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Human Scalp EEG Fields: Evoked, Alpha, Sleep, and Spike-Wave Patterns

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Complete information about the human scalp EEG is available in the distribution of the electrical field on the scalp, and its change as a function of time. Any conventional EEG as recorded between unipolar and bipolar electrode combinations can be reconstructed from complete data of the field distributions. However, the large amount of data in recordings of field distributions demands considerable data reduction before evaluation. One strategy of data reduction is particularly challenging: a limited number of intracranial model generators, if possible only one, can be fitted to account for a given field distribution. A sequence of field distributions could thus be described by the parameters of the model generator(s) which change as a function of time.

Supported in part by USPHS grants NB 06038 and FR 00241, and by a grant from the Hartmann-Mueller-Stiftung, Zürich.

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  1. Labor für Neurophysiologie, Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Zürich, Switzerland

    D. Lehmann

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  1. Neurological Institute of the University of Vienna and Brain Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

    H. Petsche

  2. Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Mary A. B. Brazier

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Lehmann, D. (1972). Human Scalp EEG Fields: Evoked, Alpha, Sleep, and Spike-Wave Patterns. In: Petsche, H., Brazier, M.A.B. (eds) Synchronization of EEG Activity in Epilepsies. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8306-9_20

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