Electroencephalographic changes as prognostic indicators after psychosurgery
Open Access
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 44 (5) , 444-447
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.44.5.444
Abstract
Thirty-five patients were studied by EEG with recordings taken the day before, two weeks after, and six months after psychosurgery. Most showed a characteristic frontal slow activity of varying degrees after operation with varying enhancement of background activity. The amount and spread of the frontal slow waves two weeks after operation showed a significant positive correlation with the clinical outcome one year later, which suggests a relatively objective and very early indication of the subsequent clinical response to psychosurgery.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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