Karbowski K
Department of Neurology, University of Berne, Switzerland.
Eur Neurol. 1990;30(3):170-5. doi: 10.1159/000117338.
As a result of painstaking studies carried out over a period of almost 30 years, the German neurologist and psychiatrist Hans Berger, of Jena, published the first paper on the human electroencephalogram (Uber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen') in 1929. Clinical electroencephalography, which reached a zenith in the 1950s and 1960s, increased the range of diagnostic techniques available for a series of brain diseases and revolutionized the study of epilepsy. Today, conventional electroencephalography no longer yields startling scientific discoveries. Nor can it complete with computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, in the diagnosis of structural disorders of the brain. In spite of this, the scope of its uses continues to increase and it remains an indispensable instrument of neurophysiological diagnosis, especially in its capacity as a 'seismograph' of the brain. The trend that is apparent throughout the world to cut back clinical electroencephalographic units in favor of other neurophysiological investigative techniques is both unjustified and dangerous. If it continues, it will inevitably lead to a decline in epileptology, which is an essential part of the work of many different medical specialists both in practice and in hospitals.
经过近30年的潜心研究，德国耶拿的神经学家兼精神病学家汉斯·贝格尔于1929年发表了第一篇关于人类脑电图的论文（《论人类脑电图》）。临床脑电图技术在20世纪50年代和60年代达到了顶峰，它扩大了一系列脑部疾病可用的诊断技术范围，并彻底改变了癫痫的研究。如今，传统脑电图不再能带来惊人的科学发现。在诊断脑部结构紊乱方面，它也无法与计算机断层扫描和磁共振成像相媲美。尽管如此，其用途范围仍在不断扩大，它仍然是神经生理学诊断不可或缺的工具，尤其是作为大脑的“地震仪”。全世界明显倾向于削减临床脑电图单位而青睐其他神经生理学研究技术的趋势是不合理且危险的。如果这种趋势持续下去，必然会导致癫痫学的衰落，而癫痫学在许多不同医学专科的临床实践和医院工作中都是至关重要的一部分。
