The EEG in Patients with Migraine and Other Forms of Headache Ernst Niedermeyer Donald L. Schomer Patients with headaches are usually referred to the electroencephalography (EEG) laboratory to rule out…
EEG and Craniocerebral Trauma Erik Rumpl Acraniocerebral trauma raises the important question of the degree of cerebral disturbance. This question may be answered easily in cases of commotio cerebri or…
Metabolic Disorders and EEG Trudy Pang Megan Selvitelli Donald L. Schomer Ernst Niedermeyer INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REMARKS Neuronal electrogenesis is dependent on metabolic homeostasis. Nutritive and energy-providing metabolic systems represent…
Dementia and EEG Cornelis Jan Stam INTRODUCTION Only a few years after his first report on the human electroencephalogram (EEG), Hans Berger described EEG abnormalities in dementia, including an autopsy-proven…
Cerebrovascular Diseases and EEG Barbara Tettenborn Ernst Niedermeyer Donald L. Schomer ROLE OF EEG IN DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the major…
The EEG in Inflammatory CNS Conditions Robert L. Beach Helen Barkan Edgar Deperalta ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This chapter addresses the electroencephalogram in infectionrelated and immune-mediated CNS inflammatory conditions. This distinction is somewhat…
The EEG in Congenital Malformations of Cortical Development, Neurocutaneous Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Autism/Mental Retardation, and ADHD/Learning Disabilities of Childhood Mary Repole Andriola This chapter reviews numerous disorders of infancy and…
Artifacts of Recording Barbara Dworetzky Susan Herman William O. Tatum IV Recording electric activity from the brain is subject to extracerebral interference or “artifact” that is present in essentially every…
Brain Tumors and Other Space-Occupying Lesions Adam L. Hartman Ronald P. Lesser GENERAL OVERVIEW Brain tumors are a leading cause for new-onset seizures in the adults and many patients still…
Patterns of Unclear Significance Jonathan Charles Edwards Ekrem Kutluay The subject of patterns of unclear significance encompasses a selection of electroencephalographic findings that may look abnormal, but usually are not….
