Seeking Parkinsons Expert

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David Helfand

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Mar 22, 2022, 9:19:47 AM3/22/22
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A colleague of mine is looking for an expert in Parkinson’s treatment for an older adult. She is generally aware of neurofeedback and wanted more information. She lives in Massachusetts, USA, but would likely be open to consulting with anyone from any location. I offered to help find someone since I’m not qualified in this area.

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Emily

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David


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Robert Thatcher

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Mar 22, 2022, 12:44:14 PM3/22/22
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David,
    Any clinician using the Neuronavigator can image the Cerebellum and red nucleus, sub-thalamus, thalamus and motor cortex and then do EEG Biofeedback.  Richard Abbey, Ph.D. and many others may be of help.  It is important to note that there is a large scientific literature on EEG and parkinsonism.  Also, EEG biofeedback and Parkinsonism.  Attached is a study by Phillippens et al where Neurofeedback of the Red Nucleus demonstrated that the Cerebellum which does not contain dopamine is a compensatory.   

Also, if one does a search of the National Library of Medicine database (Pubmed) using the search terms 'EEG and Cerebellum' one will find 2,076 peer reviewed studies.  In addition to the Phillippens et al study below are citations to interesting studies demonstrating that the scalp recorded EEG can detect Cerebellar sources.


Andersen, L.M., Jerbi,K. and Dalal, S. (2020). Can EEG and MEG detect signals from the human cerebellum? Neuroimage. 2020 Jul 15; 215: 116817. doi: 10.1016/j.


Samuelsson JG, et al. (2020). Detectability of cerebellar activity with magnetoencephalography and electroencephalography. Hum Brain Mapp. 2020;41:2357–2372. https://doi.org/10. 1002/hbm.24951


Based on this scientific literature myself and colleaques conducted scalp EEG studies on Cerebellar sources using swLORETA that included the Rhomberg finger to nose and heel to shin Cerebellar tests.  We confirmed that we could localize EEG Cerebellar tests and that the Cerebellar sources would shift left to right depending on whether one was using the left or right finger or shin.  We also measured EEG Cerebellar sources in over 200 normals and TBI patients (mild, moderate and severe) and obtained over 95% discriminant accuracy.  

We also found that Cortical-Cerebellar connectivity based on coherence, lagged coherence, phase differences and the phase slope index (effective connectivity) were all highly statistically significant.   I am attaching a presentation to the Napa meeting in October 2021 which I also presented in part to the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) in March 2022.  

Here are urls to presentation to the Napa meeting and to the SBMT sub-committee on artificial intelligence that included EEG Cerebellar information:



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Cerebellar-Cortical NFB, Red Nucleus and Parkinson Disease-Phillippens et al.pdf

David Helfand

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Mar 22, 2022, 1:02:07 PM3/22/22
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Thank you to everyone who responded! I’m very grateful to have you all as a resource.


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D Corydon Hammond

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Mar 22, 2022, 1:02:11 PM3/22/22
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I have attached my paper from 17 years ago on a protocol that usually rapidly improves balance, as well as swallowing.  It has been replicated in 3 control group studies with Parkinson’s patients.  I have attached a couple of those studies.

 

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A colleague of mine is looking for an expert in Parkinson’s treatment for an older adult. She is generally aware of neurofeedback and wanted more information. She lives in Massachusetts, USA, but would likely be open to consulting with anyone from any location. I offered to help find someone since I’m not qualified in this area.

 

Please include her in replies:

Emily

 

Thanks,

David

 

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tanju surmeli

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Mar 22, 2022, 2:55:18 PM3/22/22
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Some relevant published studies.

He, S., Everest-Phillips, C., Clouter, A., Brown, P., & Tan, H. (2020). Neurofeedback-Linked Suppression of Cortical β Bursts Speeds Up Movement Initiation in Healthy Motor Control: A Double-Blind Sham-Controlled Study. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 40(20), 4021–4032. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0208-20.2020 https://www.jneurosci.org/content/40/20/4021

Tinaz, S., Para, K., Vives-Rodriguez, A., Martinez-Kaigi, V., Nalamada, K., Sezgin, M., Scheinost, D., Hampson, M., Louis, E. D., & Constable, R. T. (2018). Insula as the Interface Between Body Awareness and Movement: A Neurofeedback-Guided Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Study in Parkinson's Disease. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 12, 496. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00496 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00496/full

Subramanian L. Morris M.B.Brosnan M. Turner D.L.Morris H.R.Linden D.E. Functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback-guided motor imagery training and motor training for Parkinson's disease: Randomized trial. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016; 10: 111 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4896907/

Šumec, R., Filip, P., Sheardová, K., & Bareš, M. (2015). Psychological Benefits of Nonpharmacological Methods Aimed for Improving Balance in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review. Behavioural neurology, 2015, 620674. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/620674 

Azarpaikan A., Torbati H. T., Sohrabi M. Neurofeedback and physical balance in Parkinson's patients. Gait & Posture. 2014;40(1):177–181. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.03.179.                 

Fumuro T, Matsuhashi M, Mitsueda T, Inouchi M, Hitomi T, Nakagawa T, Matsumoto R, Kawamata J, Inoue H, Mima T, Takahashi R, Ikeda A. Bereitschaftspotential augmentation by neuro-feedback training in Parkinson's disease. Clin Neurophysiol. 2013 Jul;124(7):1398-405. doi: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175537/1/j.clinph.2013.01.026.pdf

Cordelia R. Erickson-Davis, John S. Anderson, Catherine L. Wielinski, Sara A. Richter & Sotirios A. Parashos (2012): Evaluation of Neurofeedback Training in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study, Journal of Neurotherapy: Investigations in Neuromodulation, Neurofeedback and Applied Neuroscience, 16:1, 4-11

Subramanian, L., Hindle, J. V., Johnston, S., Roberts, M. V., Husain, M., Goebel, R., & Linden, D. (2011). Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback for treatment of Parkinson's disease. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 31(45), 16309–16317. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3498-11.2011 Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurofeedback for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease




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