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Spatial characterization of interictal high frequency oscillations in epileptic neocortex

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Andrew Trevelyan

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Abstract

Interictal high frequency oscillations (HFOs), in particular those with frequency components in excess of 200 Hz, have been proposed as important biomarkers of epileptic cortex as well as the genesis of seizures. We investigated the spatial extent, classification and distribution of HFOs using a dense 4 x 4 mm(2) two dimensional microelectrode array implanted in the neocortex of four patients undergoing epilepsy surgery. The majority (97%) of oscillations detected included fast ripples and were concentrated in relatively few recording sites. While most HFOs were limited to single channels, similar to 10% occurred on a larger spatial scale with simultaneous but morphologically distinct detections in multiple channels. Eighty per cent of these large-scale events were associated with interictal epileptiform discharges. We propose that large-scale HFOs, rather than the more frequent highly focal events, are the substrates of the HFOs detected by clinical depth electrodes. This feature was prominent in three patients but rarely seen in only one patient recorded outside epileptogenic cortex. Additionally, we found that HFOs were commonly associated with widespread interictal epileptiform discharges but not with locally generated 'microdischarges'. Our observations raise the possibility that, rather than being initiators of epileptiform activity, fast ripples may be markers of a secondary local response.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Schevon CA, Trevelyan AJ, Schroeder CE, Goodman RR, McKhann G, Emerson RG

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Brain

Year: 2009

Volume: 132

Issue: 11

Pages: 3047-3059

Date deposited: 10/06/2013

ISSN (print): 0006-8950

ISSN (electronic): 1460-2156

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awp222

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp222


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