Author:
Aliño Costa Marta,Gadea Marien,Hidalgo Vanesa,Pérez Víctor,Sanjuán Julio
Abstract
Background and objectives: Neurofeedback treatments have shown successful results in anxiety disorders. Thus, the effectiveness of a beta1 Neurofeedback protocol was tested in a longitudinal clinical case study. Design and methods: A participant suffering from an anxiety syndrome was treated with 10 sessions of Neurofeedback, which protocol consisted in uptraining beta1 rhythm (16-21 Hz) while downtraining theta (4-8 Hz) band. For each of the 10 sessions the state anxiety and salivary cortisol levels were measured in a pre/post design. Initial and final examinations of anxiety symptoms and sustained attention performance were taken in addition.
Results: The final evaluation showed that levels of anxiety fell within normative range and sustained attention improved. A t-test for related samples disclosed a significant improvement of beta1 amplitude across sessions, without modifications in untrained bands. A significant inverse correlation between beta1 amplitude and salivary cortisol appeared, suggesting that brain activity could be considered a marker of anxiety. The validation of the beta1 Neurofeedback protocol was assessed by independence, trainability and interpretability criteria. Conclusions: We showed an effective Neurofeedback protocol on anxiety and sustained attention, the success of which could consist on the reestablishment of an optimal cortical arousal capable of inhibiting the elevated amygdalar activity. (English)
Publisher
Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
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