NONLINEAR OSCILLATION AND EPILEPSY

Abstract

A comparison is made between E.E.G. phenomena observed during epilepsy. Correspondences are shown to exist between (a) superharmonic and subharmonic entrainment and petit mal, (b) limit cycles and paroxysmal discharges, (c) oscillation hysteresis and onset of grand mal discharges, (d) van de Pol oscillation and grand mal discharge wave forms, and (e) asynchronous actions and suppression seizures. A tentative explanation of anticonvulsant drug action and certain experimental tests are proposed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0282659

Entities

People

  • E.m. Dewan

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Entrainment
  • Epilepsy
  • Hysteresis
  • Oscillation
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Neuroscience