[A newly designed salt bridge cap-type, a variable, and non-invasive EEG lead electrode and the analytical power spectrum].
A newly devised, variable EEG cap-style electrode that has an electrical salt bridge with 2% agarose gel and 5% NaCl solution was developed. The number of electrodes can be increased as required. The weight of 15 electrodes is about 100g. The electrode is simple, fast and in a one-touch form for measuring the EEG. An EEG using this electrode system was recorded in a healthy man in a sitting position on a chair, at rest, and with eyes closed. The power spectrum showed different patterns for the power at different concentrations of aqueous solution in the matrix of the salt bridge. The power changed to a pattern of J-type with 20% NaCl solution, to a pattern of U-type with 5% NaCl solution, and to a pattern of L-type with 0.9% NaCl solution, respectively. The matrix of the salt bridge that has a concentration higher than 0.9% NaCl, is a hypertonic solution for the isotonic body liquid. One person felt pain in half of the part of the experiment when a 20% NaCl hypertonic solution was applied to the scalp, so a 20% NaCl solution of the salt bridge was used in experiments concerning osmosis. When a salt bridge of 5% NaCl solution was used, the same results of the wave measurement was obtained 10 times. It was a value close to the expected measurement so it has a high probability of being correct. At this time the power spectrum shows a U-type pattern consistently.
Ohsawa
K
K
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Mikawa
J
J
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004553:Electric Conductivity / Q000502:physiology; D004566:Electrodes; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012685:Sepharose
D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012685:Sepharose