An automated control system comprising: a non-invasive concentric ring electrode ; a computer arranged to: a. monitor electrical activity in the brain of an animal using the non-invasive concentric ring electrode by analyzing concentric ring electrode electroencephalography output from the concentric ring electrode for the electrical activity in the target area by a cumulative sum algorithm or a generalized likelihood ratio or combination thereof; b. detect when the electrical activity is not within a normal range in the brain; c. in response to detecting that the electrical activity is not within the normal range in the brain, administer a drug so as to alter the electrical activity until the electrical activity is within the normal range in the brain and/or trigger transcranial focal stimulation applied via the concentric ring electrode to the brain so as to alter the electrical activity until the electrical activity is within the normal range in the brain; d. monitor the electrical activity in the brain; and e. detect when the electrical activity is not within the normal range in the brain; and repeat said administration of said drug and/or trigger transcranial electric stimulation in response to detecting that said electrical activity is not within said normal range in the brain. a non-invasive concentric ring electrode ; a computer arranged to: a. monitor electrical activity in the brain of an animal using the non-invasive concentric ring electrode by analyzing concentric ring electrode electroencephalography output from the concentric ring electrode for the electrical activity in the target area by a cumulative sum algorithm or a generalized likelihood ratio or combination thereof; b. detect when the electrical activity is not within a normal range in the brain; c. in response to detecting that the electrical activity is not within the normal range in the brain, administer a drug so as to alter the electrical activity until the electrical activity is within the normal range in the brain and/or trigger transcranial focal stimulation applied via the concentric ring electrode to the brain so as to alter the electrical activity until the electrical activity is within the normal range in the brain; d. monitor the electrical activity in the brain; and e. detect when the electrical activity is not within the normal range in the brain; and repeat said administration of said drug and/or trigger transcranial electric stimulation in response to detecting that said electrical activity is not within said normal range in the brain. a. monitor electrical activity in the brain of an animal using the non-invasive concentric ring electrode by analyzing concentric ring electrode electroencephalography output from the concentric ring electrode for the electrical activity in the target area by a cumulative sum algorithm or a generalized likelihood ratio or combination thereof; b. detect when the electrical activity is not within a normal range in the brain; c. in response to detecting that the electrical activity is not within the normal range in the brain, administer a drug so as to alter the electrical activity until the electrical activity is within the normal range in the brain and/or trigger transcranial focal stimulation applied via the concentric ring electrode to the brain so as to alter the electrical activity until the electrical activity is within the normal range in the brain; d. monitor the electrical activity in the brain; and e. detect when the electrical activity is not within the normal range in the brain; and repeat said administration of said drug and/or trigger transcranial electric stimulation in response to detecting that said electrical activity is not within said normal range in the brain. <EOS>