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Ma L, Wisniewski DJ, Cea C, Khodagholy D, Gelinas JN. High-Density, Conformable Conducting Polymer-Based Implantable Neural Probes for the Developing Brain. Adv Healthc Mater 2024:e2304164. [PMID: 38591809 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202304164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders substantially impact the pediatric population, but there is a lack of dedicated devices for monitoring the developing brain in animal models, leading to gaps in mechanistic understanding of how brain functions emerge and their disruption in disease states. Due to the small size, fragility, and high water content of immature neural tissue, as well as the absence of a hardened skull to mechanically support rigid devices, conventional neural interface devices are poorly suited to acquire brain signals without inducing damage. Here, the authors design conformable, implantable, conducting polymer-based probes (NeuroShanks) for precise targeting in the developing mouse brain without the need for skull-attached, rigid mechanical support structures. These probes enable the acquisition of high spatiotemporal resolution neurophysiologic activity from superficial and deep brain regions across unanesthetized behavioral states without causing tissue disruption or device failure. Once implanted, probes are mechanically stable and permit precise, stable signal monitoring at the level of the local field potential and individual action potentials. These results support the translational potential of such devices for clinically indicated neurophysiologic recording in pediatric patients. Additionally, the role of organic bioelectronics as an enabling technology to address questions in developmental neuroscience is revealed.
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- Liang Ma
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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Menn KH, Männel C, Meyer L. Does Electrophysiological Maturation Shape Language Acquisition? PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2023; 18:1271-1281. [PMID: 36753616 PMCID: PMC10623610 DOI: 10.1177/17456916231151584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Infants master temporal patterns of their native language at a developmental trajectory from slow to fast: Shortly after birth, they recognize the slow acoustic modulations specific to their native language before tuning into faster language-specific patterns between 6 and 12 months of age. We propose here that this trajectory is constrained by neuronal maturation-in particular, the gradual emergence of high-frequency neural oscillations in the infant electroencephalogram. Infants' initial focus on slow prosodic modulations is consistent with the prenatal availability of slow electrophysiological activity (i.e., theta- and delta-band oscillations). Our proposal is consistent with the temporal patterns of infant-directed speech, which initially amplifies slow modulations, approaching the faster modulation range of adult-directed speech only as infants' language has advanced sufficiently. Moreover, our proposal agrees with evidence from premature infants showing maturational age is a stronger predictor of language development than ex utero exposure to speech, indicating that premature infants cannot exploit their earlier availability of speech because of electrophysiological constraints. In sum, we provide a new perspective on language acquisition emphasizing neuronal development as a critical driving force of infants' language development.
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- Katharina H. Menn
- Research Group Language Cycles, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- International Max Planck Research School on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure, and Plasticity, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Research Group Language Cycles, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Clinic for Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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Li X, Zhang H, Lai H, Wang J, Wang W, Yang X. High-Frequency Oscillations and Epileptogenic Network. Curr Neuropharmacol 2022; 20:1687-1703. [PMID: 34503414 PMCID: PMC9881061 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x19666210908165641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is a network disease caused by aberrant neocortical large-scale connectivity spanning regions on the scale of several centimeters. High-frequency oscillations, characterized by the 80-600 Hz signals in electroencephalography, have been proven to be a promising biomarker of epilepsy that can be used in assessing the severity and susceptibility of epilepsy as well as the location of the epileptogenic zone. However, the presence of a high-frequency oscillation network remains a topic of debate as high-frequency oscillations have been previously thought to be incapable of propagation, and the relationship between high-frequency oscillations and the epileptogenic network has rarely been discussed. Some recent studies reported that high-frequency oscillations may behave like networks that are closely relevant to the epileptogenic network. Pathological highfrequency oscillations are network-driven phenomena and elucidate epileptogenic network development; high-frequency oscillations show different characteristics coincident with the epileptogenic network dynamics, and cross-frequency coupling between high-frequency oscillations and other signals may mediate the generation and propagation of abnormal discharges across the network.
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- Xiaonan Li
- Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China; ,Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China; ,Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China; ,Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China; ,Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Address correspondence to this author at the Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China; Tel: 86+ 18515855127; E-mail:
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Naeem N, Zanca RM, Weinstein S, Urquieta A, Sosa A, Yu B, Sullivan RM. The Neurobiology of Infant Attachment-Trauma and Disruption of Parent-Infant Interactions. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:882464. [PMID: 35935109 PMCID: PMC9352889 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.882464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Current clinical literature and supporting animal literature have shown that repeated and profound early-life adversity, especially when experienced within the caregiver-infant dyad, disrupts the trajectory of brain development to induce later-life expression of maladaptive behavior and pathology. What is less well understood is the immediate impact of repeated adversity during early life with the caregiver, especially since attachment to the caregiver occurs regardless of the quality of care the infant received including experiences of trauma. The focus of the present manuscript is to review the current literature on infant trauma within attachment, with an emphasis on animal research to define mechanisms and translate developmental child research. Across species, the effects of repeated trauma with the attachment figure, are subtle in early life, but the presence of acute stress can uncover some pathology, as was highlighted by Bowlby and Ainsworth in the 1950s. Through rodent neurobehavioral literature we discuss the important role of repeated elevations in stress hormone corticosterone (CORT) in infancy, especially if paired with the mother (not when pups are alone) as targeting the amygdala and causal in infant pathology. We also show that following induced alterations, at baseline infants appear stable, although acute stress hormone elevation uncovers pathology in brain circuits important in emotion, social behavior, and fear. We suggest that a comprehensive understanding of the role of stress hormones during infant typical development and elevated CORT disruption of this typical development will provide insight into age-specific identification of trauma effects, as well as a better understanding of early markers of later-life pathology.
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- Nimra Naeem
- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY, United States,Emotional Brain Institute, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States,*Correspondence: Nimra Naeem,
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- Emotional Brain Institute, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY, United States,Emotional Brain Institute, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United States,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States,Regina M. Sullivan,
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Liu B, Ran X, Yi Y, Zhang X, Chen H, Hu Y. Anticonvulsant Effect of Carbenoxolone on Chronic Epileptic Rats and Its Mechanism Related to Connexin and High-Frequency Oscillations. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:870947. [PMID: 35615064 PMCID: PMC9125185 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.870947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Objective This study was designed to investigate the influence and mechanism of gap junction carbenoxolone (CBX) on dynamic changes in the spectral power of ripples and fast ripples (FRs) in the hippocampus of chronic epileptic rats. Methods The lithium-pilocarpine (PILO) status epilepticus (SE) model (PILO group) and the CBX pretreatment model (CBX + PILO group) were established to analyze dynamic changes in the spectral power of ripples and FRs, and the dynamic expression of connexin (CX)26, CX32, CX36, and CX43 in the hippocampus of chronic epileptic rats. Results Within 28 days after SE, the number of spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRSs) in the PILO group was significantly higher than that in the CBX + PILO group. The average spectral power of FRs in the PILO group was significantly higher than the baseline level at 1 and 7 days after SE. The average spectral power of FRs in the PILO group was significantly higher than that in the CBX + PILO group at 1, 7, and 14 days after SE. Seizures induced an increase in CX43 expression at 1 and 7 days after SE, but had no significant effect on CX26, CX36, or CX32. CBX pretreatment did not affect the expression of CXs in the hippocampus of normal rats, but it inhibited the expression of CX43 in epileptic rats. The number of SRSs at 2 and 4 weeks after SE had the highest correlation with the average spectral power of FRs; the average spectral power of FRs was moderately correlated with the expression of CX43. Conclusion The results of this study indicate that the energy of FRs may be regulated by its interference with the expression of CX43, and thus, affect seizures. Blocking the expression of CX43 thereby reduces the formation of pathological high-frequency oscillations (HFOs), making it a promising strategy for the treatment of chronic epilepsy.
