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Scaling behaviour analysis of wavelet filtered EEG (without muscle activity) generalized tonic-clonic epileptic seizures are presented. In particular we show using the Multifractal Detrented Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA) that the epileptic recruitment rhythm observed in this kind of epileptic seizures present monofractal scaling behaviour, with lower values for the clonic than the tonic phases.
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Figliola, A., Serrano, E. & Rosso, O. Multifractal detrented fluctuation analysis of tonic-clonic epileptic seizures. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 143, 117–123 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00079-9
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