What is Brain Mapping?
Before starting and before finalizing a Deep Brain Stimulation therapy, the effectiveness of the therapy is tested, during surgery, using a technique called Brain Mapping.Brain mapping consists of microelectrode stimulation and recording techniques. Brain mapping is used to optimize the placement of the implantable electrode or lesion ,in the case of thalamotomy or pallidotomy, in the brain, by collecting data on the patient’s neurophysiological response to an extensive series of test stimulations.Brain mapping also helps increase the benefits and decrease the risks of potential complications associated with surgical intervention.
Brain Mapping (Quantitative Electroencephalography), which is often represented as either qEEG or QEEG, is a brain map using an International 10/20 system in an analysis of individual frequencies or frequency bandwidth that make up the raw EEG. By doing so, the Brain Map is used to assess how the brain is functioning. From this assessment, there are standardized methods for improving specific areas of the brain and is done through neurofeedback, which is a subdivision of biofeedback.
