EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
Memory deficits are common in patients with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, but also in patients with other neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as brain injury, multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and schizophrenia. Memory loss affects patients’ functionality and, by extension, their...
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| author | Irini Vilou Aikaterini Varka Dimitrios Parisis Theodora Afrantou Panagiotis Ioannidis |
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| description | Memory deficits are common in patients with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, but also in patients with other neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as brain injury, multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and schizophrenia. Memory loss affects patients’ functionality and, by extension, their quality of life. Non-invasive brain training methods, such as EEG neurofeedback, are used to address cognitive deficits and behavioral changes in dementia and other neurological disorders by training patients to alter their brain activity via operant activity. In this review paper, we analyze various protocols of EEG neurofeedback in memory rehabilitation in patients with dementia, multiple sclerosis, strokes and traumatic brain injury. The results from the studies show the effectiveness of the ΕΕG-NFB method in improving at least one cognitive domain, regardless of the number of sessions or the type of protocol applied. In future research, it is important to address methodological weaknesses in the application of the method, its long-term effects as well as ethical issues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44f69f80f49d46d88f34671a83b71a9d2023-11-16T21:40:15ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292023-01-0113236510.3390/life13020365EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain InjuryIrini Vilou0Aikaterini Varka1Dimitrios Parisis2Theodora Afrantou3Panagiotis Ioannidis42nd Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece2nd Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece2nd Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece2nd Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece2nd Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54621 Thessaloniki, GreeceMemory deficits are common in patients with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, but also in patients with other neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as brain injury, multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and schizophrenia. Memory loss affects patients’ functionality and, by extension, their quality of life. Non-invasive brain training methods, such as EEG neurofeedback, are used to address cognitive deficits and behavioral changes in dementia and other neurological disorders by training patients to alter their brain activity via operant activity. In this review paper, we analyze various protocols of EEG neurofeedback in memory rehabilitation in patients with dementia, multiple sclerosis, strokes and traumatic brain injury. The results from the studies show the effectiveness of the ΕΕG-NFB method in improving at least one cognitive domain, regardless of the number of sessions or the type of protocol applied. In future research, it is important to address methodological weaknesses in the application of the method, its long-term effects as well as ethical issues.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/2/365EEG neurofeedbackcognitive deficitsmemory rehabilitation |
| spellingShingle | Irini Vilou Aikaterini Varka Dimitrios Parisis Theodora Afrantou Panagiotis Ioannidis EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Life EEG neurofeedback cognitive deficits memory rehabilitation |
| title | EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury |
| title_full | EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury |
| title_fullStr | EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury |
| title_short | EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury |
| title_sort | eeg neurofeedback as a potential therapeutic approach for cognitive deficits in patients with dementia multiple sclerosis stroke and traumatic brain injury |
| topic | EEG neurofeedback cognitive deficits memory rehabilitation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/2/365 |
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