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- Benke Liu
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
- Shenzhen Baoan Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Yue Hu,
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Tamrakar S, Iimura Y, Suzuki H, Mitsuhashi T, Ueda T, Nishioka K, Karagiozov K, Nakajima M, Miao Y, Tanaka T, Sugano H. Higher phase-amplitude coupling between ripple and slow oscillations indicates the distribution of epileptogenicity in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Seizure 2022; 100:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Lisgaras CP, Mikroulis A, Psarropoulou C. Region-specific Effects of Early-life Status Epilepticus on the Adult Hippocampal CA3 - Medial Entorhinal Cortex Circuitry In vitro: Focus on Interictal Spikes and Concurrent High-frequency Oscillations. Neuroscience 2021; 466:235-247. [PMID: 33961962 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Convulsive status epilepticus (SE) in immature life is often associated with lasting neurobiological changes. We provoked SE by pentylenetetrazole in postnatal day 20 rat pups and examined communication modalities between the temporal hippocampus and medial entorhinal cortex (mEC) in vitro. After a minimum of 40 days post-SE, we prepared combined temporal hippocampal - medial entorhinal cortex (mEC) slices from conditioned (SE) and naïve (N) adult rats and recorded 4-aminopyridine-induced spontaneous epileptiform interictal-like discharges (IED) simultaneously from CA3 and mEC layer V-VI. We analyzed IED frequency and high frequency oscillations (HFOs) in intact slices and after surgical separation of hippocampus from mEC, by two successive incisions (Schaffer collateral cut, Parasubiculum cut). In all slices, IED frequency was higher in CA3 vs mEC (5N, 4SE) and Raster plots indicated no temporal coincidence between them either in intact or in CA1-cut slices (4N, 4SE). IED frequency was significantly higher in SE mEC, but similar in SE and N CA3, independently of connectivity state. Ripples (R) and Fast Ripples (FR) coincided with IEDs and their power differed between SE and N intact slices (22N, 12SE), both in CA3 and mEC. CA3 FR/R ratios were higher in the absence of mEC (14N, 8SE). Moreover, SE (vs N) slices showed significantly higher FR/R ratios independently of the presence of mEC. Taken together, these findings suggest lasting effects of immature SE in network dynamics governing hippocampal-entorhinal communication which may impact adult cognitive, behavioral, and/or seizure threshold sequalae.
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- Christos Panagiotis Lisgaras
- Laboratory of Animal and Human Physiology, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Animal and Human Physiology, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Animal and Human Physiology, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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Hanganu-Opatz IL, Butt SJB, Hippenmeyer S, De Marco García NV, Cardin JA, Voytek B, Muotri AR. The Logic of Developing Neocortical Circuits in Health and Disease. J Neurosci 2021; 41:813-822. [PMID: 33431633 PMCID: PMC7880298 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1655-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The sensory and cognitive abilities of the mammalian neocortex are underpinned by intricate columnar and laminar circuits formed from an array of diverse neuronal populations. One approach to determining how interactions between these circuit components give rise to complex behavior is to investigate the rules by which cortical circuits are formed and acquire functionality during development. This review summarizes recent research on the development of the neocortex, from genetic determination in neural stem cells through to the dynamic role that specific neuronal populations play in the earliest circuits of neocortex, and how they contribute to emergent function and cognition. While many of these endeavors take advantage of model systems, consideration will also be given to advances in our understanding of activity in nascent human circuits. Such cross-species perspective is imperative when investigating the mechanisms underlying the dysfunction of early neocortical circuits in neurodevelopmental disorders, so that one can identify targets amenable to therapeutic intervention.
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- Ileana L Hanganu-Opatz
- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- Center for Neurogenetics, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York 10021
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- Department of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- University of California San Diego, Department of Cognitive Science, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, Neurosciences Graduate Program, La Jolla, California 92093
- University of California San Diego, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, La Jolla, California 92093
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- University of California San Diego, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, La Jolla, California 92093
- University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny, La Jolla, California 92037
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Takeuchi A, Inoue T, Nakamura M, Kageyama M, Akiyama T, Kobayashi K. Case Report: High-Gamma Oscillations on an Ictal Electroencephalogram in a Newborn Patient With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:679771. [PMID: 34660474 PMCID: PMC8518698 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.679771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fast oscillations (FOs) >40 Hz in electroencephalograms (EEGs) are associated with ictogenesis and epileptogenesis in adults and children with epilepsy. However, only a few previous studies showed FOs in neonates. Reported frequencies of such neonatal FOs were in the low-gamma (<60 Hz) band and, therefore, they were not high compared to those in pediatric patients. We herein report a newborn patient with severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), who showed pathological FOs with a frequency in the high-gamma band. She was born at a gestational age of 39 weeks 4 days by emergency cesarean section because of non-reassuring fetal status. She had focal motor seizures involving unilateral upper and lower limbs lasting for tens of seconds on days 0, 1, 4, 5, 8, and 9 and subclinical seizures on days 4-11. Phenobarbital (PB) was intravenously administered on days 0, 2, 4, 5, and 6. We found FOs that were superimposed on the ictal delta activities using visual inspection and time-frequency analysis on 8-11 days of age. Among them, we detected high-gamma (71.4-100 Hz) oscillations that appeared to be temporally independent of low-gamma activities in the ictal EEG on 11 days of age. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the earliest reports showing pathological FOs with a frequency of >60 Hz in the high-gamma band in human neonatal seizures, which were previously observed in animal studies. Further studies are needed to elucidate the pathophysiology of ictal FOs in neonatal seizures.
