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Tag Archives: Electroencephalography (EEG)
More on the Association Between Dementia and Poor Sleep Quality (NHS Choices / Nature Neuroscience)
Summary Recent US research found an apparent link between poor sleep quality and higher levels abnormal protein (beta-amyloid plaques) in the brain. The following NHS Choices Behind the Headlines critical appraisal puts the limitations of this interesting research into perspective. … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Glasgow Coma Scale Update (Nursing Times / BBC News / PLoS Computational Biology / Nature Communications)
Summary The Glasgow Coma Scale has been updated forty years after its initial implementation. This Nursing Times article reviews the variations in technique which have developed since then, the scale’s current composition and application and the “structured approach” to the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment of Impaired Consciousness, BBC Health News, Brain and Mind Institute: University of Western Ontario, Brain Imaging, Brain Networks in Disorders of Consciousness, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC), Connectivity and Graph-Theoretic Analysis, Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Cambridge, Disorders of Consciousness, Electroencephalography (EEG), Electrooculographic (EOG) Activity, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow Coma Scale, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Glasgow Coma Scale Update, IGMM: University of Edinburgh, Impaired Consciousness, Institute of Health and Wellbeing: University of Glasgow, Institute of Neurological Sciences Glasgow, Institute of Neurological Sciences: Southern General Hospital (Glasgow)), Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience: Universidad Diego Portales, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Medical Research Council: Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Nature Communications, Neuroimaging, Neuroimaging Tools, NHS Lothian, Nursing Times, Patient's Awareness Networks (Consciousness Levels), Persistent Vegetative State, PLoS Computational Biology, Reduced Consciousness, Relating Coma Scale to Coma Score, Southern General Hospital (Glasgow)), Spectral Power, Swiss Institute of Technology, Tennis Test, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile), University of California, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Western Ontario, Vegetative State
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TMS-EEG Response Characteristics (Future Directions in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Dementia?)
Abstract The authors of this article suggest that the combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG) may be used to identify distinct differences in Alzheimer’s Disease and MCI patients. They found that the TMS-EEG response P30 amplitude correlates … Continue reading