Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2019 Mar 1;10:166. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00166

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

Copyright © 2019 Vilella, Lacuey, Hampson, Rani, Loparo, Sainju, Friedman, Nei, Strohl, Allen, Scott, Gehlbach, Zonjy, Hupp, Zaremba, Shafiabadi, Zhao, Reick-Mitrisin, Schuele, Ogren, Harper, Diehl, Bateman, Devinsky, Richerson, Tanner, Tatsuoka and Lhatoo.

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

PMC Copyright notice

Example of post-convulsive central apnea (PCCA). Sensitivity 20 μV, High Frequency Filter: 70 Hz, Time constant: 0.1 s. (A). After the end of convulsive phase, the patient is apneic for 7 s. After the electrographic end, there are 2 noticeable breaths which are followed by another brief apnea. Lastly, regular breathing resumes. (B) Continuation from (A), regular breathing continues. ABD, abdominal; Clinical sz end, end of clinical seizure. EEG sz end, electrographic seizure end; EKG, electrocardiogram; PCCA, post-convulsive central apnea; s, seconds; THOR, thoracic.