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applicants who sought training in electroencephalography and who

would often participate in the research that the branch conducted when

it was not examining patients.

Electroencephalography Branch members, NINDB

Donated to the Office of NIH History by Dr. Cosimo Ajmone-Marsan

Some of the clinically related research conducted by the branch

involved: 1) electroencephalographic correlations of metrazol-induced

seizure patterns, the effects–including experimental seizures–of locally

applied penicillin to thalamic nuclei; 2) studying electroencephalo­

graphic and neurological changes resulting from therapeutic Azauracil;

3) studying the relationship between epileptic patients on steroid

treatment and intermittent photic activation; and 4) the electroen­

cephalographic diagnosis of secondary brain tumors.^3

Some of the more basic research conducted studied: 1) the relation­

ship between cortex and scalp recordings of chronically implanted

electrodes and their impact on the electrocorticography, functional