title: Surface sphenoidal electrode for recording anterior temporal spikes.
abstract: Spike analysis was performed to determine if surface sphenoidal electrodes were suitable substitutes for depth sphenoidal or anterior temporal electrodes in outpatient EEG recordings for the diagnosis of complex partial seizures of anterior temporal origin. Spike measurements consisted of spike detection rate, spike amplitude, and location of maximal amplitude spikes. Depth sphenoidal electrodes had the highest yield in these three measurements. Surface sphenoidal electrodes did not differ from anterior temporal electrodes in spike detection rate and spike amplitude, but the former recorded almost no maximal amplitude spikes, while the latter had approximately 30% of the maximal spikes. It is concluded that surface sphenoidal electrodes are slightly inferior to anterior temporal electrodes, but the differences between them are minimal for practical purposes in outpatient EEG recordings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004566:Electrodes; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged