Brainstem Dysfunction in SARS-COV-2 Infection can be a Potential Cause of Respiratory Distress.

Background: A terrible pandemic, Covid-19, has captivated scientists to investigate if SARS-CoV-2 virus infects the central nervous system (CNS). A crucial question is if acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the main cause of death in this pandemic, and often refractory to treatments, can be explained by respiratory center dysfunction.

Objective: To discuss that ARDS can be caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection of the respiratory center in the brainstem.

QEEG spectral and coherence assessment of autistic children in three different experimental conditions.

We studied autistics by quantitative EEG spectral and coherence analysis during three experimental conditions: basal, watching a cartoon with audio (V-A), and with muted audio band (VwA). Significant reductions were found for the absolute power spectral density (PSD) in the central region for delta and theta, and in the posterior region for sigma and beta bands, lateralized to the right hemisphere. When comparing VwA versus the V-A in the midline regions, we found significant decrements of absolute PSD for delta, theta and alpha, and increments for the beta and gamma bands.

Heart rate variability for assessing comatose patients with different Glasgow Coma Scale scores.

Objective: To assess the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in coma by heart rate variability (HRV).

Methods: Sixteen comatose patients and 22 normal subjects with comparable ages and genders were studied. Patients were classified in two subgroups according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).

Autism and EEG phase reset: deficient GABA mediated inhibition in thalamo-cortical circuits.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between electroencephalogram (EEG) phase reset in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) subjects as compared to age matched control subjects. The EEG was recorded from 19 scalp locations from 54 autistic subjects and 241 control subjects ranging in age from 2.6 years to 11 years.