title: Continuous monitoring of electrodermal activity during epileptic seizures using a wearable sensor.
abstract: We present a novel method for monitoring sympathetic nervous system activity during epileptic seizures using a wearable sensor measuring electrodermal activity (EDA). The wearable sensor enables long-term, continuous EDA recordings from patients. Preliminary results from our pilot study suggest that epileptic seizures induce a surge in EDA. These changes are greater in generalized tonic-clonic seizures and reflect a massive sympathetic discharge. This paper offers a new approach for investigating the relationship between epileptic seizures and autonomic alterations.
authors.affiliation: Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), USA. zher@mit.edu
authors.forename: Ming-Zher
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Poh
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Loddenkemper
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Swenson
authors.forename: Shubhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Rosalind W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Picard
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D003217:Conductometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004566:Electrodes; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*