Main description:

This book educates the reader on the cellular and neurophysical 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.

Contents:

Foreword. Preface. About the Author. BASIC PRINCIPLES. The cellular and neurophysiological basis of EEG. Principles of digital EEG recording and display. Rules of localization. NORMAL EEG. Visual analysis of EEG: A systematic approach. Normal EEG in adults. Activation techniques. Artifacts: Generators, when to suspect, and how to resolve. Normal variants. ABNORMAL EEG: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF EEG IN EPILEPSIES AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. The spectrum of epileptiform abnormalities: Interictal, ictal, and ictal-interictal continuum. EEG of genetic generalized epilepsies. EEG of focal epilepsies. EEG of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Non-epileptiform EEG abnormalities. EEG in dementia. CRITICAL CARE EEG. Ictal-interictal continuum. Non-convulsive status epilepticus. EEG in encephalopathy and coma. A systematic approach to the critical care EEG. Index.