Making Sense of the EEG

Udaya Seneviratne is an academic clinician-researcher practicing as a Neurologist/Epileptologist in Australia. He has published over 100 papers and 4 book chapters. The vast majority of his publications are in the field of EEG. Dr. Seneviratne is a regular peer-reviewer for leading epilepsy and neurophysiology journals including Epilepsia, Seizure, Epilepsy & Behavior, and Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. He also serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Neurology journal. Dr. Seneviratne has 20 years of experience in teaching EEGs to neurology trainees and fellows in Australia. The inspiration to author this book has emanated from the feedback from his trainees. He has utilized his vast experience in EEG teaching to make this publication a valuable handbook for trainees and fellows.

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.