Incidence of spikes and paroxysmal rhythmic events in overnight ambulatory computer-assisted EEGs of normal subjects: a multicenter study.

Authors

• S C Schachter
• M Ito
• B B Wannamaker
• I Rak
• K Ruggles
• F Matsuo
• A Wilner
• R Jackel
• F Gilliam
• G Morris
• J Skantz
• M Sperling
• J Buchhalter
• F W Drislane
• J Ives
• D L Schomer

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-1998

Abstract

The incidences of spikes and paroxysmal rhythmic events (PREs) in 10-h overnight EEGs of normal adult volunteers (n=135) were studied at 11 sites with a computer-assisted ambulatory EEG monitoring system with automatic spike and PRE detection. Spikes were evident in the overnight EEG of 1 subject (0.7%), and PREs were apparent in the overnight EEG of the same subject (0.7%). The incidences of spikes of 24 other subjects with a history of migraine and/or a family history of epilepsy were 12.5 and 13.3%, respectively. The overnight EEGs of these subjects were significantly more likely to show spikes than the overnight EEGs of subjects without migraine or a family history of epilepsy.

Volume

15

Issue

3

First Page

251

Last Page

255

ISSN

0736-0258

Published In/Presented At

Schachter, S. C., Ito, M., Wannamaker, B. B., Rak, I., Ruggles, K., Matsuo, F., Wilner, A., Jackel, R., Gilliam, F., Morris, G., Skantz, J., Sperling, M., Buchhalter, J., Drislane, F. W., Ives, J., & Schomer, D. L. (1998). Incidence of spikes and paroxysmal rhythmic events in overnight ambulatory computer-assisted EEGs of normal subjects: a multicenter study. Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society, 15(3), 251–255. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004691-199805000-00009

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

9681563

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article