Intracranial Monitoring: Depth, Subdural, and Foramen Ovale Electrodes Margitta Seeck Donald L. Schomer Ernst Niedermeyer INTRODUCTION In most Western societies, epilepsy affects around 0.7% of the population, that is, 2.1…
High-Frequency EEG Activity Jean Gotman Nathan E. Crone INTRODUCTION The electroencephalogram (EEG) is traditionally recorded and clinically interpreted with a low-pass filter set at 60 or 70 Hz. The most…
Infraslow EEG Activity Sampsa Vanhatalo Juha Voipio Kai Kaila INTRODUCTION The conventional way of recording EEG is more than half a century old. The early pioneers were faced with the…
Principles and Techniques for Long-Term EEG Recording (EMU, ICU, Ambulatory) Jean Gotman Marc Nuwer Ronald G. Emerson INTRODUCTION Most standard EEG recordings last 20 to 30 minutes and some are…
Electrocorticography Marc R. Nuwer Electrocorticography (ECoG) is intraoperative electroencephalography (EEG) recorded directly from the exposed cerebral cortex. The technique is used for localizing epileptic discharges and regions of impaired cortex…
Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Frank W. Drislane Peter W. Kaplan Susan T. Herman HISTORY Although generalized convulsive status epilepticus has been recognized for millennia, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is a much…
Nasopharyngeal, Anterotemporal, and Sphenoidal Electrodes Andres M. Kanner Travis Stoub Steve Bild INTRODUCTION Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most frequent type of epilepsy of focal origin affecting adults. It…
Convulsive Status Epilepticus Frank W. Drislane Susan T. Herman Peter W. Kaplan HISTORY Status epilepticus (SE) may have been described as early as 600 to 700 BC in cuneiform writings,…
Anticipating Seizures Based on EEG Fernando H. Lopes Da Silva Stiliyan Kalitzin INTRODUCTION In this chapter, we deal with the possibility of anticipating seizures based on the analysis of electroencephalogram…
Nonepileptic Attacks Megan Selvitelli Trudy Pang Donald L. Schomer Ernst Niedermeyer Sudden, brief loss of consciousness, sudden behavior changes, or strange subjective sensations are not necessarily epileptic. This should be…
