EEG Board Exam Guide with verified
questions and answers 2025/2026
Terms in this set (200)
Hyperventilation What activation is useful for detecting absence seizures?
sleep activation What activation is useful for detecting benign rolandic epilepsy?
Anterior Cerebral Artery Which artery supplies the frontal pole and mesial cortex of
frontal/parietal lobes?
CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear) Which nerve is affected with neurofibromatosis/Von Recklinhausen's?
ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic What drug treats infantile spasms?
hormone)
________in infants shows REM, irregular breathing, smile, grimace,
Active Sleep
sucking, brief
apnea, decreased tonic
Activite Moyenne _______ is low voltage irregular theta and delta waves, 34-37 weeks
PLED's What pattern would you expect after a CVA?
frontal; contralateral Adversive seizures are from the ________ lobe with a focus
Neck rotation and conjugate What does the body do during an adversive seizure?
gaze deviation in direction
contralateral to epileptic focus
parietal Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant lobe
_____syndrome occurs in females.absence/agenesis of corpus callosum.
Aicardi Infantile
spasms early onset. Often asymmetric, diffuse EEG w/
suppression bursts and/or atypical hypsarrhythmia.
EEG normal 90% time, with What EEG changes might you see with alcohol withdrawal?
increased photomyoclonic
reactivity. Minor
theta/beta anomalies possible
voltage/alpha diminish, theta then What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's?
delta intrude w/ sharps,
asymmetries may develop, less
sleep signs
amoxycillin Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are unresponsive to AED's?
Ampere What is the unit of current?
olfactory; gustatory Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have ___________ and hallucinations
, ALS has normal EEG until weakness makes it harder to breathe, so the EEG
generalized slowing (hypoxia)
then has
______ ________
angiography ____ is x-ray with contrast media
anterograde ____ amnesia is loss of memory for periods of time following accident
increased theta/beta Antihistamines commonly cause what changes in the EEG at the therapeutic
levels?
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (haldol), clozapine
Antipsychotic drugs
(clozaril), and risperidone are examples of what kind of drug?
___ is the inability to perform purposeful movement though no muscular
apraxia
or
sensory disturbance is present
between the third to fourth Where is the aqueduct of sylvius located?
ventricle
Area 6 Which Brodmann's area is the premotor area?
Which Brodmann's area is the primary visual area (most forms walls of
Area 17
deep calcarine sulcus)?
Area 18 and Area 19 Which two Brodmann's area is the visual association areas?
Area 41 Which Brodmann's area is the primary auditory area?
____ is a congenital anomaly when the hindbrain is displaced through the
Arnold-Chiari
foramen
magnum.
_____is a flapping tremor of hand when wrist extended, resembling bird
aterixis
flapping
wings
questions and answers 2025/2026
Terms in this set (200)
Hyperventilation What activation is useful for detecting absence seizures?
sleep activation What activation is useful for detecting benign rolandic epilepsy?
Anterior Cerebral Artery Which artery supplies the frontal pole and mesial cortex of
frontal/parietal lobes?
CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear) Which nerve is affected with neurofibromatosis/Von Recklinhausen's?
ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic What drug treats infantile spasms?
hormone)
________in infants shows REM, irregular breathing, smile, grimace,
Active Sleep
sucking, brief
apnea, decreased tonic
Activite Moyenne _______ is low voltage irregular theta and delta waves, 34-37 weeks
PLED's What pattern would you expect after a CVA?
frontal; contralateral Adversive seizures are from the ________ lobe with a focus
Neck rotation and conjugate What does the body do during an adversive seizure?
gaze deviation in direction
contralateral to epileptic focus
parietal Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant lobe
_____syndrome occurs in females.absence/agenesis of corpus callosum.
Aicardi Infantile
spasms early onset. Often asymmetric, diffuse EEG w/
suppression bursts and/or atypical hypsarrhythmia.
EEG normal 90% time, with What EEG changes might you see with alcohol withdrawal?
increased photomyoclonic
reactivity. Minor
theta/beta anomalies possible
voltage/alpha diminish, theta then What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's?
delta intrude w/ sharps,
asymmetries may develop, less
sleep signs
amoxycillin Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are unresponsive to AED's?
Ampere What is the unit of current?
olfactory; gustatory Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have ___________ and hallucinations
, ALS has normal EEG until weakness makes it harder to breathe, so the EEG
generalized slowing (hypoxia)
then has
______ ________
angiography ____ is x-ray with contrast media
anterograde ____ amnesia is loss of memory for periods of time following accident
increased theta/beta Antihistamines commonly cause what changes in the EEG at the therapeutic
levels?
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (haldol), clozapine
Antipsychotic drugs
(clozaril), and risperidone are examples of what kind of drug?
___ is the inability to perform purposeful movement though no muscular
apraxia
or
sensory disturbance is present
between the third to fourth Where is the aqueduct of sylvius located?
ventricle
Area 6 Which Brodmann's area is the premotor area?
Which Brodmann's area is the primary visual area (most forms walls of
Area 17
deep calcarine sulcus)?
Area 18 and Area 19 Which two Brodmann's area is the visual association areas?
Area 41 Which Brodmann's area is the primary auditory area?
____ is a congenital anomaly when the hindbrain is displaced through the
Arnold-Chiari
foramen
magnum.
_____is a flapping tremor of hand when wrist extended, resembling bird
aterixis
flapping
wings
