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Electroencephalographic Changes During Simple Partial Seizures
Author(s) -
Bare Mary A.,
Burnstine Thomas H.,
Fisher Robert S.,
Lesser Ronald P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb02501.x
Subject(s) - partial seizures , complex partial seizures , electroencephalography , epilepsy , simple (philosophy) , partial epilepsy , neuroscience , psychology , medicine , philosophy , temporal lobe , epistemology
Summary: We analyzed retrospectively the clinical and EEG data in 13 patients with simple partial seizures (SPS). All EEGs were recorded with surface electrodes with the standard 10–20 system and additional closely spaced scalp and subfrontotemporal skin electrodes. Seventy‐seven seizures were recorded. We detected electrographic correlates with SPS in 10 of 13 patients (77%) and in 47 of 77 seizures (61%). The most common ictal correlatrd relates were rhythmic theta waves or spikes. Of the SPS with EEG changes, 58% were motor, 14% were sensory, and 28% were psychic seizures. Use of additional electrodes and recording channels may account for the higher incidence of EEG changes in this study than has been reported previously in the literature.