So our doctors should be able to use the same EEG recordings to see where our brain networks are disrupted. And then use that to develop a stroke protocol. I can hope can't I?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259692?dopt=Abstract
Abstract
Communication and integration of
information between brain regions plays a key role in healthy brain
function. Conversely, disruption in brain communication may lead to
cognitive and behavioral problems. Autism is a neurodevelopmental
disorder that is characterized by impaired social interactions and
aberrant basic information processing. Aberrant brain connectivity
patterns have indeed been hypothesized to be a key neural underpinning
of autism. In this study, graph analytical tools are used to explore the
possible deviant functional brain network organization in autism at a
very early stage of brain development. Electroencephalography (EEG)
recordings in 12 toddlers with autism (mean age 3.5 years) and 19
control subjects were used to assess interregional functional brain
connectivity, with functional brain networks constructed at the level of
temporal synchronization between brain regions underlying the EEG
electrodes. Children with autism showed significantly increased
normalized path length and reduced normalized clustering, suggesting a
reduced global communication capacity already during early brain
development. In addition, whole brain connectivity was found to be
significantly reduced in these young patients suggesting an overall
under-connectivity of functional brain networks in autism. Our findings
support the hypothesis of abnormal neural communication in autism, with
deviating effects already present at the early stages of brain
development.
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