Synthesys History
Wave Hi
Seizure Types
EEG Decades
Brainwave Basics
100

What years were each Synthesys company founded? (ANS, NVD, & LL)

ANS-2009, NVD-2016, LL-2000

100

This EEG pattern appears over the occipital region when a patient closes their eyes and relaxes, often referred to as the brain’s resting rhythm

What is Posterior Dominant Rhythm

100

Type of seizure that occurs in the first 1-2 years of life and consists of a sudden bend forward with arm and leg stiffening or an arched back with arm and leg extension

What is Infantile Spasms

100

The world wide web was invented in 1989 along with the renaming of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI) mainly affecting boys w generalized epilepsy

What is Dravet Syndrome

100

At what age are sleep spindles expected to be synchronous?

What is 2 years

200

These three pillars make up the Synthesys Brain Health's Ecosystem

What are Hardware/Equipment, Clinical Trials, and EEG Services

200

Which letter of the alphabet has a complex?

What is "K"

200

This seizure starts in one area of the brain and may or may not impair awareness

What is Focal Seizure

200

In 1930 Bonnie & Clyde met, and they found out that a new electrode placement system was formed to standardize electrode placement

What is the 10-20 System

200

The official modern name for the childhood syndrome characterized by spikes in the centrotemporal region of the brain and seizures that can occur during sleep

What is self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS)?

OR Benign Rolandic

300

Match each company to its original Headquarters location (Louisville, KY - Dallas, TX - Barrington, IL)

LL-Louisville, KY

ANS- Barrington, IL

NVD- Dallas, TX

300

During REM these waves are cuttin' wood

What are Sawtooth waves

300

This seizure includes stiffening followed by rhythmic jerking movements

What is Tonic-Clonic Seizures

300

Macys held the first Thanksgiving parade, and Hans performed the first EEG in the same year. What year was that?

What is 1924

300

Any periodic pattern that averages >1Hz  but <2.5Hz over 10 seconds

What is Ictal Inter-Ictal Continuum

400

In how many U.S. states does Synthesys actively operate with its products and/or services?

What is 40 States

400

Absent seizures are characterized by this wave pattern…

What is 3Hz Spike-and-Wave

400

This seizure type involves sudden loss of muscle tone, often causing falls

What are Atonic Seizures

400

In 1950, Peanut comics were released. Also, 2 doctors discovered a type of epilepsy in kids 3-5 with multiple seizure types & slow spike wave on EEG

What is Lennox Gastaut

400

This type of epilepsy is characterized by seizure patterns that correlate with phases of the menstrual cycle

What is Catamenial Epilepsy