Electroencephalogram (EEG) wicket rhythms are commonly misinterpreted as being epileptogenic, leading to unnecessary treatment of nonepileptic patients with antiepileptic drugs. Better definition of ...

Figure 1: Cellular thalamic counterparts of electroencephalogram rhythms of relaxed wakefulness and non-rapid eye movement sleep. Here, we provide an up-to-date synopsis of the roles of LTSs and HTSs ...

Continuous intracranial electroencephalography (cEEG) may help pinpoint optimal timing of diagnostic studies and treatment for patients with focal epilepsy, new research suggests. The findings from a ...

Synchronization is a widespread phenomenon in nature. Examples include fireflies flashing simultaneously, crickets chirping in unison and bird swarms synchronizing their wing flaps. On the day of ...

First and foremost, we breathe in order to absorb oxygen—but this vital rhythm could also have other functions. Over the past few years, a range of studies have shown that respiration influences ...

A UCLA Health research team has identified changes in brain rhythms that indicate seizure activity in Alzheimer’s patients. Vossel’s previous studies showed that silent seizures, detected through ...

Paul L. Nunez, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane University and currently runs a small consulting firm that works on brain physics issues with the Cognitive Science ...