ArticleBrain communications2023
Homeostatic normalization of alpha brain rhythms within the default-mode network and reduced symptoms in post-traumatic stress disorder following a randomized controlled trial of electroencephalogram neurofeedback.
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- Can Electroencephalography-Based Neurofeedback Treat Post-traumatic Stress Disorder? A Meta-analysis Study.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of neurofeedback and its effect on posttraumatic stress disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Neurofeedback for post-traumatic stress disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and neurophysiological outcomes.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
- Increased top-down control of emotions during symptom provocation working memory tasks following a RCT of alpha-down neurofeedback in PTSD.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2023Trial
- Quantitative Electroencephalography as a Complement to Symptom-Based Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Alpha power increases spontaneously during a neurofeedback session.Communications psychology · 2026Article
- Reimagining MAiD for psychiatric illness: Ethical dilemmas among Veterans, clinical realities, and the road ahead.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2026Review
- Toward a definition of treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2026Review
- Augmenting evidence-based PTSD psychotherapy with neuroscientifically informed interventions: A mind-body-brain approach.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury with Acute Symptomatic Seizure: Neurofeedback and Motor Therapy in a 6-Month Follow-Up Case Study.Neurology international · 2026Article
- Oscillatory dynamics as the coordination layer of the organism: waves, Markov blankets, and the virtual space of cognition.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Plasma copeptin is coupled to resting-state frontoinsular-subgenual alpha dynamics in major depression with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Study protocol for a multi-session randomized sham-controlled trial of PCC- and amygdala-targeted neurofeedback for the treatment of PTSD.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Towards predicting posttraumatic stress symptom severity using portable EEG-derived biomarkers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of neurofeedback training efficacy and neural mechanisms in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- tDCS and neurofeedback in ADHD treatment.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2025Review
- Advances in Electroencephalography for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Identification: A Scoping Review.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2025Article
- Reflecting onJournal of military, veteran and family health · 2024Article
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- Towards predicting PTSD symptom severity using portable EEG-derived biomarkers.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Collective research has identified a key electroencephalogram signature in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, consisting of abnormally reduced alpha (8-12 Hz) rhythms. We conducted a 20-session, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of alpha desynchronizing neurofeedback in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder over 20 weeks. Our objective was to provide mechanistic evidence underlying potential clinical improvements by examining changes in aberrant post-traumatic stress disorder brain rhythms (namely, alpha oscillations) as a function of neurofeedback treatment. We randomly assigned participants with a primary diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (
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