What's New in Neurofeedback

A Monthly Summary of News and Events

Vol. 5 No. 12 - December 2002

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  • Announcements  - News
  • In the Spotlight     - Letting them know what you're doing while you're doing it
  • News & Reviews - Books & journal papers
  • Events & Locations - Conferences, Courses
  • Last Word               - Happy Holidays!

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    Announcements


     

    In the Spotlight

    Letting them know what you're doing while you're doing it

    Since 1995 the International Society for Neuronal Regulation (iSNR), as it is now called, has posted online its scientific conference proceedings (talk abstracts). This service allows interested parties to circumvent the normally slow scientific communication pipeline, to learn of the latest findings in whatever topic they seek. As I teach my Research Methods students, one to four or more years may pass from the start of a research project until your findings reach the light of day (i.e., journal ink). Only a select few regularly take time and money out of their busy schedules and strained budgets to attend conferences, so proceedings are a helpful way to let people know what you're doing while you're doing it.

    I'm still amazed at the paucity of reported research in neurotherapy for autism. I know dozens of clinicians are treating autism with EEG biofeedback, but who? where? when? Only three abstracts, as you see below (plus a paper coming out in the next issue of JNT).

    Below are selections for iSNR conferences going back to 1995, arranged by disorder. I compiled about 250 abstracts in all from 1995 to 2002, with about half on QEEG assessments of one form or another. To keep this newsletter manageable, I only included a sprinkling. If you want to read all the abstracts on a single topic, or to see all the topics covered, visit www.snr-jnt.org/topics/ntlinks.htm. Happy hunting!

    ADHD (31 online abstracts since 1995, selections below)

  • ADD Subtypes in QEEG with Multi-State Analysis
  • Videogame vs Standard EEG Biofeedback
  • ERPs in GO/NOGO Paradigm in ADHD Children During Training
  • Electrophysiological Assessment of Frontal Lobe Function in ADHD
  • Electrophysiological Correlates of Motor Inhibition Impairment in ADHD
  • Electrophysiological Indicators of ADHD
  • SMR/Beta Training on Neurocognitive Performance.
  • More New QEEG data about ADHD and Response to therapy.
  • Neurological Basis and Neurofeedback Treatment of ADHD
  • Role of QEEG in Predicting Medication Response and Outcome: ADHD & LD
  • QEEG Reference Database Evaluation of Adult ADHD
  • QEEG Reference Database Evaluation of Adult ADHD: Follow-up with LORETA
  • QEEG based subtypes of Adult ADHD
  • LORETA imaging of children with ADD and learning disorders
  • SPECT vs. QEEG Map vs. QEEG Scan: Which is the Most Accurate and Best Value for ADHD?
  • Neurofeedback for Remediating ADHD in Elementary School Setting
  • TOVAs in Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Disorders

    Addiction (15 abstracts, selections below)

  • Alpha-Theta biofeedback not specific to production of theta/alpha crossover
  • Alpha-theta feedback in groups
  • Augmenting Chemical Dependency Treatment with Neurofeedback Training
  • Case for Alpha-Theta: A Dynamic Hemispheric Asymmetry Model
  • Aspects of Reward Deficiency Syndrome
  • Experiments on Brainwave Therapy for Alcoholism
  • Individualizing EEG Biofeedback in Addictive Disorders

    Autism

  • Audio-visual Stimulation in Childhood Autism
  • Autism/Asperger's/Obnoxious Child, 3 Case Histories
  • Efficacy of Neurofeedback for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

    Brain Injury (14 abstracts)

  • Biophysical Integration of MRI, EEG and Cognition in TBI
  • Comparison of Normative EEG Databases and Mild Head Injury Discriminants
  • EEG Changes on TBI Patients During Cognitive Tasks After Cognitive Rehabilitation
  • EEG Coherence Training Based on QEEG Abnormalities in Patients with Closed Head Injury.
  • EEG Severity Index of TBI
  • Exploratory Discriminant Analysis of Mild Brain Trauma Employing High Frequency Bands
  • Mozart Effect
  • QEEG and QMRI findings in TBI: implications for neurotherapy.

