synchrony between thalamus and temporal lobe
structures during seizures is seen, particularly at seizure onset.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16760199

Focal spikes in musicogenic epilepsy.
Right temporal lobe, notably the auditory area, is involved in
musicogenic epilepsy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16793574

Functional plasticity or vulnerability after early brain injury?
Younger children do not recovery from severe early brain injury as
well as older children, which goes against previous ideas.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16322161

Tracking recovery of visuospatial attention deficits in mild TBI
mTBI patients recover from orienting deficits of attention within a
week of injury, whereas executive deficits remained throughout a month
post-injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16330498

Memory activation enhances EEG abnormality in mild cognitive impairment.
Mild cognitive impairment patients show less decrease in the lower
alpha band than controls during picture memory activation.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16406153

Functional neuroimaging studies of cognitive recovery after acquired
brain damage
Review of functional neuroimaging studies of stroke and traumatic
brain injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16395622

Imaging cerebral activity in recovery from chronic traumatic brain injury
Examined the effect of an alternative intervention for TBI and
discovered hindbrain involvement in recovery (cerebellar hemispheres,
vermis).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16808830

Functional EEG topography in sleep and waking
Sleep deprivation enhances EEG power in delta and theta, regardless
of task.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16650779

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