The clinical use of quantitative EEG in cognitive disorders

Abstract The primary diagnosis of most cognitive disorders is clinically based, but the EEG plays a role in evaluating, classifying and following some of these disorders. There is an ongoing debate over routine use of qEEG. Although many findings regarding the clinical use of quantitative EEG are awaiting validation by independent investigators while confirmatory clinical follow-up studies are also needed, qEEG can be cautiously used by a skilled neurophysiologist in cognitive dysfunctions to improve the analysis of background activity, slow/fast focal activity, subtle asymmetries, spikes and waves, as well as in longitudinal follow-ups.

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Main Authors: Kanda,Paulo Afonso de Medeiros, Anghinah,Renato, Smidth,Magali Taino, Silva,Jorge Mario
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento 2009
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642009000300195
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