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Chapter 17 - Activation Procedures

from Part II - Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2021

Neville M. Jadeja
Neville M. Jadeja
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Summary

Activation procedures are used to elicit epileptic activity. Hyperventilation and photic stimulation are commonly used activation procedures. Hyperventilation is contraindicated in cerebrovascular disease. The normal hyperventilation response consists of a high-amplitude, frontally dominant, generalized slowing (called buildup). This is age dependent and may be absent in older individuals. Hyperventilation provokes absence seizures in childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). Prolonged buildup may be seen in Moya-Moya disease. Photic stimulation normally results in symmetric, occipital dominant, repetitive sharps at the flash frequency or a slower harmonic (called driving). Photo paroxysmal response consists of induction of epileptic discharges with photic stimulation, while photo convulsive response results from a seizure elicited during photic stimulation.

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hyperventilationphotic stimulationbuildupMoya-Moya diseasephotoparoxysmal responsedrivingphoto convulsive response
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How to Read an EEG , pp. 160 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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