Recent advances in quantitative EEG as an aid to diagnosis and as a guide to neurofeedback training for cortical hypofunctions, hyperfunctions, disconnections, and hyperconnections: improving efficacy in complicated neurological and psychological disorderJonathan E Walker
Neurotherapy Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX 75230, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 35:25-7. 2010
..Use of the modular activation/coherence model (Walker et al. in J Neurother 11: 25-44, 2007) provides a framework for correcting the slow or fast modular dysfunctions, as well as normalizing connectivity using coherence training...
Power spectral frequency and coherence abnormalities in patients with intractable epilepsy and their usefulness in long-term remediation of seizures using neurofeedbackJonathan E Walker
Neurotherapy Center of Dallas, 12870 Hillcrest, Dallas, Texas 75230, USA
Clin EEG Neurosci 39:203-5. 2008
..When most of the power and coherence abnormalities were normalized with neurofeedback training, all the patients became seizure-free; 76% no longer required an anticonvulsant for seizure control...
- Using QEEG-guided neurofeedback for epilepsy versus standardized protocols: enhanced effectiveness?
Jonathan E Walker
Neurotherapy Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 35:29-30. 2010
..This article briefly reviews some of the past EEG treatments of epilepsy and discusses how QEEG may potentially enhance effectiveness of this approach. Several cases are presented in support of this approach...
- QEEG-guided neurofeedback for recurrent migraine headaches
Jonathan E Walker
Neurotherapy Center of Dallas, 12870 Hillcrest, Suite 201, Dallas, Texas 75230, USA
Clin EEG Neurosci 42:59-61. 2011
..QEEG-guided neurofeedback appears to be dramatically effective in abolishing or significantly reducing headache frequency in patients with recurrent migraine...
- Neurofeedback treatment of epilepsy
Jonathan E Walker
Neurotherapy Center of Dallas, 12870 Hillcrest Road, Suite 201, Dallas, TX 75230, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 14:163-76, viii. 2005
..A model of how neurofeedback might raise the seizure threshold is then presented. Clinical experience using a quantitative EEG-guided approach is described, including a representative case study...
- A double-blind, randomized, controlled study of oral pirfenidone for treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
Jonathan E Walker
Board Certified Psychiatry and Neurology, Dallas, TX 75230, USA
Mult Scler 11:149-58. 2005
..These findings indicate a significant effect of pirfenidone on clinical disability and bladder function for secondary progressive MS patients. A major multicentre, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial is justified...
