Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for "Transplanting" Brain States via Brain Entrainment.

ABSTRACT: Brain states, which correlate with specific motor, cognitive, and emotional states, may be monitored with noninvasive techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) that measure macroscopic cortical activity manifested as oscillatory network dynamics. These rhythmic cortical signatures provide insight into the neuronal activity used to identify pathological cortical function in numerous neurological and psychiatric conditions. Sensory and transcranial stimulation, entraining the brain with specific brain rhythms, can effectively induce desired brain states (such as state of sleep or state of attention) correlated with such cortical rhythms. Because brain states have distinct neural correlates, it may be possible to induce a desired brain state by replicati

SUBMITTER: Poltorak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492906 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature