Practical Guide for Clinical
Neurophysiologic Testing- CLTM Exam
study Guide
Who was the first person to record electrical activity in the animal brain 1875? - Answer-Richard Caton
Who was the first person to describe electrical activity in a human brain 1929 - Answer-Hans Berger
What year was the first human EEG record published? - Answer-1929
What year was the first animal EEG record published? - Answer-1875
Electrical activity that occurs in response to external stimulus - Answer-Evoked potentials
EEG signals recorded in attenuated form at the scalp because they originate far away - for example, in
the brain stem - Answer-far-field potentials
finds the source of the potential generator - Answer-dipole localization
measures the magnetic fields created by current flow - Answer-magnetoencephalography
Neurophysiologic Testing- CLTM Exam
study Guide
Who was the first person to record electrical activity in the animal brain 1875? - Answer-Richard Caton
Who was the first person to describe electrical activity in a human brain 1929 - Answer-Hans Berger
What year was the first human EEG record published? - Answer-1929
What year was the first animal EEG record published? - Answer-1875
Electrical activity that occurs in response to external stimulus - Answer-Evoked potentials
EEG signals recorded in attenuated form at the scalp because they originate far away - for example, in
the brain stem - Answer-far-field potentials
finds the source of the potential generator - Answer-dipole localization
measures the magnetic fields created by current flow - Answer-magnetoencephalography