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Respiration Biofeedback Rapidly Reduces panic/anxiety from COVID 19 and PTSD

2/20/2021

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The Freespira respiration training system is a game-changing resource for people in our practice and with whom we've conducted research to evaluate its' effectiveness. This study:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10484-020-09465-0 linked here is a recent study of the Freespira with panic disordered patients. Our work with subjects experiencing anxiety, PTSD, post-concussion syndrome and panic disorder have all reported significan and lasting improvement in symptoms.  Please consider this safe and reliable option for home-baed, self-administered, non-drug help If you are struggling with anxiety as many people are in this exceedingly challenging time. The treatment is available at a significant discount along with a comprehensive neurophysiological assessment for those participating in our trials. Contact Dr. Berman at 610-940-0488 for details or email to info@quietmindfdn.org
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EEG Patterns Predict Neurological Abnormalities

2/13/2021

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We are seeing a remarkable moment in our field where pretiigious laboraories like Ben Gurion University are making claims of new breakthroughs in the field of neurophysiology​ that for some of us are coming about 50 years after the fact. This report notes that EEG activity of people with neurodegenerative diseases exhibit predictably altered patterns of brain electrical activity that can be measured noninvasively. The focus is on non focal seizure activity that relates to abnormalities in cortical perfusion. Our lab described this in an early poster at the 2009 International Alzheimer's Association meeting in Vienna. We showed that subjects were able to modify their brainwave activity using operant conditioning methods which translated into improved behavioral and cogntitive functioning on a number of neuropsychological test measures.

In a study published in 2017 we showed that near infrared spactroscopy of subjects receiving daily transcranial and intraocular pulsed near-infrared light therapy showed a significant increase in the range of perfusion and extraction of blood flow in the frontal lobes. These increases also correlated with improve cognitive functioning, behavior and mood stability. 

Hopefully, these institutions will consider integrating these approaches and noting the potential synergistic potential as we are doing now in our current trials.
 
www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/ben-gurion-university-researchers-introduce-new-method-for-diagnosing-neurological-and-psychiatric-conditions-301224620.html
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February 13th, 2021

2/13/2021

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Treating Brain Networks Gains Support

2/4/2021

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The recent report from the University of Cambridge has reinforced the longstanding view of many clinicians and researchers in the neurofeedback community that improving neural connectivity is critical to improving cognitive, behavioral and other functions. Their research on children with learning challenges demonstrated the importance of modifying neural connection hubs rather than specific locations. 

 “Scientists have argued for decades that there are specific brain regions that predict having a particular learning disorder or difficulty, but we’ve shown that this isn’t the case,” said Dr Duncan Astle, senior author on the study. “In fact, it’s much more important to consider how these brain areas are connected – specifically, whether they are connected via hubs. The severity of learning difficulties was strongly associated with the connectedness of these hubs, we think because these hubs play a key role in sharing information between brain areas.”

Neurofeedback and neuromodulation techniques including photobiomodulation have shown that intervening at the network level can produchttps://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/learning-difficulties-due-to-poor-connectivity-not-specific-brain-regions-study-shows significant improvements across many different areas of functioning. The research now being done at Quietmind Foundation in collaboration with their study partners at Baylor Research Institute in Temple, TX has demonstrated this to be the case for helping reverse both motor, mood and cognitive functioning in older adults with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Future trials will integrate targeted light stimulation with neurofeedback training of specific brain networks to see how this may improve the robustness of clinical outcomes compared to light therapy alone.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/learning-difficulties-due-to-poor-connectivity-not-specific-brain-regions-study-shows
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