Neurometric Assessment of Brain Dysfunction in Neurological Patients

ISBN-13: 9780367754211 / Angielski

Thalía Harmony

Opis

Originally published in 1984, the aim of this book was to interest clinical neuroscientists in the application of neurometrics to the evaluation of brain dysfunction in neurological patients. This methodology was hoped to produce substantial improvement in the neurological medical care of the general population at the time. In the previous 15 years, as a result of the development of minicomputers and their application to the quantitative analysis of electrophysiological phenomena, there had been a great expansion of knowledge about the electrical activity of the brain. This activity yielded a great variety of information about brain functions. Neurometrics is a methodology, based on quantitative measurements of the brain electrical activity, for evaluating anatomical integrity, developmental maturation, and the mediation of sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processes. This book focuses on practical clinical applications and the theoretical and experimental formulations on which these are based.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. Introduction  2. The Electroencephalogram  Part 1: Introduction to Evoked Responses and Event-Related Potentials  3. Visual Evoked Responses (VERs)  4. Auditory Evoked Responses (AERs)  5. Somatosensory Evoked Responses (SSERs)  6. Other Event-Related Potentials  Part 2: Quantitative Analysis of Brain Electrical Activity  7. Statistical Bases Pedro Valdés  8. Fundamental Considerations in Automatic Quantitative Analysis  9. Review of Major Methods of EEG Analysis  10. A Review of Major Methods of Evoked Response  Part 3: Neurometric Evaluation in Clinical Neurology  11. EEG Background Activity  12. Automatic Spike Detection and Seizure Monitoring  13. Neurometric Evaluation of Evoked Responses in Clinical Neurology  Part 4: Summary  14. A Summarized Review on the Principal Electrophysiological Findings in the Major Neurological Diseases  15. Conclusions: Strategies for the Use of Neurometrics.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

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