One hundred years of electroencephalography . . . and other stories
BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2451 (Published 14 November 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2451
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One hundred years of electroencephalography
This year marks the centenary of the first human electroencephalography (EEG) recording, made in 1924 by the German psychiatrist Hans Berger. EEG has made a substantial contribution to the diagnosis and classification of sleep disorders and epilepsy, but it hasn’t revolutionised neurology in …
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