The Neuroscience Center, Deerfield, Illinois

I had the pleasure of visiting The Neuroscience Center in Deerfield, Illinois last week. As a Social Worker who worked with families of children with complex mental health and developmental issues, I would have loved to have been able to have a center like this to refer people to.

The Neuroscience Center is a multi-disciplinary entity dedicated to the effective diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of Neuropsychiatric diseases. The diagnostic and treatment techniques used include EEG, Brain SPECT, genetic testing, Neurofeedback and Brain Stimulation techniques such as rTMS (repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and tDCS (transcranial Direct Current Stimulation). The center has become a well-known resource for addressing complex cases.

Dr. Best, the center's Director, is a Neuropsychiatrist who specializes in brain disorders that affect emotional health and cognitive ability. He is also trained in providing Brain Stimulation.

Dr. Pavel, who is a member of IBREA's advisory board, is a nuclear medicine physician specializing in Brain SPECT imaging. Brain SPECT is one type of brain imaging that is particularly helpful in evaluating patients with complex conditions involving behavioral, emotional, personality, developmental and degenerative disorders. It is a non-invasive procedure that provides information about brain functioning.



The staff also include: Dr. John Hughes, Director of Neurophysiology; Dr. Cynthia Kent, Director of Neurofeedback, and Dr. Leonard Koziol, who provides Neuropsychological testing at the center.

IBREA will be working on a research project in cooperation with The Neuroscience Center to measure the effects of Brain Education training on brain functioning evaluated by Brain SPECT imaging.

For more information about The Neuroscience Center: http://www.the-neuroscience-center.net/