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- Akihito Takeuchi
- Division of Neonatology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan.,Division of Child Neurology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Child Neurology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Neonatology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Neonatology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan
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Takayanagi Y, Takayama Y, Iijima K, Iwasaki M, Ono Y. Efficient Detection of High-frequency Biomarker Signals of Epilepsy by a Transfer-learning-based Convolutional Neural Network. ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.14326/abe.10.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Yuki Takayanagi
- Electrical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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- Department of Electronics and Bioinformatics, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
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Kim MJ, Yum MS, Jo Y, Lee M, Kim EJ, Shim WH, Ko TS. Delayed Functional Networks Development and Altered Fast Oscillation Dynamics in a Rat Model of Cortical Malformation. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:711. [PMID: 32973422 PMCID: PMC7461924 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Malformations of cortical development (MCD) is associated with a wide range of developmental delay and drug resistant epilepsy in children. By using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) and event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP) of cortical electroencephalography (EEG) data, we tried to investigate the neural changes of spatiotemporal functional connectivity (FC) and fast oscillation (FO) dynamics in a rat model of methylazoxymethanol (MAM)-induced MCD. A total of 28 infant rats with prenatal exposure to MAM and those of age matched 28 controls with prenatal saline exposure were used. RS-fMRI were acquired at postnatal day 15 (P15) and 29 (P29), and correlation coefficient analysis of eleven region of interests (ROI) was done to find the differences of functional networks between four groups. Two hour-cortical EEGs were also recorded at P15 and P29 and the ERSP of gamma (30–80 Hz) and ripples (80–200 Hz) were analyzed. The rats with MCD showed significantly delayed development of superior colliculus-brainstem network compared to control rats at P15. In contrast to marked maturation of default mode network (DMN) in controls from P15 to P29, there was no clear development in MCD rats. The MCD rats showed significantly higher cortical gamma and ripples-ERSP at P15 and lower cortical ripples-ERSP at P29 than those of control rats. This study demonstrated delayed development of FC and altered cortical FO dynamics in rats with malformed brain. The results should be further investigated in terms of the epileptogenesis and cognitive dysfunction in patients with MCD.
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- Min-Jee Kim
- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Ikemoto S, Hamano SI, Yokota S, Koichihara R, Hirata Y, Matsuura R. High-power, frontal-dominant ripples in absence status epilepticus during childhood. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:1204-1209. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fisher NM, Gould RW, Gogliotti RG, McDonald AJ, Badivuku H, Chennareddy S, Buch AB, Moore AM, Jenkins MT, Robb WH, Lindsley CW, Jones CK, Conn PJ, Niswender CM. Phenotypic profiling of mGlu 7 knockout mice reveals new implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2020; 19:e12654. [PMID: 32248644 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Neurodevelopmental disorders are characterized by deficits in communication, cognition, attention, social behavior and/or motor control. Previous studies have pointed to the involvement of genes that regulate synaptic structure and function in the pathogenesis of these disorders. One such gene, GRM7, encodes the metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGlu7 ), a G protein-coupled receptor that regulates presynaptic neurotransmitter release. Mutations and polymorphisms in GRM7 have been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in clinical populations; however, limited preclinical studies have evaluated mGlu7 in the context of this specific disease class. Here, we show that the absence of mGlu7 in mice is sufficient to alter phenotypes within the domains of social behavior, associative learning, motor function, epilepsy and sleep. Moreover, Grm7 knockout mice exhibit an attenuated response to amphetamine. These findings provide rationale for further investigation of mGlu7 as a potential therapeutic target for neurodevelopmental disorders such as idiopathic autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Rett syndrome.
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- Nicole M Fisher
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Cepeda C, Levinson S, Nariai H, Yazon VW, Tran C, Barry J, Oikonomou KD, Vinters HV, Fallah A, Mathern GW, Wu JY. Pathological high frequency oscillations associate with increased GABA synaptic activity in pediatric epilepsy surgery patients. Neurobiol Dis 2019; 134:104618. [PMID: 31629890 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.104618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pathological high-frequency oscillations (HFOs), specifically fast ripples (FRs, >250 Hz), are pathognomonic of an active epileptogenic zone. However, the origin of FRs remains unknown. Here we explored the correlation between FRs recorded with intraoperative pre-resection electrocorticography (ECoG) and spontaneous synaptic activity recorded ex vivo from cortical tissue samples resected for the treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. The cohort included 47 children (ages 0.22-9.99 yr) with focal cortical dysplasias (CD types I and II), tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and non-CD pathologies. Whole-cell patch clamp recordings were obtained from pyramidal neurons and interneurons in cortical regions that were positive or negative for pathological HFOs, defined as FR band oscillations (250-500 Hz) at ECoG. The frequency of spontaneous excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs and IPSCs, respectively) was compared between HFO+ and HFO- regions. Regardless of pathological substrate, regions positive for FRs displayed significantly increased frequencies of sIPSCs compared with regions negative for FRs. In contrast, the frequency of sEPSCs was similar in both regions. In about one third of cases (n = 17), pacemaker GABA synaptic activity (PGA) was observed. In the vast majority (n = 15), PGA occurred in HFO+ areas. Further, fast-spiking interneurons displayed signs of hyperexcitability exclusively in HFO+ areas. These results indicate that, in pediatric epilepsy patients, increased GABA synaptic activity is associated with interictal FRs in the epileptogenic zone and suggest an active role of GABAergic interneurons in the generation of pathological HFOs. Increased GABA synaptic activity could serve to dampen excessive excitability of cortical pyramidal neurons in the epileptogenic zone, but it could also promote neuronal network synchrony.
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- Carlos Cepeda
- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Mattel Children's Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Section of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- IDDRC, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Mattel Children's Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Focal cortical dysplasia II-related seizures originate from the bottom of the dysplastic sulcus: A stereoelectroencephalography study. Clin Neurophysiol 2019; 130:1596-1603. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lee M, Kim MJ, Kim EJ, Woo DC, Yum MS, Ko TS. How can methylprednisolone work on epileptic spasms with malformation of cortical development? Eur J Neurosci 2019; 50:4018-4027. [PMID: 31397941 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although steroids are suggested as the treatment of choice for infantile spasms, the mechanism of action is still unclear. Using a rat model of malformation of cortical development with refractory infantile spasms, we evaluated the efficacy of methylprednisolone on spasms susceptibility and behaviors. Additionally, we investigated the in vivo electrophysiological and neurochemical changes of the brain after methylprednisolone treatment. Infant rats with prenatal exposure of methylazoxymethanol at gestational day 15 were used. After a single dose of methylprednisolone or three different doses of methylprednisolone for 3 days, spasms were triggered by intraperitoneal injection of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid. In rats with 3 days of methylprednisolone pretreatment and their controls, behavioral testing was performed at postnatal day 15. In vivo magnetic resonance imaging was conducted at postnatal day 15 after 3 days of methylprednisolone treatment. The rats with single methylprednisolone pretreatment showed significantly delayed onset of spasms and multiple doses of methylprednisolone significantly suppressed the development of spasms in a dose-dependent manner. After multiple methylprednisolone pretreatment and a cluster of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid-induced spasms, the rats showed significantly increased freezing behaviors to conditioned stimuli. Glutamate-weighted chemical exchange saturation transfer revealed significant elevation of glutamate concentration in the cortices of the rats with multiple methylprednisolone pretreatments. Methylprednisolone pretreatment could attenuate N-methyl-d-aspartic acid-induced spasms with in vivo neurochemical and electrophysiological changes, which indicates this steroid's action on the brain and in epilepsy.
