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ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2019

Electroencephalography in epilepsy: look for what could be beyond the visual inspection.

Boulenouar Mesraoua, Dirk Deleu, Hassan Al Hail, Gayane Melikyan, Paul Boon, Hiba A Haider, Ali A Asadi-Pooya

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Review in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Factors affecting interictal unilateral and bilateral discharges and ictal diffusion patterns of scalp electroencephalogram in temporal lobe epilepsy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  4. An online, interactive, screen-based simulator for learning basic EEG interpretation.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021
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  5. Long-term efficacy and cognitive effects of bilateral hippocampal deep brain stimulation in patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021
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  6. Brain activity underlying face and face pareidolia processing: an ERP study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
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7 authors.

Boulenouar MesraouaHamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Dirk DeleuHamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Hassan Al HailHamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Gayane MelikyanHamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Paul BoonDepartment of Neurology, Reference Center for Refractory Epilepsy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Hiba A HaiderDepartment of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ali A Asadi-PooyaShiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. aliasadipooya@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2598-7601

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since its starting point in 1929, human scalp electroencephalography (EEG) has been routinely interpreted by visual inspection of waveforms using the assumption that the activity at a given electrode is a representation of the activity of the cerebral cortex under it, but such a method has some limitations. In this review, we will discuss three advanced methods to obtain valuable information from scalp EEG in epilepsy using innovative technologies. Authors who had previous publications in the field provided a narrative review. Spike voltage topography of interictal spikes is a potential way to improve non-invasive EEG localization in focal epilepsies. Electrical source imaging is also a complementary technique in localization of the epileptogenic zone in patients who are candidates for epilepsy surgery. Quantitative EEG simplifies the large amount of information in continuous EEG by providing a static graphical display. Scalp electroencephalography has the potential to offer more spatial and temporal information than the traditional way of visual inspection alone in patients with epilepsy. Fortunately, with the help of modern digital EEG equipment and computer-assisted analysis, this information is more accessible.

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ElectroencephalographyEpilepsyHumansEEGQuantitativeSource localizationVoltage topography

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