The electroencephalogram (EEG) is the main test used to diagnose epilepsy. EEGs use electrodes placed on or within the skull to record the brain's electrical activity and pinpoint the exact location of abnormal discharges. The patient may be asked to remain motionless during a short-term EEG ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook hys·ter·ic con·vul·sion ,hysteroid convulsion convulsions resulting from conversion disorder (for which hysteria is an older form). See:psychogenic seizure. Compare:somatoform disorder. ...
Gangadhar B. NN JanakiramaiahSarvanan E S MAnnals of Indian Academy of NeurologyGirish K, Gangadhar BN, Janakiramaiah N, Sarvanan ESM. 2003. EEG seizure duration during ECT: effect of concurrent psychotropic drugs. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 6:17-20....
Share on Facebook a·ton·ic sei·zure a seizure characterized by sudden, brief (1-2 second) loss of muscle tone, involving postural muscles; the term usually applies to bilaterally synchronous events. Synonym(s):akinetic seizure Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 ...
There are no consistent data on EEG during MES because the high intensity of the stimulation current and the violent movements during the tonic–clonic phase mask the EEG. Morphological studies have not found any significant neuropathological changes after a single MES (Meldrum, 1986). ...
Epileptic seizures are considered resolved when people have been seizure-free for 10 years and have not taken antiseizure medications for the last 5 years of that time period. Test your KnowledgeTake a Quiz!
The EEG is a brief outpatient procedure.Based on your history and test results, your doctor will decide if he or she has enough information to determine the type of seizure and cause. If not, your doctor may refer you to a neurologist for further evaluation....
During a PNES, EEGs would ideally be normal, but muscle movement artifact obscures the recording. An EEG after the episode, which is more feasible, would lack the usual postictal depression. Also, unlike following an epileptic seizure, the serum prolactin concentration remains normal. ...
ECT and MST in these acqurired datasets [18,19]. To test this hypothesis we compare measures of aperiodic activity, oscillations, and canonical band power. For each treatment modality, resting-state EEG was collected at baseline and after completing a standard treatment. We find that in both ...
During feature extraction of EEG input from raw data, we construct a new deep neural network (DNN) model. Deep feature maps derived from layers placed hierarchically in a convolution neural network are put into different kinds of shallow classifiers to detect the anomaly. Feature maps are reduced...