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- Minyoung Lee
- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ikemoto S, Hamano SI, Yokota S, Koichihara R, Hirata Y, Matsuura R. Enhancement and bilateral synchronization of ripples in atypical benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes. Clin Neurophysiol 2018; 129:1920-1925. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kim MJ, Yum MS, Yeh HR, Ko TS. Fast oscillation dynamics during hypsarrhythmia as a localization biomarker. J Neurophysiol 2017; 119:679-687. [PMID: 29142097 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00662.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hypsarrhythmia in West syndrome, although hard to define, is characterized by chaotic and disorganized electrical activity of the brain and is often regarded as a generalized EEG pattern without any localization value. Using event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP), we tried to determine the brain dynamics during hypsarrhythmia. Routine 1-h scalp EEGs were retrieved from 31 patients with infantile spasms and 20 age-matched controls. Using the EEGLAB toolbox of MATLAB 2015b, the ERSPs of fast oscillations (FOs; 20-100 Hz) of selected channels were analyzed and compared among groups according to their MRI lesions. FO-ERSP cutoff values for predicting the pathologic foci were estimated. The mean FO-ERSPs across all analyzed electrodes of patients with spasms were significantly higher than those of controls. When the patients were categorized into nonlesional, focal/multifocal, or diffuse lesional groups, the FO-ERSP of patients in the focal/multifocal lesional group was significantly lower than that of those in the nonfocal or diffuse lesional groups. In the focal/multifocal lesional group, seven patients (7/9, 77.8%) showed that the locations of channels with high FO-ERSPs were matched to the pathologic MRI lesions. Thus, the localization of high FO-ERSPs is closely associated with the location of pathologic brain lesions. Further research is required to prove the value of the FO-ERSP as an important quantitative localizing biomarker of West syndrome. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The locations of high fast oscillation-event-related spectral perturbations (FO-ERSPs) are closely associated with brain pathologic lesions, and high FO-ERSPs can be used as a localization biomarker of pathologic brain lesions in patients with hypsarrhythmia. With further validation, FO-ERSP might be useful as a biomarker for the localization of hidden pathologies in conditions with generalized epileptiform activities such as West syndrome.
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- Min-Jee Kim
- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea
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Navarrete M, Pyrzowski J, Corlier J, Valderrama M, Le Van Quyen M. Automated detection of high-frequency oscillations in electrophysiological signals: Methodological advances. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 110:316-326. [PMID: 28235667 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In recent years, new recording technologies have advanced such that oscillations of neuronal networks can be identified from simultaneous, multisite recordings at high temporal and spatial resolutions. However, because of the deluge of multichannel data generated by these experiments, achieving the full potential of parallel neuronal recordings also depends on the development of new mathematical methods capable of extracting meaningful information related to time, frequency and space. In this review, we aim to bridge this gap by focusing on the new analysis tools developed for the automated detection of high-frequency oscillations (HFOs, >40Hz) in local field potentials. For this, we provide a revision of different aspects associated with physiological and pathological HFOs as well as the several stages involved in their automatic detection including preprocessing, selection, rejection and analysis through time-frequency processes. Beyond basic research, the automatic detection of HFOs would greatly assist diagnosis of epilepsy disorders based on the recognition of these typical pathological patterns in the electroencephalogram (EEG). Also, we emphasize how these HFO detection methods can be applied and the properties that might be inferred from neuronal signals, indicating potential future directions.
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- Miguel Navarrete
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, UMR S 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, UMR S 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, UMR S 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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Huang L, Ni X, Ditto WL, Spano M, Carney PR, Lai YC. Detecting and characterizing high-frequency oscillations in epilepsy: a case study of big data analysis. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2017; 4:160741. [PMID: 28280577 PMCID: PMC5319343 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We develop a framework to uncover and analyse dynamical anomalies from massive, nonlinear and non-stationary time series data. The framework consists of three steps: preprocessing of massive datasets to eliminate erroneous data segments, application of the empirical mode decomposition and Hilbert transform paradigm to obtain the fundamental components embedded in the time series at distinct time scales, and statistical/scaling analysis of the components. As a case study, we apply our framework to detecting and characterizing high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) from a big database of rat electroencephalogram recordings. We find a striking phenomenon: HFOs exhibit on-off intermittency that can be quantified by algebraic scaling laws. Our framework can be generalized to big data-related problems in other fields such as large-scale sensor data and seismic data analysis.
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- Liang Huang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- College of Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, 170 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7025, USA
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Author for correspondence: Ying-Cheng Lai e-mail:
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Localization of focal epileptic brain is critical for successful epilepsy surgery and focal brain stimulation. Despite significant progress, roughly half of all patients undergoing focal surgical resection, and most patients receiving focal electrical stimulation, are not seizure free. There is intense interest in high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) recorded with intracranial electroencephalography as potential biomarkers to improve epileptogenic brain localization, resective surgery, and focal electrical stimulation. The present review examines the evidence that HFOs are clinically useful biomarkers. RECENT FINDINGS Performing the PubMed search 'High-Frequency Oscillations and Epilepsy' for 2013-2015 identifies 308 articles exploring HFO characteristics, physiological significance, and potential clinical applications. SUMMARY There is strong evidence that HFOs are spatially associated with epileptic brain. There remain, however, significant challenges for clinical translation of HFOs as epileptogenic brain biomarkers: Differentiating true HFO from the high-frequency power changes associated with increased neuronal firing and bandpass filtering sharp transients. Distinguishing pathological HFO from normal physiological HFO. Classifying tissue under individual electrodes as normal or pathological. Sharing data and algorithms so research results can be reproduced across laboratories. Multicenter prospective trials to provide definitive evidence of clinical utility.
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Zweiphenning W, van ‘t Klooster M, van Diessen E, van Klink N, Huiskamp G, Gebbink T, Leijten F, Gosselaar P, Otte W, Stam C, Braun K, Zijlmans G. High frequency oscillations and high frequency functional network characteristics in the intraoperative electrocorticogram in epilepsy. Neuroimage Clin 2016; 12:928-939. [PMID: 27882298 PMCID: PMC5114532 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE High frequency oscillations (HFOs; > 80 Hz), especially fast ripples (FRs, 250-500 Hz), are novel biomarkers for epileptogenic tissue. The pathophysiology suggests enhanced functional connectivity within FR generating tissue. Our aim was to determine the relation between brain areas showing FRs and 'baseline' functional connectivity within EEG networks, especially in the high frequency bands. METHODS We marked FRs, ripples (80-250 Hz) and spikes in the electrocorticogram of 14 patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. We assessed 'baseline' functional connectivity in epochs free of epileptiform events within these recordings, using the phase lag index. We computed the Eigenvector Centrality (EC) per channel in the FR and gamma band network. We compared EC between channels that did or did not show events at other moments in time. RESULTS FR-band EC was higher in channels with than without spikes. Gamma-band EC was lower in channels with ripples and FRs. CONCLUSIONS We confirmed previous findings of functional isolation in the gamma-band and found a first proof of functional integration in the FR-band network of channels covering presumed epileptogenic tissue. SIGNIFICANCE 'Baseline' high-frequency network parameters might help intra-operative recognition of epileptogenic tissue without the need for waiting for events. These findings can increase our understanding of the 'architecture' of epileptogenic networks and help unravel the pathophysiology of HFOs.
