Acute-Stage Abnormalities
摘要
In normal-term infants, four EEG patterns are periodically observed, depending on the sleep state: low-voltage irregular (LVI) pattern, mixed (M) pattern, high-voltage slow wave (HVS) pattern, and tracé alternant (TA) pattern. When an acute brain injury occurs, such as hypoxic-ischemic stress, EEG activity is suppressed in accordance with the degree of brain damage. In such cases, physiological periodic changes in EEG patterns are impaired, and the relationship between the EEG patterns and the sleep state is disturbed (Watanabe et al. 1980).