Unihemispheric burst suppression

• Main Authors: Edward C. Mader Jr (Author), Nicole R. Villemarette-Pittman (Author), Cornel T. Rogers (Author), Frank Torres-Delgado (Author), Piotr W. Olejniczak (Author), John D. England (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Burst suppression (BS) consists of bursts of high-voltage slow and sharp wave activity alternating with periods of background suppression in the electroencephalogram (EEG). When induced by deep anesthesia or encephalopathy, BS is bihemispheric and is often viewed as a non-epileptic phenomenon. In co...