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EEG & Electrophysiology Flashcards

1
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A ____ filter reduces the amplitude of a narrow range of frequencies centered around 50hz (Europe) or 60hz (North America).

A

Notch

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2
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An EEG _____ consists of waves of approximately constant period.

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Rhythm

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3
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Morphology refers to _____ of an EEG wave

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Form

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4
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What best describes sleep spindles?

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Synchronous
Rhythmic 12-14 hz waves

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5
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What refers to a period of time in an EEG record?

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Epoch

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6
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EEG de synchronization is produced y activation of ascending projections by the_____

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Basal forebrain, locus coeruleus, and raphe nuclei

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7
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Fisch & Spehlmann recommend common mode rejection ratios of at least ______

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10,000

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8
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Filtering adjustments can be performed retrospectively during EEG review when using ______filtering.

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Digital

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9
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What frequency bands contain slow waves

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Delta & Theta

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10
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A _____filter reduces the amplitude of lower frequencies

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High pass

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_____ is the ratio of the output signal voltage to the input signal voltage of an EEG.

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Gain

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12
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FIR, IIR, and FFT are three approaches to

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Digital filtering

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13
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A _____ is a limited region of the scalp, cerebral cortex, or depth of the brain that displays specific EEG activity.

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Focus

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14
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A ______ is a sequence of two or more waves with a characteristic form or recurring with a fairly consistent form that can be distinguished from background activity.

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Complex

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15
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Which refers to EEG activity that is elicited by and time-locked to a stimulus like a light or tone

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Evoked potential

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16
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EEG rhythmicity appears to depend on interactions between the cortex and the ….

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Thalamus

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17
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Ascending projections from the basal forebrain and brain stem to the thalamus that interrupt rhythmical activity actively release the neurotransmitter ______.

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Acetylcholine

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18
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Which refers to the time interval between single waves and complexes that repeat themselves?

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Period

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19
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A _____ filter reduces the amplitude of higher frequencies.

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Low pass

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20
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Cells within the _____ if the thalamus have intrinsic pacemaker properties and stimulate thalami cortical cells that produce rhythmic excitation in the cortex

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Nucleus reticularis

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21
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A blank refers to both the process of recording from a pair of electrons in an EEG channel, and the resulting EEG record

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Derivation

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22
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What term refers to the abrupt appearance and disappearance of a group of waves that can be discriminated from background activity

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Burst

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23
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What term refers to the non-simultaneously occurrence of EEG activity and regions on the same or opposite side of the head

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Asynchrony

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24
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Which montages provide excellent detection of electrode artifact

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Sequential and common reference reference

25
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Which rhythm ranges from 7 to 11 hz and is detected over the central and centro- parietal region of the scalp when the patient is awake

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Mu

26
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Which term refers to the particular arrangement by which a number of pairs of electrodes an EEG channels, or simultaneously displayed in an EEG record

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Montage

27
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Which montage consist of referential derivations

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Referential montage

28
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The ______ rhythm consist of first of alpha, and Theta waves over the temporal region of the scalp with subjects are mentally active

A

Kappa

29
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Which term refers to the unequal amplitude, and or form and frequency of EEG activity over corresponding areas on opposite sides of the head

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Asymmetry

30
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Which electrode is placed over the scalp or brain to detect EEG activity

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Active

31
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A montage in which the reference electrode is common to multiple derivations, is termed, a ______ montage

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Common electrode reference

32
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Which term refers to the difference between two unlike signals applied to the respective to input terminals of a differential amplifier

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Differential signal

33
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Which montage, detects voltage differences between a single electrode in an average of the remaining electrodes, waited in proportion to the distance from the electrode, placed an input 1?

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Weighted average montage

34
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Which montage best detects localized neural current sources

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Laplacian

35
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What is the ratio of the amplification of differential in common mode signals?

A

Common mode rejection

36
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What term refers to electrical activity that appears at two respective input terminals of a differential amplifier?

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Common mode signal

37
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A _______ montage detects the voltage difference between a single electrode placed at input 1, and the average of the remaining 10-20 electrodes placed it input 2

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Average reference

38
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Which montage permits the best analysis of asymmetry

A

Common reference

39
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Which montage detects voltage differences between single adjacent electrodes

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Sequential

40
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Which electrode is typically connected to input terminal 2 of an EEG amplifier, and used to measure the potential variations of another electrode

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Reference

41
Q

T4 is closest to the

A

Right preauicular point

42
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Cz is located

A

At the vertex

43
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The nucleus reticularis of the thalamus allows thalamic peacemakers to adjust their firing frequencies by releasing ____ on relay an inhibitory interneurons.

A

GABA

44
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An analog to digital conversion, the number of digital points per second used to represent an analog signal, is referred to as the

A

Sampling rate

45
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An advance form of topographic mapping superimposes a color or grayscale image of a EEG feature onto the critical surface image created using ______

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MRI

46
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_______ constructs a graphical display of the distribution of a particular EEG feature over the scout, the critical surface.

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Topographical mapping

47
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Siberstein propose that regional resonances are produced by resonance loops between macro columns that are several centimeters apart and produce EEG activity in the ______ range

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Alpha Beta

48
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When a clinician wants to visually inspect a signal that has undergone analog to digital conversion, the sampling rate should be at least _____ times the highest frequency of interest, or else waveform morphology may be distorted

A

6

49
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When an analog to digital converter samples, an analog signal at a rate, less than twice its frequency, the signal will be misrepresented as a slower frequency Wave forms. This problem is called….

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Aliasing

50
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The location SP is ____ % of the nasion to inion distance

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10%

51
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The sites labeled with a “Z “are located

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Along the midline

52
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______ transforms the EEG signal into numerical values that can help clinicians examine selected EEG features

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QEEG

53
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Based on the Nyquist theorem, if you want to perform analog to digital conversions on a 25 Hz signal, the sampling rate should be at least…

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Twice the fastest frequency, therefore 50 Hz

54
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Siberstein propose that global residences are produced by residence loops between widely separated areas and produce EEG activity in the ______ range

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Delta theta

55
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C locations are found in the _____ areas

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Central

56
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The F, Z, Cz, and Pz sites are each ____ % of the total distance between the nasion and inion starting from FPZ

A

20%

57
Q

Silberstein proposed that local resonance loops between adjacent macrocolumns and produce EEG activity in the _____ range.

A

Gamma

58
Q

An increase in _____ produces hypercoupled states which facilitate small regional and local resonance loops

A

Acetocholine, dopamine, and norepinephrine

59
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An increase in the neuromodulator _____ produces the hypercoupling that generates global resonances

A

Serotonin

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