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EMMANUEL MESEL, M.D.; FRANK F. LEDFORD, JR., M.D.

AMA Arch Neurol. 1959;1(5):516-521.

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Introduction

This study of the electroencephalogram (EEG) in hypnotic age regression was suggested by a paper published by Kupper in 1945.¹³ Briefly, Kupper found that in hypnotic age regression the EEG of an epileptic patient changed from an abnormal to a normal record when the patient was regressed to a period in his life antedating the development of epilepsy. This finding interested us, for it suggests that some changes occur in hypnotic age regession that are not directly elicited by suggestion, unlike other changes that result from direct suggestion. Furthermore, it seemed plausible that such changes in the EEG might be easily quantitated.

A brief review of the pertinent case reported by Kupper follows.

The patient was a 24-year-old merchant seaman with a history of grand mal seizures since the age of 18. Diagnostic studies were within normal limits with the exception of an abnormal EEG, which showed "diffuse corticla . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Cincinnati

From the Department of Neurology of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and the Cincinnati General Hospital.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 11, 1959.

This work was financed in part by the U. S. Public Health Service, U. S. P. H. S. Grant FG-372, and was accomplished while the authors were medical students.

The authors wish to acknowledge with sincere appreciation the assistance and supervision given them by Dr. Charles D. Aring and Dr. Samuel A. Trufant. We are indebted to Mr. Frank Tufts, who gave instruction in the technical aspects of electroencephalography, and to all members of the Department of Neurology of the Cincinnati General Hospital, who were most generous in assistance. Special thanks are extended to Dr. Paul H. Ornstein, of the Department of Psychiatry, for many hours of instruction in the techniques of hypnosis.

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