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Key Words
- (io)ECoG, (intra-operative) electrocorticography
- EC, eigenvector centrality
- EEG, electroencephalography
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy surgery
- Epileptogenic zone
- FR, fast ripple, 250–500 Hz
- Functional network analysis
- HFO, high frequency oscillation, > 80 Hz
- High Frequency Oscillations
- IPSP, inhibitory postsynaptic potential
- PLI, phase lag index
- SOZ, seizure onset zone
- TLE, temporal lobe epilepsy
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- W.J.E.M. Zweiphenning
- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Pediatric Neurology, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Pediatric Neurology, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, P.O. box 540, 2130 AM Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Pediatric Neurology, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, P.O. box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, P.O. box 540, 2130 AM Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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Hull JM, Isom LL. Expecting the Unexpected: Lack of In Vivo Network Defects in an Scn1a Model of Dravet Syndrome. Epilepsy Curr 2016; 16:408-410. [PMID: 27857626 PMCID: PMC5106108 DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-16.6.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Shibata T, Yoshinaga H, Akiyama T, Kobayashi K. A study on spike focus dependence of high-frequency activity in idiopathic focal epilepsy in childhood. Epilepsia Open 2016; 1:121-129. [PMID: 29588935 PMCID: PMC5719832 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Objective Spike foci in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) are related to seizure semiologies, but this relationship is inconspicuous in Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS). We analyzed spike‐associated high‐frequency activity (HFA) and its relationship to spike foci in the electroencephalograms (EEGs) of patients with BECTS and PS in order to elucidate the pathophysiology of these epileptic syndromes. Methods In 35 patients with BECTS and 29 with PS, focal spikes in scalp sleep EEGs were first classified by clustering according to their characteristics, including shape and distribution. For each patient, three or fewer spike clusters were investigated by time‐frequency spectral analysis and single‐dipole analysis using a realistic three‐dimensional head model to explore the relationships between the presence or absence of spike‐associated HFA and the distribution of estimated spike sources. Results A total of 159 spike clusters were analyzed (96 in BECTS and 63 in PS). HFA was detected in 73 spike clusters (76.0%) in BECTS and 37 (58.7%) in PS, with a significant difference in the proportion of spike clusters with HFA (p = 0.024 by Fisher's exact test). In BECTS, spikes had relatively uniform distributions, but the proportion of spikes with associated HFA was significantly higher in the spike group with dipoles in the perirolandic areas (42 of 49) than in that with dipoles outside of the perirolandic areas (23 of 36; p = 0.037). In PS, The proportion of spikes with associated HFA was significantly higher in the spike group with dipoles in the occipital lobes (20 of 26) than in that with dipoles outside of the occipital lobes (13 of 33; p = 0.020). Significance The proportion of spike‐associated HFA was higher in BECTS than in PS. Particular pathophysiological meaning was indicated in spikes with dipoles in the perirolandic areas in BECTS and in spikes with dipoles in the occipital lobes in PS owing to the high proportions of spike‐associated HFA in these areas.
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- Takashi Shibata
- Department of Child Neurology Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine Okayama Japan
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Navarrete M, Alvarado-Rojas C, Le Van Quyen M, Valderrama M. RIPPLELAB: A Comprehensive Application for the Detection, Analysis and Classification of High Frequency Oscillations in Electroencephalographic Signals. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158276. [PMID: 27341033 PMCID: PMC4920418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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High Frequency Oscillations (HFOs) in the brain have been associated with different physiological and pathological processes. In epilepsy, HFOs might reflect a mechanism of epileptic phenomena, serving as a biomarker of epileptogenesis and epileptogenicity. Despite the valuable information provided by HFOs, their correct identification is a challenging task. A comprehensive application, RIPPLELAB, was developed to facilitate the analysis of HFOs. RIPPLELAB provides a wide range of tools for HFOs manual and automatic detection and visual validation; all of them are accessible from an intuitive graphical user interface. Four methods for automated detection-as well as several options for visualization and validation of detected events-were implemented and integrated in the application. Analysis of multiple files and channels is possible, and new options can be added by users. All features and capabilities implemented in RIPPLELAB for automatic detection were tested through the analysis of simulated signals and intracranial EEG recordings from epileptic patients (n = 16; 3,471 analyzed hours). Visual validation was also tested, and detected events were classified into different categories. Unlike other available software packages for EEG analysis, RIPPLELAB uniquely provides the appropriate graphical and algorithmic environment for HFOs detection (visual and automatic) and validation, in such a way that the power of elaborated detection methods are available to a wide range of users (experts and non-experts) through the use of this application. We believe that this open-source tool will facilitate and promote the collaboration between clinical and research centers working on the HFOs field. The tool is available under public license and is accessible through a dedicated web site.
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- Miguel Navarrete
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Centre de Recherche de L’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (CRICM), INSERM UMRS 975—CNRS UPR640, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Department of Electronics Engineering. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Centre de Recherche de L’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (CRICM), INSERM UMRS 975—CNRS UPR640, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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DeMarse TB, Pan L, Alagapan S, Brewer GJ, Wheeler BC. Feed-Forward Propagation of Temporal and Rate Information between Cortical Populations during Coherent Activation in Engineered In Vitro Networks. Front Neural Circuits 2016; 10:32. [PMID: 27147977 PMCID: PMC4840215 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Transient propagation of information across neuronal assembles is thought to underlie many cognitive processes. However, the nature of the neural code that is embedded within these transmissions remains uncertain. Much of our understanding of how information is transmitted among these assemblies has been derived from computational models. While these models have been instrumental in understanding these processes they often make simplifying assumptions about the biophysical properties of neurons that may influence the nature and properties expressed. To address this issue we created an in vitro analog of a feed-forward network composed of two small populations (also referred to as assemblies or layers) of living dissociated rat cortical neurons. The populations were separated by, and communicated through, a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device containing a strip of microscale tunnels. Delayed culturing of one population in the first layer followed by the second a few days later induced the unidirectional growth of axons through the microtunnels resulting in a primarily feed-forward communication between these two small neural populations. In this study we systematically manipulated the number of tunnels that connected each layer and hence, the number of axons providing communication between those populations. We then assess the effect of reducing the number of tunnels has upon the properties of between-layer communication capacity and fidelity of neural transmission among spike trains transmitted across and within layers. We show evidence based on Victor-Purpura's and van Rossum's spike train similarity metrics supporting the presence of both rate and temporal information embedded within these transmissions whose fidelity increased during communication both between and within layers when the number of tunnels are increased. We also provide evidence reinforcing the role of synchronized activity upon transmission fidelity during the spontaneous synchronized network burst events that propagated between layers and highlight the potential applications of these MEMs devices as a tool for further investigation of structure and functional dynamics among neural populations.
