Reliability of Electroencephalogram-Based Individual Markers - Case Study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate individual level of natural variability of electroencephalogram (EEG) based markers. Three linear: alpha power variability, spectral asymmetry index, relative gamma power and three nonlinear methods: Higuchi's fractal dimension, detrended fluctuation analysis, and Lempel-Ziv complexity were selected. The markers were evaluated over 15 sessions acquired in 14 months. The results indicate that individual natural variability for five of the selected markers is lower compared to differences between healthy and depressed groups of subjects in our previous studies. The results of the current study suggest that EEG based markers can be applied for evaluation of disturbances in brain activity at individual level.Clinical Relevance-The indicated stability in the current study of widely used EEG-based markers at individual level suggests a promising opportunity to apply EEG as a novel method in diagnoses of brain mental disorders in clinical practice.