Sleeping while wired up with a full EEG cap would be hard enough here on Earth, but can you imagine trying to do so in the zero-gravity environment of outer space? It could be quite awkward, which is ...

Whether the treatment of rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest improves outcomes is uncertain. We conducted an open-label trial of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a fascinating noninvasive technique that measures and records the brain's electrical activity. It detects small electrical signals produced when neurons in the brain ...

Hypsarrhythmia is an abnormal pattern that appears on an EEG test. This pattern shows up as a specific and recognizable pattern of tall, wide waves on top of the background. Share on Pinterest Getty ...

Epilepsy is a neurological condition characterised by recurrent episodes of seizures. Most cases of epilepsy do not have a clear cause. The primary pathogenesis of many forms of epilepsy is an ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the second of a two-part series on Hans Berger's discovery of EEG, and how it revolutionized psychological science. The first piece, on the historical context, can be found here. When EEG ...