    CFS

  • Abnormal QEEG'S in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.
  • Identical Twins: One has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Can QEEG Discriminate?
  • 18 Hz AVS on attention and concentration symptoms in CFS
  • Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Neurofeedbackand Self-Hypnosis

    Epilepsy

  • QEEG-Guided Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Epilepsy
  • Relationship Between Epilepsy and ADHD, Learning Disability and Mental Retardation
  • Remediation of Nocturnal Seizures by EEG Biofeedback

    Fibromyalgia

  • Fibromyalgia Syndrome Symptom Reduction with Audio Visual Entrainment.
  • Neurochemical Basis of Fibromyalgia, The
  • QEEG, Psychological Status and EMG Activity in Fibromyalgia
  • To Q or Not to Q: Use of a Fibromyalgia Case Study

    Mood Disorders (18 abstracts)

  • Anterior Alpha Asymmetry in Anxiety and Depression
  • EEG Asymmetry Measures as Predictors of Depression Severity
  • Frontal Asymmetry Changes Reflect Brief Mood Shifts
  • LORETA of Cerebral Activity in Chronic Depressive Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder: QEEG Subtypes, Treatment Implications
  • Neurofeedback for the Bipolar Child
  • Pathologies of Regional EEG Comodulation: Issues and Interpretation
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and Changes in Prefrontal Alpha Asymmetry
  • QEEG Relationships With the MMPI-2 Depression Scale
  • Depression severity and overall EEG abnormality.

    Additional Topics:

  • QEEG Assessment 103 abstracts plus more on related topics like coherence, LORETA, Non-linear dynamics, EPs
  • Peak Training 12 abstracts
  • AVS 17 abstracts

    Above indices and MORE can be found at: www.snr-jnt.org/topics/ntlinks.htm

    (Please excuse the large 613K download required, though only once, to access the first abstract. Additional abstracts should then be instantaneously.)

    -DK

     

    News & Reviews NEW BOOKS

    Handbook of Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition
    by Roberto Cabeza, Alan Kingstone
    Functional neuroimaging of attention, visual recognition, language, and memory, with additional emphasis on aging. -www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262032805/top100

    Language and Epilepsy
    by Yvan Lebrun, Franco Fabbro
    Focuses on verbal shortcomings, disorders, deviancies, and peculiarities observed in epilepsy. -www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861563124/top100

    Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety
    by Michael W. Vasey, Mark R. Dadds
    Discusses major factors that contribute to etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders in children and throughout lifespan. -www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195123638/top100

    Attachment Disorganization
    by Judith Solomon, Carol George
    Etiology of attachment disorganization, social and cognitive sequelae, attachment disorganization in atypical populations, and adult and clinical applications. -www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572304804/top100

    Developmental Variations in Learning: Social, Executive Function, Language, and Reading Skills
    by Dennis L. Molfese
    Individual differences are often ignored when evaluating clinical conditions in young children. -www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805822291/top100/

     

    JOURNAL PAPERS

    Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression. : rTMS is superior to sham stimulation in the treatment of depression, but the clinical significance is modest. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12397863

    LORETA using high density EEG and individual MRI in Schizophrenia. : Schizophrenics exhibited current density reductions of mismatch negativity in the left superior temporal gyrus and the left inferior parietal gyrus. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12391570

    Imaging the roles of the amygdala in drug addiction. : The amygdala is implicated in reward learning and memory, conditioned reward and emotion dysregulation related to drug use, and the transition to addiction. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12397873

    Functional neuroimaging studies of the amygdala in depression. : Initial studies provide evidence of amygdala involvement, probably beyond its role in fear to its generalized role in modulating vigilance levels. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12382206

    Circadian and wake duration-dependent modulation of EEG : The circadian pacemaker facilitates frontal EEG activation by preventing the intrusion of low-frequency EEG components (which increase progressively during wakefulness). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12379258

    Children with ADHD and comorbid oppositional defiant disorder: an EEG analysis. : ADHD groups have more absolute and relative theta than the control group in EC rest. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12374635

    Left rTMS does not impair cognition in major depression. : Transcranial magnetic stimulation seems to be safe over a course of 5000 stimuli. It increases functional connectivity in networks under the coil within an hour of stimulation. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12369271

    Beta power in the EEG of alcoholics. : Beta power in all three bands of resting EEG (Beta 1 (12.5-16 Hz), Beta 2 (16.5-20 Hz), and Beta 3 (20.5-28 Hz) ) is elevated in alcoholics, especially so in males. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12372655

    Abnormal stimulus-response intensity functions in PTSD : Many patients with combat-related PTSD enter into a state of protective inhibition at relatively low stimulus intensities. . www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12359674

    Continuous electroencephalographic monitoring in neurocritical care. : Reviews current and future applications of continuous EEG such as detection of focal cerebral ischemia as well as prognostication in coma and titration of continuous infusion sedative therapy. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12359109

    Drug addiction and its underlying neurobiological basis: frontal cortex. : Addiction involves more than limbic system changes; orbitofrontal cortex is implicated in the impaired response inhibition and overvaluing of drug reinforcers/undervaluing of alternative reinforcers. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12359667

     

     

    Events & Locations

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    Conferences for Neurofeedback Clinicians & Researchers

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    Winter Brain - http://www.brainmeeting.comPalm Springs, CAJan 24-28
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    Last Word

    Happy Holidays!