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| Brain Connectivity is the essential peer-reviewed journal covering groundbreaking findings in the rapidly advancing field of connectivity research at the systems and network levels. Published 10 times per year in print and online, the Journal is under the leadership of Founding and Co-Editors-in-Chief Christopher Pawela, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Bharat Biswal, PhD, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology. It includes original peer-reviewed papers, review articles, point-counterpoint discussions on controversies in the field, and a product/technology review section. To ensure that scientific findings are rapidly disseminated, articles are published Instant Online within 72 hours of acceptance, with fully typeset, fast-track publication within 4 weeks |
Dementia will develop in about 80% of patients
with Parkinson's disease, and a new study has found significant variability in
brain signaling that could serve as a predictive marker for identifying which
patients are at highest risk of dementia. Measuring brain signal variability as
an early indicator of impaired cognitive function and information processing is
an innovative new approach described in the study published in Brain
Connectivity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert,
Inc., publishers. The article is available free for download on the Brain Connectivity website until April
30, 2016.
In
"Brain Connectivity Alterations Are Associated
with Dementia in Parkinson's Disease," J.A. Bertrand and coauthors from
Baycrest Center (Toronto), Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, McGill University
(Montreal), Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de
Montréal, and Universiteé du Québec à Montréal, Canada, describe the use of
resting state electroencephalography (EEG) for a mean of 3 years in patients
with Parkinson's disease, comparing the findings in those in whom dementia did
or did not develop. The researchers measured specific disruptions in brain
communication that were present before symptoms of dementia were apparent. If
confirmed by additional studies, these brain signaling alterations could
identify the best patients to include in trials of new neuroprotective drugs.
"Early
diagnosis is key to treatment of dementia patients with the limited options
currently available," says Christopher Pawela, PhD, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Brain
Connectivity and Assistant Professor, Medical College of
Wisconsin. "EEG is a lower-cost alternative to many modern diagnostic
imaging modalities. If a reliable predictive marker for dementia could be
developed using EEG, it may find lower barriers to clinical use."
About
the Journal
Brain
Connectivity is the essential peer-reviewed journal covering
groundbreaking findings in the rapidly advancing field of connectivity research
at the systems and network levels. Published 10 times per year in print and
online, the Journal is under the leadership of Founding and Co-Editors-in-Chief
Christopher Pawela, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, and
Bharat Biswal, PhD, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of
Technology. It includes original peer-reviewed papers, review articles, point-counterpoint
discussions on controversies in the field, and a product/technology review
section. To ensure that scientific findings are rapidly disseminated, articles
are published Instant Online within 72 hours of acceptance, with fully typeset,
fast-track publication within 4 weeks. Tables of content and a sample issue may
be viewed on the Brain Connectivity
website.
About
the Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a
privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing
authoritative medical and biomedical peer-reviewed journals, including Journal
of Neurotrauma and Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature
Management. Its biotechnology trade magazine, GEN
(Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News),
was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read
publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 80 journals,
newsmagazines, and books is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers
website.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/mali-abc033016.php?
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