scholarly journals An Integrative View of Mechanisms Underlying Generalized Spike-and-Wave Epileptic Seizures and Its Implication on Optimal Therapeutic Treatments

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e22440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyuan Yan ◽  
Peng Li
Author(s):  
V. Pelliccia ◽  
C. Pizzanelli ◽  
S. Pini ◽  
P. Malacarne ◽  
U. Bonuccelli

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Klonowski ◽  
Pawel Stepien ◽  
Robert Stepien

Over 20 years ago, Watt and Hameroff (1987 ) suggested that consciousness may be described as a manifestation of deterministic chaos in the brain/mind. To analyze EEG-signal complexity, we used Higuchi’s fractal dimension in time domain and symbolic analysis methods. Our results of analysis of EEG-signals under anesthesia, during physiological sleep, and during epileptic seizures lead to a conclusion similar to that of Watt and Hameroff: Brain activity, measured by complexity of the EEG-signal, diminishes (becomes less chaotic) when consciousness is being “switched off”. So, consciousness may be described as a manifestation of deterministic chaos in the brain/mind.


1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 915-916
Author(s):  
Guillem Feixas
Keyword(s):  

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy A. Knight
Keyword(s):  

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Prasad ◽  
K. Narayanan ◽  
K. Tsakalis ◽  
L. Iasemidis

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