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- Thomas B DeMarse
- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA; Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Irvine, CA, USA
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of CaliforniaSan Diego, CA, USA
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Kobayashi K, Akiyama T, Oka M, Endoh F, Yoshinaga H. A storm of fast (40-150Hz) oscillations during hypsarrhythmia in West syndrome. Ann Neurol 2014; 77:58-67. [DOI: 10.1002/ana.24299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 10/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Katsuhiro Kobayashi
- Department of Child Neurology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital; Okayama Japan
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Hamelin S, Pouyatos B, Khalaf-Nazzal R, Chabrol T, Francis F, David O, Depaulis A. Long-term modifications of epileptogenesis and hippocampal rhythms after prolonged hyperthermic seizures in the mouse. Neurobiol Dis 2014; 69:156-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Salah ON, Abdelraouf ER, Abdelhameed MH, Dawood AA, Hashish AF, Kilany A, Helal SI. Assessment of the Level of GABA and Some Trace Elements in Blood in Children who Suffer from Familial Febrile Convulsions. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2014.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Febrile seizure is one of the most common neurological problems during childhood. The etiology and pathogenesis of febrile seizure remain unknown. However, several factors such as vitamin B6 deficiency, electrolyte disturbances, and reduction in serum zinc, selenium, magnesium levels, and low gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels are thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of febrile seizure. The present study included twenty children from 10 families, 11 were male and 9 were female. Each family has at least 2 members with a history of febrile convulsion. All cases were subjected to the following: Determination of serum levels of copper, zinc, magnesium, selenium level in serum, and plasma level of γ-aminobytaric acid (GABA). Serum levels of selenium and GABA were statistically significantly low in comparison with controls. Serum copper was statistically significantly higher in cases than controls, while serum zinc showed no significant changes in the cases of febrile convulsion compared with the control group. The mean Zn level in the serum of febrile convulsion was found to be at lower level than in the control group. The serum magnesium was significantly low in cases than controls. The logistic regression model in our study shows that Selenium and Magnesium have protective effects, while Copper has causative effect.
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Liu ZX, Woltering S, Lewis MD. Developmental change in EEG theta activity in the medial prefrontal cortex during response control. Neuroimage 2013; 85 Pt 2:873-87. [PMID: 24007804 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cognitive control functions continue to improve from infancy until early adulthood, allowing flexible adaptation to a complex environment. However, it remains controversial how this development in cognitive capabilities is mediated by changes in cortical activity: both age-related increases and decreases of mediofrontal neural activity have been observed and interpreted as neural underpinnings of this functional development. To better understand this developmental process, we examined EEG theta activity in the mediofrontal region using a Go/No-go response control task. We found that both pre-stimulus baseline theta-power and theta-power during the response control task, without baseline-correction, decreased with age. Conversely, when task-related theta-power was baseline corrected (using a ratio method), it exhibited a positive developmental trajectory. The age-related theta-power increase was source-localized to the anterior cingulate cortex. This increase in theta activity also partially mediated age-related improvements in response control and was greatest in a condition that demanded greater effort. Theta activity in older children also showed greater temporal reliability across trials as measured by inter-trial phase-coherence. Interestingly, directly subtracting baseline activity from task-related activity did not yield significant developmental effects, which highlights the necessity of separating and contrasting the pre-stimulus baseline with task-related processing in the understanding of neurodevelopmental changes.
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- Zhong-Xu Liu
- Applied Psychology and Human Development Department (OISE), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Correlated spiking activity prevails in immature cortical networks and is believed to contribute to neuronal circuit maturation; however, its spatiotemporal organization is not fully understood. Using wide-field calcium imaging from acute whole-brain slices of rat pups on postnatal days 1-6, we found that correlated spikes were initiated in the anterior part of the lateral entorhinal cortex and propagated anteriorly to the frontal cortex and posteriorly to the medial entorhinal cortex, forming traveling waves that engaged almost the entire cortex. The waves were blocked by ionotropic glutamatergic receptor antagonists but not by GABAergic receptor antagonists. During wave events, glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic inputs were balanced and induced UP state-like depolarization. Magnified monitoring with cellular resolution revealed that the layer III neurons were first activated when the waves were initiated. Consistent with this finding, layer III contained a larger number of neurons that were autonomously active, even under a blockade of synaptic transmission. During wave propagation, the layer III neurons constituted a leading front of the wave. The waves did not enter the parasubiculum; however, in some cases, they were reflected at the parasubicular border and propagated back in the opposite direction. During this reflection process, the layer III neurons in the medial entorhinal cortex maintained persistent activity. Thus, our data emphasize the role of layer III in early network behaviors and provide insight into the circuit mechanisms through which cerebral cortical networks maturate.
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Iwatani Y, Kagitani-Shimono K, Tominaga K, Okinaga T, Kishima H, Kato A, Nagai T, Ozono K. Ictal high-frequency oscillations on scalp EEG recordings in symptomatic West syndrome. Epilepsy Res 2012; 102:60-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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High-frequency EEG oscillations in hyperthermia-induced seizures of Scn1a mutant rats. Epilepsy Res 2012; 103:161-6. [PMID: 22920678 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We examined high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) in the ictal cortical EEGs of hyperthermia-induced seizures in a rat model of febrile seizures with an SCN1A mutation as a means of investigating the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the generation of febrile seizures. We used 13 male homozygous Scn1a-N1417H mutant rats (F344/NSlc-Scn1a(Kyo811)) and 10 wild-type control rats. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures were induced in all mutant rats, and HFOs with frequencies ranging from 200 to 400 Hz were found to precede spikes during the clonic phases of these seizures in the ictal EEGs. The proportion of all spikes in each seizure that were associated with HFOs increased with age. In time-frequency spectra of the EEG data, the HFOs had a mean peak frequency of 301.1 ± 65.4 Hz (range: 156.3-468.8Hz) and a mean peak power of 24.6 ± 3.8 dB (range: 11.4-33.4 dB); the peak power increased with age. Regarding the wild-type rats, a brief seizure without unmistakable HFOs was exceptionally induced in only one rat. The generation mechanism of febrile seizures is still an unanswered question. The detection of HFOs from the ictal EEGs of hyperthermia-induced seizures may provide a cue to answering this open question, although in this research we were unable to provide sufficient evidence to prove that the generation of HFOs depended on the mutation.
