Muhammad Abul Hasan1,2, Aleksandra Vuckovic3, Saad A Qazi4,5, Zuha Yousuf6,4,7, Sania Shahab6, Matthew Fraser8. 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. abulhasan@neduet.edu.pk. 2. Neurocomputation Laboratory, National Center of Artificial Intelligence, Karachi, Pakistan. abulhasan@neduet.edu.pk. 3. Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Division, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 4. Neurocomputation Laboratory, National Center of Artificial Intelligence, Karachi, Pakistan. 5. Department of Electrical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. 6. Department of Biomedical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. 7. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. 8. Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the impact of neurofeedback training on the deeper cortical structures that comprise the "pain matrix" and are involved in processing neuropsychological functions. METHODS: Five paraplegic patients with central neuropathic pain received up to 40 sessions of neurofeedback training. They were asked to simultaneously modulate the relative power of the theta, alpha and beta bands, provided as a feedback from the sensorimotor cortex. The source localization technique was applied on EEG data recorded with 16 electrodes placed over the whole head. RESULTS: Neurofeedback training from the sensorimotor cortex induced effects on the pain matrix and in the areas involved in processing neuropsychological functions such as memory, executive functions and emotional regulations. Alpha and beta band activity was most increased in insular, cingulate and frontal cortex regions, and other areas corresponding to executive and emotional function processing. Theta band decreases were noted in the frontal, cingulate and motor cortices. In group analysis, theta and beta band activity was significantly reduced. CONCLUSION: The single channel electroencephalogram-based neurofeedback training produced effects on similar areas that are targeted in 19 channels standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography and expensive time-delayed functional magnetic resonance imaging feedback studies.
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the impact of neurofeedback training on the deeper cortical structures that comprise the "pain matrix" and are involved in processing neuropsychological functions. METHODS: Five paraplegic patients with central neuropathic pain received up to 40 sessions of neurofeedback training. They were asked to simultaneously modulate the relative power of the theta, alpha and beta bands, provided as a feedback from the sensorimotor cortex. The source localization technique was applied on EEG data recorded with 16 electrodes placed over the whole head. RESULTS: Neurofeedback training from the sensorimotor cortex induced effects on the pain matrix and in the areas involved in processing neuropsychological functions such as memory, executive functions and emotional regulations. Alpha and beta band activity was most increased in insular, cingulate and frontal cortex regions, and other areas corresponding to executive and emotional function processing. Theta band decreases were noted in the frontal, cingulate and motor cortices. In group analysis, theta and beta band activity was significantly reduced. CONCLUSION: The single channel electroencephalogram-based neurofeedback training produced effects on similar areas that are targeted in 19 channels standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography and expensive time-delayed functional magnetic resonance imaging feedback studies.
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