title: [Electroencephalographic characteristics of the deja vu phenomenon].
abstract: Déjà vu (DV, from French "already seen") is an aberration of psychic activity associated with transitory erroneous perception of novel circumstances, objects, or people as already known. An aim of the study was to investigate EEG characteristics of DV in patients with epilepsy. We studied 166 people (63.2% women, mean age 25.17±9.19 years). The DV phenomenon was studied in patients (27 people) and in a control group (139 healthy people). Patients were interviewed for DV characteristics and underwent a long (12-16 h) ambulatory EEG-monitoring study. In EEG, DV episodes in patients began with polyspike activity in the right temporal lobe and, in some cases, ended with the slow-wave theta-delta activity in the right hemisphere.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Vlasov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Cherviakov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Gnezdinsiĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*