Making Sense of the EEG

Description:

This book educates the reader on the cellular and neurophysiological aspects of Electroencephalography (EEG), alongside its technical and engineering principles. Providing a background on normal EEG, the content includes the clinical applications of EEG in epilepsies and other brain disorders in order to provide the reader with the necessary knowledge to use EEG in clinical practice. Aimed at those who in the earlier stages of using EEGs, this resource provides an effective overview and offers a key resource to anyone using EEGs.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Basic principles

1 The cellular and neurophysiological basis of EEG

2 Principles of digital EEG recording and display

3 Rules of localization

Section II: Normal EEG

4 Visual analysis of EEG: A systematic approach

5 Normal EEG in adults

6 Activation techniques

7 Artifacts: Generators, when to suspect, and how to resolve

8 Normal variants

Section III: Abnormal EEG: Clinical applications of EEG in epilepsies and other neurological disorders

9 The spectrum of epileptiform abnormalities: Interictal, ictal, and ictal-interictal continuum

10 EEG of genetic generalized epilepsies

11 EEG of focal epilepsies

12 EEG of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

13 Non-epileptiform EEG abnormalities

14 EEG in dementia

Section IV: Critical care EEG

15 Ictal-interictal continuum

16 Non-convulsive status epilepticus

17 EEG in encephalopathy and coma

18 A systematic approach to the critical care EEG

Index