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Fujiwara H, Greiner HM, Lee KH, Holland-Bouley KD, Seo JH, Arthur T, Mangano FT, Leach JL, Rose DF. Resection of ictal high-frequency oscillations leads to favorable surgical outcome in pediatric epilepsy. Epilepsia 2012; 53:1607-17. [PMID: 22905734 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Intracranial electroencephalography (EEG) is performed as part of an epilepsy surgery evaluation when noninvasive tests are incongruent or the putative seizure-onset zone is near eloquent cortex. Determining the seizure-onset zone using intracranial EEG has been conventionally based on identification of specific ictal patterns with visual inspection. High-frequency oscillations (HFOs, >80 Hz) have been recognized recently as highly correlated with the epileptogenic zone. However, HFOs can be difficult to detect because of their low amplitude. Therefore, the prevalence of ictal HFOs and their role in localization of epileptogenic zone on intracranial EEG are unknown. METHODS We identified 48 patients who underwent surgical treatment after the surgical evaluation with intracranial EEG, and 44 patients met criteria for this retrospective study. Results were not used in surgical decision making. Intracranial EEG recordings were collected with a sampling rate of 2,000 Hz. Recordings were first inspected visually to determine ictal onset and then analyzed further with time-frequency analysis. Forty-one (93%) of 44 patients had ictal HFOs determined with time-frequency analysis of intracranial EEG. KEY FINDINGS Twenty-two (54%) of the 41 patients with ictal HFOs had complete resection of HFO regions, regardless of frequency bands. Complete resection of HFOs (n = 22) resulted in a seizure-free outcome in 18 (82%) of 22 patients, significantly higher than the seizure-free outcome with incomplete HFO resection (4/19, 21%). SIGNIFICANCE Our study shows that ictal HFOs are commonly found with intracranial EEG in our population largely of children with cortical dysplasia, and have localizing value. The use of ictal HFOs may add more promising information compared to interictal HFOs because of the evidence of ictal propagation and followed by clinical aspect of seizures. Complete resection of HFOs is a favorable prognostic indicator for surgical outcome.
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- Hisako Fujiwara
- Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Widening the horizon of neonatal neurophysiology. Clin Neurophysiol 2012; 123:1475-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Revised: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recording and analysis techniques for high-frequency oscillations. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 98:265-78. [PMID: 22420981 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Revised: 02/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In recent years, new recording technologies have advanced such that, at high temporal and spatial resolutions, high-frequency oscillations (HFO) can be recorded in human partial epilepsy. However, because of the deluge of multichannel data generated by these experiments, achieving the full potential of parallel neuronal recordings depends on the development of new data mining techniques to extract meaningful information relating to time, frequency and space. Here, we aim to bridge this gap by focusing on up-to-date recording techniques for measurement of HFO and new analysis tools for their quantitative assessment. In particular, we emphasize how these methods can be applied, what property might be inferred from neuronal signals, and potentially productive future directions.
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Worrell G, Gotman J. High-frequency oscillations and other electrophysiological biomarkers of epilepsy: clinical studies. Biomark Med 2012; 5:557-66. [PMID: 22003904 DOI: 10.2217/bmm.11.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Accurate localization of epileptogenic brain is critical for successful epilepsy surgery. Recent research using wide bandwidth intracranial EEG has demonstrated that interictal high-frequency oscillations are preferentially localized to the brain region generating spontaneous seizures, and are a potential biomarker of epileptogenic brain. The existence of an interictal, electrophysiological biomarker of epileptogenic brain has the potential to significantly advance epilepsy surgery by improving outcomes through improved localization and potentially eliminating the reliance on chronic intracranial EEG monitoring.
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- Greg Worrell
- Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Altered postnatal development of cortico-hippocampal neuronal electric activity in mice deficient for the mitochondrial aspartate-glutamate transporter. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2012; 32:306-17. [PMID: 21934695 PMCID: PMC3272597 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The deficiency in the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate transporter Aralar/AGC1 results in a loss of the malate-aspartate NADH shuttle in the brain neurons, hypomyelination, and additional defects in the brain metabolism. We studied the development of cortico/hippocampal local field potential (LFP) in Aralar/AGC1 knockout (KO) mice. Laminar profiles of LFP, evoked potentials, and unit activity were recorded under anesthesia in young (P15 to P22) Aralar-KO and control mice as well as control adults. While LFP power increased 3 to 7 times in both cortex and hippocampus of control animals during P15 to P22, the Aralar-KO specimens hardly progressed. The divergence was more pronounced in the CA3/hilus region. In parallel, spontaneous multiunit activity declined severely in KO mice. Postnatal growth of hippocampal-evoked potentials was delayed in KO mice, and indicated abnormal synaptic and spike electrogenesis and reduced output at P20 to P22. The lack of LFP development in KO mice was accompanied by the gradual appearance of epileptic activity in the CA3/hilus region that evolved to status epilepticus. Strikingly, CA3 bursts were poorly conducted to the CA1 field. We conclude that disturbed substrate supply to neuronal mitochondria impairs development of cortico-hippocampal LFPs. Aberrant neuronal electrogenesis and reduced neuron output may explain circuit dysfunction and phenotype deficiencies.
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Hu Y, Jiang L, Yang Z. Video-EEG monitoring differences in children with frontal and temporal onset seizures. Int J Neurosci 2011; 122:92-101. [PMID: 21985561 DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.630545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The objective of this study was to explore the clinical manifestations and electroencephalogram (EEG) features in children with frontal and temporal onset seizures. The method used was video-EEG monitoring that was conducted for 24 h in children with seizure disorders. The results were as follows: There were fewer children with temporal EEG onset seizure (TOS) than with frontal EEG onset seizure (FOS) (p = 0.132). Within the TOS category, PTOS was most frequent, and ATOS was rare (p = 0.001). The mean duration of ATOS was longer than that of TOS and PTOS (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in seizure frequency and nocturnal attacks between children with TOS and children with FOS. Furthermore, we observed the interictal EEG from three aspects: the background, the location of discharges, and the time of discharges. The frequency of the multi-focal and bilateral discharges of FOS was higher than that of TOS (p < 0.01). The FOS discharged easily and quickly spread to the bilateral hemisphere and formed secondary bilateral synchrony. Focal discharges predominated in TOS, and rarely showed the paroxysm of bilateral synchronous rhythm. Bursts of fast rhythms predominated in the onset of TOS. In contrast, there were a variety of ictal EEG in FOS. Finally, it was concluded that in the group of children studied, the clinical and EEG characteristics of TOS were different from those of FOS.
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- Yue Hu
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yu Zhong District, Chongqing, China, 400014
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What is the present-day EEG evidence for a preictal state? Epilepsy Res 2011; 97:243-51. [PMID: 21885253 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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EEG-based seizure prediction has undergone phases of optimism when analyses based on limited EEG samples suggested high sensitivity and specificity for several algorithms extracting features from raw preictal EEG data. When using long-term recordings, a more realistic view emerged which suggests that statistically significant predictions might be possible from surface and intracranial EEG, but no algorithm has yet demonstrated performance allowing for clinical application. Here, progress in EEG recording techniques, EEG analysis, and requirements for proper statistical validation of results are reported and discussed as they pertain to clinical implementation.
