Nascimento, Fábio A., Borlot, Felippe, Aljaafari, Danah, and del Campo, Martin
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences; Sep2016, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p710-712, 3p
Subjects
ABNORMALITIES in the anatomical extremities, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY, BRAIN physiology, TREATMENT of diseases in women, and CONSCIOUSNESS
Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 68-year-old woman who undergo an electroencephalogram (EEG) after experiencing fluctuating level of consciousness. It mentions that the woman was treated using nail bed pressure wherein stimulus-induced rhythmic, periodic, or ictal discharges (SIRPIDs) and extremities triggered paroxysms of brain activity was found. It discusses SIRPIDS which was induced by alerting stimuli.
