Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified specific EEG signatures that indicate when patients lose and regain consciousness under the general anesthetic drug propofol. The ...

Whether the treatment of rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest improves outcomes is uncertain. We conducted an open-label trial of sup ...

New and complex technology for Soldiers can tax their mental ability, since the brain has finite processing capability, said David Hairston, a neuroscientist.

Sleep in Orbit is intended to gain a better understanding of the problem – and hopefully develop solutions – by analyzing the differences in Mogensen's sleep patterns on Earth and on the ISS.

A new study has identified certain characteristics in the electroencephalograph (EEG) of critically ill patients that are associated with an increased risk for seizures.

Researchers describe their observations from continuous EEG recordings obtained from the brain of a dying 87-year-old man who was experiencing a heart attack after a traumatic subdural hematoma.

Then you definitely need to sleep on it, a new study says. People are more likely to have sudden “eureka” moments on nagging ...

A distinctive pattern of brain activity associated with conditions including deep anesthesia, coma and congenital brain disorders appears to represent the brain's shift into a protective, low ...

Piramidal’s founders believe — and claim to know, though this culmination of their work is not yet published — that a foundational model for EEG readings could make lifesaving brain wave ...