Learn Essentials of Adult Electroencephalography (EEG)

Description

This is a comprehensive online course on adult EEG. This course is divided in 4 modules.

Module 1 covers 'Principles of EEG', under the following headings:

BASICS OF EEG
HISTORY OF EEG
PYRAMIDAL NEURONS
GENERATORS OF EEG SIGNALS
SOURCE OF EEG RHYTHMICITY
CLINICAL ROLE OF EEG

EEG ELECTRODES
TYPES OF ELECTRODES
DISC ELECTRODES
10-20 SYSTEM
ELECTRODE LABELING

ELECTRODE PLACEMENT
Fz, Cz, Pz
C3, C4, T3, T4
Fp1, Fp2, F7, F8, T5, T6, O1, O2
F3, F4, P3, P4
A1, A2, Ground

EEG MACHINE
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
INPUT BOX
AMPLIFIER
DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFICATION
CHANNEL
4 BUTTONS
FILTERS
LOW FREQUENCY FILTERS

HIGH FREQUENCY FILTERS
SENSITIVITY
TIME BASE
OSCILLOGRAPH
ANALOG EEG MACHINE
DIGITAL MACHINE

DERIVATIONS & MONTAGES
WHAT ARE DERIVATIONS?
DIFFERENTIAL DERIVATIONS
REFERENTIAL DERIVATIONS
WHAT ARE MONTAGES?
LONGITUDINAL BIPOLAR MONTAGE
TRANSVERSE BIPOLAR MONTAGE
COMMON REFERENCE MONTAGE

SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF EEG
PARASAGITTAL VS TEMPORAL LESIONS - 1
PARASAGITTAL VS TEMPORAL LESIONS - 2
ANTERIOR VS POSTERIOR LESIONS
HEMISPHERIC LESIONS
FUNCTION OF MONTAGES
PHASE REVERSAL

Module 2 covers 'Normal EEG', under the following headings:

BASICS OF EEG WAVES
WAVEFORMS
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
DISTRIBUTION

ALPHA RHYTHM
AMPLITUDE
FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTION
REACTIVITY
VARIANTS

OTHER RHYTHMS
MU RHYTHM
BETA RHYTHM
LAMBDA WAVES

EEG ARTIFACTS - OCULAR
POLARITY RULES
EYES AS DIPOLES
BLINK ARTIFACT
LATERAL GAZE ARTIFACT

EEG ARTIFACTS - OTHERS
ELECTRODE POP ARTIFACT
SALT BRIDGE ARTIFACT
EMG ARTIFACT
ECG ARTIFACT
SWEAT ARTIFACT

SLEEP TRANSIENTS IN EEG
AWAKE VS SLEEP EEG
ALPHA DROPOUT
SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS
VERTEX WAVES
POSTS
K COMPLEXES
SLEEP SPINDLES

SLEEP STAGES IN EEG
POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
STAGE I NREM SLEEP
STAGE II NREM SLEEP
STAGE III NREM SLEEP
REM SLEEP
SAWTOOTH WAVES

ACTIVATION PROCEDURES
INTRODUCTION
HYPERVENTILATION
INTERMITTENT PHOTIC STIMULATION
PHOTO DRIVING RESPONSE
PHOTO MYOGENIC RESPONSE
PHOTO CONVULSIVE RESPONSE
SLEEP DEPRIVATION

Module 3 covers 'Abnormal EEG', under the following headings:

INTRODUCTION TO ABNORMAL EEG
EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY TERMINOLOGY
NORMAL EEG
ABNORMAL EEG
PRINCIPLES OF POLARITY

SOURCE LOCALIZATION IN EEG
PHASE REVERSAL
END OF CHAIN PHENOMENON
REFERENTIAL

FOCAL EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY
DESCRIPTION OF PATTERNS
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
SILVERMAN’S ELECTRODES
TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY
FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY
PARIETAL LOBE EPILEPSIES
OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSIES

GENERALIZED EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY
DESCRIPTION OF PATTERNS
IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY
JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY
EPILEPSY WITH GTCS ONLY

ABNORMAL SLOW WAVES & AMPLITUDES
NORMAL GENERALIZED SLOW WAVES
LOCALIZED PDA
TIRDA
GENERALIZED ASYNCHRONOUS SLOW WAVES
FIRDA
AMPLITUDE ASYMMETRIES
BREACH RHYTHM

ABNORMAL EEG PATTERNS
PERIODIC SHARP WAVE COMPLEXES
PERIODIC GENERALIZED COMPLEXES
TRIPHASIC WAVES
BURST SUPPRESSION PATTERN
ALPHA COMA PATTERN
BETA COMA PATTERN

NORMAL EEG VARIANTS
WICKET SPIKES
SMALL SHARP SPIKES OF SLEEP
SIX HERTZ PHANTOM SPIKE & WAVE
14 & 6 HZ POSITIVE SPIKES
RHYTHMIC MID TEMPORAL DISCHARGES
SUBCLINICAL RHYTHMIC EEG DISCHARGES OF ADULTS

Module 4 covers 'Case Studies'. 

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