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Founder: Martin Herklots, MD Neurologist, Academic Center for Epileptology Kempenhaeghe, Heeze The Netherlands

Normal EEG Normal waves Alpha rhythm / Posterior basic rhythm Beta rhythm Delta waves Theta rhythm Mu rhythm Lambda waves Normal variants Rhythmic patterns Normal slowing during hyperventilation RMTD (rhythmic midtemporal theta burst of drowsiness) SREDA (subclinical rhythmic electrographic discharges in adults) Midline theta rhythm (Ciganek) Frontal arousal rhythm Slow alpha variant Fast alpha variant Epileptiform like patterns Small sharp spikes (SSS or BETS) Wicket spikes 6 Hz spike-and-wave bursts (WHAM and FOLD) 14 & 6 Hz positive bursts 4 Hz vertex rhythm Breach rhythm Sleep EEG during sleep Sleep overview Non-REM 1 Non-REM 2 Non-REM 3 REM sleep POSTS (Positive occipital sharp transients of sleep) K complex Vertex waves Artifacts Different kinds of artifacts Eye blink artifact Eye movements artifact Muscle artifact ECG artifact Pulse artifact Breathing artifact Sweat artifact

Abnormal EEG Epileptiform: Spikes and sharp waves Spike slow wave complex Sharp wave slow wave complex Polyspikes slow wave complex Photoparoxysmal response Status epilepticus Abnormalities associated with epilepsy LPD (lateralized periodic discharges) TIRDA (temporal intermittent rhythmic delta activity) GPD (Generalized periodic discharges) SIRPID (Stimulus Induced Rhythmic, Periodic, or Ictal Discharges) Encephalopathic FIRDA (frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity) Focal abnormalities Zeta waves ICU EEG nomenclature ACNS STANDARDIZED ICU EEG NOMENCLATURE v2012

Epilepsy syndromes The clinic and EEG abnormalities of epilepsy syndromes Angelman syndrome Benign childhood Epilepsy with CentroTemporal Spikes (=BECTS) or Rolandic epilepsy Benign Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy Childhood Absence Epilepsy CSWS (Continuous spike and wave during slow wave sleep) Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Landau Kleffner Syndrome (LKS) Lennox Gastaut Syndrome Panayiotopoulos Syndrome West Syndrome (Infantile Spasm) EEG Quiz What is the most probable syndrome of this 5 year old girl (source EEG) Click here for the correct answer Previous EEG Quiz questions

Contributors

Martin Herklots, MD
Neurologist, Jessa hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
Founder and author
Geert Brekelmans, MD, PhD
Neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist, ETZ hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Author and EEG examples
Bas Jongbloed, MD
Neurologist, ADRZ hospital, Goes, The Netherlands
Author