“Changes in the brain start years ahead of actual clinical symptoms,” explains Dr. Cohen. “By the time a person is diagnosed, it is too late to reverse the disease and treating the symptoms becomes the focus. The average individual may not be aware of the importance nor would they know where to start. We learn how to best take care of our bodies, but we forget about the brain - the one and only organ we cannot transplant.”
While there is no true reliable testing for early changes in the brain, Dr. Cohen uses “brain mapping” with Quantitative Electroencephalography (qEEG), which demonstrates if any portion of the brain is not working as expected. It provides an objective, replicable measure of brain function through creation of a brain map that allows for identifying patterns of dysfunction that are often consistent with varying disorders of the brain, such as learning and behavioral issues, emotional disorders, brain injury, and many others.
While MRI and EEG are two of the most common tests used to evaluate the brain, MRI is limited and does not show how the brain is actually working. EEG can measure the brain’s electrical patterns by recording brain waves however, it falls short in defining the underlying cause of human behavior and cognitive function.