In a recent Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience study, researchers describe their observations from continuous electroencephalography (EEG) recordings obtained from the brain of a dying 87-year-old man ...

Clinicians use electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain activity in epilepsy and sleep pathologies, and this powerful tool has shown promise for other conditions. Emerging evidence suggests that ...

A trial involving comatose survivors of cardiac arrest tested whether aggressively treating rhythmic and periodic EEG activity would improve neurologic outcomes. Despite suppression of abnormal EEG ...

A new study reveals that myelin sheath damage triggers epileptiform spikes and slows REM oscillations during sleep.

Our date of birth doesn't always match the age of our brain. How old our brain really is depends on our biological age, shaped by the wear and tear our cells experience over time. Genetics, ...

While nitrous oxide gas has been used recreationally and medically for more than 200 years - originally for its euphoric and then for its pain relieving and anesthetic properties - the mechanism ...

Two abstracts presented at the 2023 International Epilepsy Congress evaluated early electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring in children with seizures and encephalopathy. At the 35th International ...

Brain waves emblematic of generalized epilepsy. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist ...

Well organized and synchronized brain wave activity is essential for normal brain functioning. These electrical rhythms ...

Older adults struggling to follow conversations in noisy rooms may be showing the earliest signs of cognitive decline, not ...