Detection of recurrent activation patterns across focal seizures: Application to seizure onset zone identification

OBJECTIVE: We introduce a method that quantifies the consistent involvement of intracranially monitored regions in recurrent focal seizures. METHODS: We evaluated the consistency of two ictal spectral activation patterns (mean power change and power change onset time) in intracranial recordings acro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vila-Vidal, Manel, 1991-, Principe, Alessandro, Ley Nacher, Miguel, Deco, Gustavo, Tauste Campo, Adrià, 1982-, Rocamora Zúñiga, Rodrigo Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/34583
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.03.040
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Escorça cerebral
Lòbuls temporals
Cervell--Malalties
Epilèpsia
Quantitative EEG analysis
Stereo-EEG
Temporal lobe epilepsy
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: We introduce a method that quantifies the consistent involvement of intracranially monitored regions in recurrent focal seizures. METHODS: We evaluated the consistency of two ictal spectral activation patterns (mean power change and power change onset time) in intracranial recordings across focal seizures from seven patients with clinically marked seizure onset zone (SOZ). We examined SOZ discrimination using both patterns in different frequency bands and periods of interest. RESULTS: Activation patterns were proved to be consistent across more than 80% of recurrent ictal epochs. In all patients, whole-seizure mean activations were significantly higher for SOZ than non-SOZ regions (P<0.05) while activation onset times were significantly lower for SOZ than for non-SOZ regions (P<0.001) in six patients. Alpha-beta bands (8-20Hz) achieved the highest patient-average effect size on the whole-seizure period while gamma band (20-70Hz) achieved the highest discrimination values between SOZ and non-SOZ sites near seizure onset (0-5s). CONCLUSIONS: Consistent spectral activation patterns in focal epilepsies discriminate the SOZ with high effect sizes upon appropriate selection of frequency bands and activation periods. SIGNIFICANCE: The present method may be used to improve epileptogenic identification as well as pinpoint additional regions that are functionally altered during ictal events.