Electroencephalogram (EEG) records the electrical activity of neurons in the cerebral cortex and is used extensively to diagnose, treat, and monitor psychiatric and neurological conditions. Reliable contact between the skin and the electrodes is essential for achieving consistency and for obtaining electroencephalographic information. There has been an increasing demand for effective equipment and electrodes to overcome the time-consuming and cumbersome application of traditional systems. Recently, ear-centered EEG has met with growing interest since it can provide good signal quality due to the proximity of the ear to the brain. In addition, it can facilitate mobile and unobtrusive usage due to its smaller size and ease of use, since it can be used without interfering with the patient's daily activities. The purpose of this mini-review is to first introduce the broad range of electrodes used in conventional (scalp) EEG and subsequently discuss the state-of-the-art literature about around- and in-the-ear EEG.
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J Clin Neurophysiol
December 2024
Human Brain Mapping Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; and.
Objectives: Our study aimed to compare signal characteristics of subdural electrodes (SDE) and depth stereo EEG placed within a 5-mm vicinity in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. We report how electrode design and placement collectively affect signal content from a shared source between these electrode types.
Methods: In subjects undergoing invasive intracranial EEG evaluation at a surgical epilepsy center from 2012 to 2018, stereo EEG and SDE electrode contacts placed within a 5-mm vicinity were identified.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA.
Introduction: Accurate prognostication in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest is a challenging and high-stakes endeavor. We sought to determine whether internal EEG subparameters extracted by the Bispectral Index (BIS) monitor, a device commonly used to estimate depth-of-anesthesia intraoperatively, could be repurposed to predict recovery of consciousness after cardiac arrest.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we trained a 3-layer neural network to predict recovery of consciousness to the point of command following versus not based on 48 hours of continuous EEG recordings in 315 comatose patients admitted to a single US academic medical center after cardiac arrest (Derivation cohort: N=181; Validation cohort: N=134).
J Autism Dev Disord
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Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, UMR-1127, Mov'It, DreamTeam, Paris, France.
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