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ReviewEpileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape2025

Seminar in Epileptology: Normal awake and sleep patterns, interictal abnormalities, and ictal patterns on scalp EEG.

Juan Luis Alcala-Zermeno, Roohi Katyal, Birgit Frauscher, Donald Schomer, Michael R Sperling, Roy Strowd, William O Tatum, Elaine Wirrell, Sándor Beniczky, Fábio A Nascimento

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Juan Luis Alcala-ZermenoComprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-965X
Roohi KatyalDepartment of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9147-3035
Birgit FrauscherDepartment of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-1529
Donald SchomerDepartment of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael R SperlingJefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Roy StrowdDepartment of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
William O TatumDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Elaine WirrellDivisions of Child and Adolescent Neurology and Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Sándor BeniczkyDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6035-6581
Fábio A NascimentoDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accurate interpretation of scalp EEG remains an instrumental diagnostic component of epilepsy care. Knowledge of what constitutes normal EEG findings, non-epileptiform abnormalities, and epileptiform patterns-both ictal and interictal-is essential for appropriate patient management. The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has developed an educational curriculum containing learning objectives necessary to accurately diagnose and manage people with epilepsy. In this Seminar in Epileptology, we address the learning objectives related to assessment and interpretation of EEG background activity, normal sleep patterns, provocation methods, interictal abnormalities, and ictal patterns, as well as a brief discussion on relevant advances in scalp EEG analysis and future perspectives on this topic.

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ElectroencephalographyEpilepsySleepWakefulnessHumansScalpbenigndipoleelectroencephalogramepilepsyepileptiformseizure

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PMID40782030
PMCPMC12574496

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