Atlas of EEG Patterns

467 Pages·2013·130.09 MB·English

by  John M. Stern

Atlas of EEG Patterns
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Atlas of EEG Patterns
Second Edition
John M. Stern, MD
Professor of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California
Los Angeles, California
Jerome Engel, Jr, MD, PhD
Consulting Editor, 1st edition
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Acknowledgments
I am thankful to many individuals for their contributions to this book. UCLA epilepsy
and clinical neurophysiology fellows over the past 10 years have helped identify the
EEGs in this edition and the first edition. Their enthusiastic efforts are much appreciated.
Christopher Carnabatu and Kirk Shattuck deserve special appreciation for their technical
assistance with the figures. Pete Engel’s contributions to the first edition were substantial
and I am particularly thankful for his support. Most of all, I am grateful to the support of
Jackie, Peter, and Joel Stern. By sharing me with this project, they made this book possible.
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Contents
Section I | Introduction 15 K Complexes, 281
1 Introduction to EEG Interpretation, 3 16 Lambda Waves, 291
17 Low-Voltage EEG and Electrocerebral Inactivity, 297
Section II | Categorization 18 Mittens, 307
2 Identifying EEG Patterns by Their Features, 19 19 Needle Spikes, 311
20 Paroxysmal Fast Activity, 317
Section III | Patterns 21 Periodic Epileptiform Discharges, 331
3 Alpha Activity, 33 22 Phantom Spike and Wave, 353
4 Artifacts, 71 23 Photic Stimulation Responses, 359
5 Benign Epileptiform Transients of Sleep, 117 24 Positive Occipital Sharp Transients of Sleep, 371
6 Beta Activity, 127 25 Posterior Slow Waves of Youth, 377
7 Breach Effect, 141 26 Saw-tooth Waves of REM Sleep, 383
8 Burst-suppression Pattern, 151 27 Sleep Spindles, 391
9 Cone Waves, 165 28 Subclinical Rhythmic Electrographic Discharge of Adults, 401
10 Delta Activity, 169 29 Theta Activity, 413
11 Fourteen and Six Per Second Positive Bursts, 197 30 Triphasic Pattern, 433
12 Hypersynchronous Slowing, 203 31 Vertex Sharp Transients, 443
13 Ictal Epileptiform Patterns, 217
14 Interictal Epileptiform Patterns, 249 Index, 451
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