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EEG findings by clinical condition

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Alzheimer's disease = 'a bit slow' (mild, non-specific slowing); Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease = 'sharp and striking' (periodic sharp-wave complexes) — the EEG's job is telling these two apart, not diagnosing Alzheimer's disease on its own.

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