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  1. A Sleep Deprived EEG involves staying awake for a full night, and then coming to an appointment at the Neurophysiology Department in the morning. During the appointment your EEG will be recorded for around one hour while you are drowsy and/or sleeping. Why Do I Need A Sleep Deprived EEG?

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  2. You may have already had a standard waking EEG. Sleep deprivation may help in two ways. Firstly the tiredness may result in brain waves on the EEG which are not usually seen. Secondly, you may fall asleep during the EEG and this may reveal new information that would otherwise have been unseen.

  3. A sleep deprivation video EEG is carried out in order to obtain more information about your condition. To carry out the test you should deprive yourself of sleep the night prior to your appointment. This means having as little sleep as possible, preferably NO sleep the night prior to the test.

  4. A sleep-deprived EEG is the recording of the brain activity following a period of no sleep. The night before your appointment you’ll limit your sleep (more details below), and then come to the Neurophysiology Department in the morning.

  5. What are the benefits of a sleep-deprived EEG ? Going without sleep mildly stresses the brain, and so recording the EEG after sleep deprivation may give added diagnostic information. Also, if you are able to fall asleep during the test, extra information may be gained from your brainwaves in sleep. What are the risks of sleep deprivation?

  6. A sleep EEG (electro-encephalogram) is the recording of electrical activity produced by the brain whilst you sleep. It will help your doctor in making a diagnosis. A sleep EEG is useful as it obtains different information to the routine EEG, as brainwave patterns change during sleep.

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  8. Encephalo - the head. Graph - the way the results of the test are presented. What is a sleep deprived EEG? You may have already had a standard waking EEG. Sleep deprivation may help in two ways. Firstly the tiredness may result in brain waves on the EEG which are not usually seen.

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