The EEG signal: A window on the cortical brain activity

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 539-552

  Constant, Isabelle ^a   Sabourdin, Nada ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

depth of anesthesia < audit; EEG < audit; general anesthesia; monitors < equipment; neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; SEVOFLURANE;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILDHOOD; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTROPY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANCY; MEMORY; NOCICEPTION; NURSE; PAIN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGING; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MENTAL RECALL; METHYL ETHERS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NARCOTICS; PAIN; PROPOFOL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84861415218     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03883.x     Document Type: Review

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