[Computer-assisted analysis of the electroencephalogram with a theta ground rhythm variant].
From 8 men and 12 women with a slow posterior rhythm on the one hand and from 7 male and 5 female healthy volunteers with a regular alpha-EEG on the other closed-eye-EEGs were registered at 8:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 4:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. and recorded on tape for computer processing. Simultaneously each time the body temperature was measured.


RESULTS
In 11 of the 20 patients the slow posterior rhythm shows a right-sided accentuation, in 6 a left-sided. Besides the activity of all frequency-bands favours occipital and occipital-central the right hemisphere. The control group shows only an insignificant right-sided accentuation of alpha-power and alpha-peak-power. The alpha-peak-frequency of the 20 patients is slower than in the controls, the body temperature on the contrary is higher. The physiological circadian shift of the alpha-peak-frequency and of the body temperature does not come up to a similar extent as in the controls. Striking slight is the circadian shift of the frequency of the slow posterior rhythm. Furthermore the day-time related shifts of the alpha-power and of the beta-power take other courses than in the controls. And the maxima of the alpha-power and of the alpha-peak-power are mostly located parietal instead of occipital. All in all the slow posterior rhythm seems to be connected with far-reaching peculiarities of the cerebral function.
Wendland
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Klinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Kiel.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation; D012016:Reference Values; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D013826:Theta Rhythm
Rechnergestützte Analysen bei Elektroenzephalogrammen mit einer Theta-Grundrhythmusvariante.