title: Brain activation sequences.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Reported brain abnormalities in anatomy and function in psychiatric and neurological patients led to a project based on qualitative electroencephalography examination and analysis in an attempt to find specific brain derived pattern--or sequence of brain locations involved in processing various stimuli--both visual and auditory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Specialized software called Brain Activation Sequences was built according to our team member specifications (M.S.). The software utilizes event related potentials recorded during cognitive/emotion processing in participants (healthy controls, neurological patients and psychiatric patients) to calculate the sequence of brain areas using nonlinear and linear algorithms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results show significant differences in activation patterns between patients and healthy controls as well as significant similarities within the groups of patients and controls in both performed testing experiments.
authors.affiliation: St. Elisabeth University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Susta
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Clinic, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Papezova
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Svojmil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petranek
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sonka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology