Propofol is used widely during general anaesthesia but there has been concern that it may be implicated in provoking seizure activity. We have investigated the effects of low-dose propofol on the electrocorticogram of anaesthetized patients undergoing surgery for medically intractable epilepsy. During continuous peroperative recording of the electrocorticogram, propofol was administered in 25 m...

......................................................................................................................................... 23 1.1 The neonatal brain: conception to postnatal development ........................................ 24 1.1.1 Formation of the brain............................................................................................... 24 1.1.2 Neonatal cortical c...

Acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy is generally associated with severe liver disease, manifesting neuropsychiatric symptoms including confusion, lethargy, seizure, coma, and even death. Electroencephalogram (EEG) a proven diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic tool in patients acute chronic encephalopathies. EEG changes are background slowing theta to delta ranges, accompanied by presence of trip...