Seizures
Muscle rigidity (ex. a person falls backwards)
What is tonic?
A small device with four electrodes
What is an ear-EEG?
The number of patients in this study.
What is 15?
This occurs when a seizure lasts >5 min or there are multiple seizures within a 5 min period
What is status epilepticus?
A seizure that occurs in one hemisphere of the brain
What is a focalized seizure?
When the ear-skin-gel interface is less than 5 kOhms it is -----
What is ideal?
The two EEG methods used
What are ear-EEG and scalp-EEG?
The amount of seizures recorded by the ear-EEG
What is 27?
The temporary disruptions of brain functions resulting from abnormal, excessive neuronal activity
What is a seizure?
The positioning of electrodes in a scalp EEG
What is 10-20?
The location of seizures in patients
What is the temporal lobe?
This type of epilepsy has an incidence rate of 10.4/100,000
What is temporal lobe epilepsy?
Clonic, tonic, myoclonic, atonic, tonic-clonic, and absence are types of this seizure
What is a generalized seizure?
Breathing and swallowing cause this type of noise on an EEG
What is an artifact?
The type of measurement between two electrodes on the same ear
What is an intra-ear measurement?
The type of drug used in treating epileptic seizures
What are benzodiapines?
The most common type of seizure
What is a tonic-clonic seizure?
The four electrode positions of the ear-EEG
What are the cavum,cymba, inferior and superior acoustic meatus?
The number of intra-ear combinations
What is 6?
The synchronized activity of ensembles of cells.
What is a field potential?