Method for analysis of ongoing and evoked neuro-electrical activity

摘要

A method of analyzing EEG and EP data in order to differentiate between ongoing neuro-electric activity of the brain of a subject and evoked neuro-electric activity of the brain of the subject, the analysis being based upon the frequency and the amplitude of deflections from the base line of the EEG and EP data, the method including a. recording by EEG measurement the ongoing neuro-electric activity; b. administering a series of sensory stimuli to the subject; c. recording by EEG and EP measurement neuro-electric activity evoked in response to the stimuli; d. marking the time of occurrence, polarity and amplitude of each of the deflections recorded; e. generating a histogram of time periods of the deflections for a defined duration prior to, during and subsequent to each of the single stimuli, the histogram reflecting the deflections within the time periods, generating a deflection time distribution based upon data from the histogram, generating an amplitude profile of the deflections, and f using the deflection time distribution and the amplitude profile to statistically analyze and evaluate the ongoing and evoked neuro-electric activity; such that the differentiation between the ongoing and the evoked neuro-electric activity may be quantified.