How to read an EEG

A step-by-step guide

Updated: 3 November 2025, 4:51 PM
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Abbreviations
  • EU: Europe
  • HFF: High frequency filter
  • IED: Interictal epileptiform discharge
  • LFF: Low-frequency filter
  • LRS: Lateral rectus spikes
  • N2: Non-REM sleep, stage 2
  • N3: Non-REM sleep, stage 3
  • PDR: Posterior dominant rhythm
  • REM: Rapid eye movement
  • RMTD: Rhythmic midtemporal theta burst of drowsiness
  • US: United States