Burst suppression

Electroencephalogram (EEG) displaying burst suppression patterns. Onset of bursts are indicated by solid arrows; offset, by open arrows. In both A and B, the interval between each vertical dotted line is one second.

Burst suppression is an electroencephalography (EEG) pattern that is characterized by periods of high-voltage electrical activity alternating with periods of no activity in the brain. The pattern is found in patients with inactivated brain states, such as from general anesthesia, coma, or hypothermia.[1] This pattern can be physiological, as during early development, or pathological, as in diseases such as Ohtahara syndrome.[2]

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  2. ^ Hofmeijer, Jeannette; Tjepkema-Cloostermans, Marleen C.; van Putten, Michel J.A.M. (October 2013). "Burst-suppression with Identical Bursts: a distinct EEG pattern with poor outcome in postanoxic coma" (PDF). Clinical Neurophysiology. 125 (5): 947–954. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2013.10.017. PMID 24286857. S2CID 5101630.