https://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/download/eeglab_jnm03.pdf

EEGLAB: an open source toolbox for analysis of single-trial EEG dynamics including independent component analysis.

THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS. By Oscar Kempthorne. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1952. 631 pp. $8.50. This book by a teacher of statistics (as well as a consultant for \"experimenters\") is a comprehensive study of the philosophical background for the statistical design of experiment. It is necessary to have some facility with algebraic notation and manipulation to be able to use the volume intelligently. The problems are presented from the theoretical point of view, without such practical examples as would be helpful for those not acquainted with mathematics. The mathematical justification for the techniques is given. As a somewhat advanced treatment of the design and analysis of experiments, this volume will be interesting and helpful for many who approach statistics theoretically as well as practically. With emphasis on the \"why,\" and with description given broadly, the author relates the subject matter to the general theory of statistics and to the general problem of experimental inference. MARGARET J. ROBERTSON

The Design and Analysis of Experiments

Co-Planar Stereotaxic Atlas of the Human Brain—3-Dimensional Proportional System: An Approach to Cerebral Imaging, J. Talairach, P. Tournoux. Georg Thieme Verlag, New York (1988), 122 pp., 130 figs. DM 268

I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or

Principles of Neural Science

Brain-computer interfaces for communication and control.

Multimodal evoked potentials and heart-rate variability (HRV) measurements were performed in a total of 15 comatose patients with inflammatory diseases of the brain. The following potentials were recorded: Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP), early (SSEP) and long latency (SEP) somatosensory evoked potentials and visual evoked potentials (VEP). The results of the initial BAEP recordings indicate that in 83% of the patients the IV-V interpeak latency was prolonged and out of the range of normal values. Additionally an atypical form of the IV-V wave complex was detected. The SSEP after electrical stimulation demonstrated pathological findings in 90% of the patients; long latency components after mechanical vibration could be identified only by 30%. The results of the VEP show an attenuation of vertex VEP (mean value: 43%). Heart-rate variability of the patients was calculated (mean +/- SD) to be 2.5 +/- 1.4% (norm: 7.8 +/- 2.5%) with a mean heart-rate of 95.2 +/- 16.6/min (norm: 67.8 +/- 10.7/min).

Multimodal evoked potentials and heart rate variability in comatose patients. 3. Electrophysiologic findings in inflammatory diseases of the brain

A multifunctional system for combined evaluation of EEG, visual (VEP), somatosensory (SEP) and auditory brainstem evoked potentials (BAEP) is introduced. For the light stimulation an array of light emitting diodes are used for tactile stimulation a vibration stimulus is applied to he distal digit of one finger. Stimulus-synchronous EEG segments are used for EP averaging and also for quantification of either the blocking or the activation of rhythmic EEG activity. Using this technique, alpha spindles characteristic of certain comatose states can be quantified for the first time. An important parameter is the alpha frequency, which is slowed down when there is evidence of cortical lesions, but remains unchanged in primary brain stem lesions. Comparing SEP and VEP also allows for differentiation of brain stem lesions from lesions in other areas. VEP were found to be maintained in predominant brain stem disorders. The auditory brain stem potentials and the heart rate variability are of further diagnostic significance. The importance of the individual parameters such as alpha-frequency, VEP, SEP, BAEP and alpha-spindles is demonstrated by follow-up studies in comatose patients.

[Computer assisted analysis of EEG, evoked potentials, EEG reactivity and heart rate variability in comatose patients].

Ereignisbezogene EEG-Desynchronisation und Synchronisation (ERD und ERS) bei idiopathischem Parkinson-Syndrom

In this paper, feature extraction of EEG signals during right and left motor imagery is tried. As the extraction method, directed information analysis, pattern recognition based on AR model, and mixture probability algorithm based on AR model is used. The learning and feature extraction method in pattern recognition are discussed through the experimental studies.

Gert Pfurtscheller

Papers

Multimodal evoked potentials and heart rate variability in comatose patients. 3. Electrophysiologic findings in inflammatory diseases of the brain

[Computer assisted analysis of EEG, evoked potentials, EEG reactivity and heart rate variability in comatose patients].

Ereignisbezogene EEG-Desynchronisation und Synchronisation (ERD und ERS) bei idiopathischem Parkinson-Syndrom

Feature extraction of EEG signals during right and left motor imagery

Akustisch evozierte Hirnstammpotentiale - Möglichkeiten und Probleme an der Intensivstation