Reading EEGs: A Practical Approach

Contents
Preface vii
Preface to the First Edition ix
Contributors xi
1 Basic Neuroscience of EEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
L. John Greenfield Jr
2 Electronics of EEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
L. John Greenfield Jr and James D. Geyer
3 Recording the EEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L. John Greenfield Jr
4 Approaching the EEG: An Introduction to Visual Analysis . . 37
L. John Greenfield Jr
5 Artifacts and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
L. John Greenfield Jr
6 The Normal Adult EEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
L. John Greenfield Jr
7 Normal EEG in the Newborn, Infant, and Adolescent. . . . 79
Paul R. Carney, James D. Geyer, and L. John Greenfield Jr
8 Focal and Generalized Rhythm Abnormalities. . . . . . . . 91
James D. Geyer and Paul R. Carney
9 Epileptiform Activity, Seizures, and Epilepsy Syndromes . . 113
Linda M. Selwa
10 Pathophysiology of Epileptiform Activity . . . . . . . . . . 167
L. John Greenfield Jr and Sang-Hun Lee
11 Status Epilepticus EEG Patterns in Adults . . . . . . . . . . 185
Emily L. Johnson and Peter W. Kaplan
12 Neonatal and Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes . . . . . . . . 197
Paul R. Carney, James D. Geyer, and L. John Greenfield Jr
13 Video-EEG Monitoring and Epilepsy Surgery. . . . . . . . . 219
Vibhangini S. Wasade and Jules E. C. Constantinou
14 Seizure Semiology: Signs of the Seizure . . . . . . . . . . . 249
James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, and L. John Greenfield Jr
15 Subdural Electrode Corticography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
William O. Tatum IV and Sanjeet Grewal
16 Stereotactic Electroencephalography in Epilepsy . . . . . 277
Sanjeet Grewal, Karim ReFaey, and William O. Tatum IV
17 EEG in Specific Disease States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, and Erasmo A. Passaro
18 Introduction to Sleep and Polysomnography . . . . . . . . 295
James D. Geyer and Paul R. Carney
19 Evoked Potentials and Intraoperative Monitoring . . . . . 323
David B. MacDonald and Charles C. Dong
20 New Frontiers in EEG: High and Low Frequencies,
High-Density EEG, Digital Analysis, and
Magnetoencephalography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
David E. Burdette and Andrew Zillgitt
21 Genetics of EEG and Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, and L. John Greenfield Jr
22 Seizure Detection and Advanced Monitoring Techniques. . 395
Nicholas Fisher, Sachin S. Talathi, Alex Cadotte, Stephen Myers, William Ditto,
James D. Geyer, Emery E. Geyer, and Paul R. Carney
23 Nonepileptic Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Nicholas J. Beimer and Linda M. Selwa
24 EEG Interrater Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
James D. Geyer, Paul G. Cox, and Paul R. Carney
APPENDIX A Drug Effects on the EEG Background . . . . . . . . . . . 425
James D. Geyer and L. John Greenfield Jr
APPENDIX B Properties of EEG Activities and Waveforms . . . . . . 429
Kerry Hulsing and Linda M. Selwa
Index 435