Baseline Difference in Quantitative Electroencephalography Variables Between Responders and Non-Responders to Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depression

Vlček, Přemysl; Bares, Martin; Novák, Tomáš; Brunovský, Martin

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00083

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“…When people get stressed about life, the mPFC goes into overdrive. [21][22][23][24] Another brain region associated with depression is the amygdala, or "fear center." This part of the brain is responsible for the fight-or-flight response, which triggers the adrenal glands to release the stress hormone cortisol in response to fear and perceived danger.…”

Section: Depressive Episodesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Centering prayer in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Yanin Machado,

Mauricio Chinchilla,

Robert Hesse

et al. 2024

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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Bipolar Disorder (BD), formerly manic-depressive illness or manic depression, is a lifelong mood disorder and mental health condition that causes intense shifts in mood, energy levels, thinking patterns, and behavior. These shifts can last for hours, days, weeks, or months, interrupting the ability to carry out daily tasks. The condition is manageable with medications, talk therapy, lifestyle changes, and other treatments, but the therapy results are unreliable in many patients. Most faith traditions have two forms of prayer: discursive and contemplative. Most believers practice discursive prayer. Medical research has shown the statistical healing effects of discursive prayer, but there is considerably less research on contemplative prayer. Hesse reports a method of teaching CP by asking a volunteer to help demonstrate the analogy between human and Divine relationships in the following quoted phases., Therefore, we hypothesize that CP might produce a significant depression improvement in BP patients. Two neurologists double-blind diagnosed five patients complaining of BD and five normal subjects. All cases expressed their belief in God, so CP is prayer, not non-theistic meditation. Patients will be free of medication and selected during depressive episodes. Among the trait markers are frontal alpha asymmetry,55,56, and changes in frontal qEEG cordance. A very stable QEEG pattern, consisting of frontal alpha asymmetry, was observed in all five patients. Hence, this pattern was used to compare QEEG before and after CP. Our main result showed that the focal left frontal Alpha increment disappeared after CP. Conclusion: CP is a promising tool for treating depression, organizing the function interplay among brain networks that subserve Cognition-emotion interactions in the prefrontal cortex.

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Section: Depressive Episodesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Centering prayer in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Yanin Machado,

Mauricio Chinchilla,

Robert Hesse

et al. 2024

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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“…However, there was no significant change in the frontal EEG alpha asymmetry. More recently, Vlcek et al [ 79 ] investigated whether there were different frontal asymmetry patterns between low-frequency rTMS (LF rTMS) responders and nonresponders. The results showed that there was no significant difference in frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in the resting state between LF rTMS responders and nonresponders.…”

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Functional role of frontal electroencephalogram alpha asymmetry in the resting state in patients with depression: A review

Xie¹,

Zhang²,

Fan³

et al. 2023

World J Clin Cases

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Depression is a psychological disorder that affects the general public worldwide. It is particularly important to make an objective and accurate diagnosis of depression, and the measurement methods of brain activity have gradually received increasing attention. Resting electroencephalogram (EEG) alpha asymmetry in patients with depression shows changes in activation of the alpha frequency band of the left and right frontal cortices. In this paper, we review the findings of the relationship between frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in the resting state and depression. Based on worldwide studies, we found the following: (1) Compared with individuals without depression, those with depression showed greater right frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in the resting state. However, the pattern of frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in the resting state in depressive individuals seemed to disappear with age; (2) Compared with individuals without maternal depression, those with maternal depression showed greater right frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in the resting state, which indicated that genetic or experience-based influences have an impact on frontal EEG alpha asymmetry at rest; and (3) Frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in the resting state was stable, and little or no change occurred after antidepressant treatment. Finally, we concluded that the contrasting results may be due to differences in methodology, clinical characteristics, and participant characteristics.

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“…Therefore, QEEGt keeps the temporal resolution of EEG and incorporates the necessary anatomic or space resolution provided by MRI. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] Using QEEGt, this study compares the critical neural correlates of subjects remembering two separate altered states of consciousness, near-death experience (NDE) and spiritual contemplative experience (SCE), a.k.a. mystical experience.…”

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Neural correlates of memories of near-death and mystical experiences: Preliminary research

Machado¹,

Newberg²,

Machado³

et al. 2022

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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This study compares the critical neural correlates of two altered states of consciousness: near-death experience (NDE) and spiritual contemplative experience (SCE), a.k.a. mystical experience. For Centuries NDE and SCE have been reported by all faiths, including Abrahamic religious contemplatives: Christian mystics, Muslim Sufis, and Jewish Kabbalists. Their anecdotal reports show that both NDE and SCE have similar attributes: cognitive timelessness, affective peace, transcendent oneness, and paranormal out-of-body. Our Greyson Scale evaluation of these attributes shows a correlation between NDE and SCE. Contemporary first-person SCE leading to relived NDE provided the insight and incentive for this unique scientific study comparing the memories of NDE and SCE in separate subjects. We recorded and processed brain activity by quantitative electroencephalography tomography (QEEGt) methodology. There was a clear correlation of brain activation in delta, alpha, and gamma bands. We also found frontal lobe activation for both NDE and SCE subjects. However, there was a statistically greater activation for the SCE subjects. QEEGt allows a reformulation of QEEG techniques in a 3D anatomic framework using anatomical information provided by MRI to constrain EEG inverse solutions to the sites where primary currents might be generated. These constraints contribute to overcoming the nonuniqueness of the inverse solutions. This study has relevance to neuroscientists studying consciousness.

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Baseline Difference in Quantitative Electroencephalography Variables Between Responders and Non-Responders to Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depression

Cited by 9 publications

References 92 publications

Centering prayer in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Centering prayer in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Functional role of frontal electroencephalogram alpha asymmetry in the resting state in patients with depression: A review

Neural correlates of memories of near-death and mystical experiences: Preliminary research

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