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Nardou R, Yamamoto S, Bhar A, Burnashev N, Ben-Ari Y, Khalilov I. Phenobarbital but Not Diazepam Reduces AMPA/kainate Receptor Mediated Currents and Exerts Opposite Actions on Initial Seizures in the Neonatal Rat Hippocampus. Front Cell Neurosci 2011; 5:16. [PMID: 21847371 PMCID: PMC3148783 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2011.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Diazepam (DZP) and phenobarbital (PB) are extensively used as first and second line drugs to treat acute seizures in neonates and their actions are thought to be mediated by increasing the actions of GABAergic signals. Yet, their efficacy is variable with occasional failure or even aggravation of recurrent seizures questioning whether other mechanisms are not involved in their actions. We have now compared the effects of DZP and PB on ictal-like events (ILEs) in an in vitro model of mirror focus (MF). Using the three-compartment chamber with the two immature hippocampi and their commissural fibers placed in three different compartments, kainate was applied to one hippocampus and PB or DZP to the contralateral one, either after one ILE, or after many recurrent ILEs that produce an epileptogenic MF. We report that in contrast to PB, DZP aggravated propagating ILEs from the start, and did not prevent the formation of MF. PB reduced and DZP increased the network driven giant depolarizing potentials suggesting that PB may exert additional actions that are not mediated by GABA signaling. In keeping with this, PB but not DZP reduced field potentials recorded in the presence of GABA and NMDA receptor antagonists. These effects are mediated by a direct action on AMPA/kainate receptors since PB: (i) reduced AMPA/kainate receptor mediated currents induced by focal applications of glutamate; (ii) reduced the amplitude and the frequency of AMPA but not NMDA receptor mediated miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs); (iii) augmented the number of AMPA receptor mediated EPSCs failures evoked by minimal stimulation. These effects persisted in MF. Therefore, PB exerts its anticonvulsive actions partly by reducing AMPA/kainate receptors mediated EPSCs in addition to the pro-GABA effects. We suggest that PB may have advantage over DZP in the treatment of initial neonatal seizures since the additional reduction of glutamate receptors mediated signals may reduce the severity of neonatal seizures.
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- Romain Nardou
- INSERM U-901Marseille, France
- UMR S901 Aix-Marseille 2, Université de la MéditerranéeMarseille, France
- Institute for International MedicineMarseille, France
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- INSERM U-901Marseille, France
- UMR S901 Aix-Marseille 2, Université de la MéditerranéeMarseille, France
- Institute for International MedicineMarseille, France
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- INSERM U-901Marseille, France
- UMR S901 Aix-Marseille 2, Université de la MéditerranéeMarseille, France
- Institute for International MedicineMarseille, France
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- INSERM U-901Marseille, France
- UMR S901 Aix-Marseille 2, Université de la MéditerranéeMarseille, France
- Institute for International MedicineMarseille, France
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- INSERM U-901Marseille, France
- UMR S901 Aix-Marseille 2, Université de la MéditerranéeMarseille, France
- Institute for International MedicineMarseille, France
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- INSERM U-901Marseille, France
- UMR S901 Aix-Marseille 2, Université de la MéditerranéeMarseille, France
- Institute for International MedicineMarseille, France
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Kobayashi K, Yoshinaga H, Toda Y, Inoue T, Oka M, Ohtsuka Y. High-frequency oscillations in idiopathic partial epilepsy of childhood. Epilepsia 2011; 52:1812-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03169.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Baltz T, Herzog A, Voigt T. Slow oscillating population activity in developing cortical networks: models and experimental results. J Neurophysiol 2011; 106:1500-14. [PMID: 21697440 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00889.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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During early development neuronal networks express slow oscillating synchronized activity. The activity can be driven by several, not necessarily mutually exclusive, mechanisms. Each mechanism might have distinctive consequences for the phenomenology, formation, or sustainment of the early activity pattern. Here we study the emergence of the oscillatory activity in three computational models and multisite extracellular recordings that we obtained from developing cortical networks in vitro. The modeled networks consist of leaky integrate-and-fire neurons with adaptation coupled via depressing synapses, which were driven by neurons that are intrinsically bursting, intrinsically random spiking, or driven by spontaneous synaptic activity. The activity of model networks driven by intrinsically bursting cells best matched the phenomenology of 1-wk-old cultures, in which early oscillatory activity has just begun. Intrinsically bursting neurons were present in cortical cultures, but we found them only in those cultures that were younger than 3 wk in vitro. On the other hand, synaptically dependent random spiking was highest after 3 wk in vitro. In conclusion, model networks driven by intrinsically bursting cells show a good approximation of the emergent recurrent population activity in young networks, whereas the activity of more mature networks seems to be better explained by spontaneous synaptic activity. Moreover, similar to previous experimental observations, distributed stimulation in the model was more effective in suppressing population bursts than repeated stimulation of the same neurons. This observation can be explained by an effective depression of a larger fraction of synapses by distributed stimulation.
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- Thomas Baltz
- Institute of Physiology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Spatiotemporal scales and links between electrical neuroimaging modalities. Med Biol Eng Comput 2011; 49:511-20. [PMID: 21484504 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-011-0769-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Recordings of brain electrophysiological activity provide the most direct reflect of neural function. Information contained in these signals varies as a function of the spatial scale at which recordings are done: from single cell recording to large scale macroscopic fields, e.g., scalp EEG. Microscopic and macroscopic measurements and models in Neuroscience are often in conflict. Solving this conflict might require the developments of a sort of bio-statistical physics, a framework for relating the microscopic properties of individual cells to the macroscopic or bulk properties of neural circuits. Such a framework can only emerge in Neuroscience from the systematic analysis and modeling of the diverse recording scales from simultaneous measurements. In this article we briefly review the different measurement scales and models in modern neuroscience to try to identify the sources of conflict that might ultimately help to create a unified theory of brain electromagnetic fields. We argue that seen the different recording scales, from the single cell to the large scale fields measured by the scalp electroencephalogram, as derived from a unique physical magnitude--the electric potential that is measured in all cases--might help to conciliate microscopic and macroscopic models of neural function as well as the animal and human neuroscience literature.
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Bragin A, Benassi SK, Kheiri F, Engel J. Further evidence that pathologic high-frequency oscillations are bursts of population spikes derived from recordings of identified cells in dentate gyrus. Epilepsia 2011; 52:45-52. [PMID: 21204820 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02896.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE To analyze activity of identified dentate gyrus granular cells and interneurons during pathologic high-frequency oscillations (pHFOs). METHODS Pilocarpine-treated epileptic mice were anesthetized with urethane and ketamine. Their heads were fixed in a stereotaxic frame. Extracellular unit activity was recoded with glass micropipettes, whereas multiunit and local field activity was simultaneously recorded with attached tungsten microelectrodes. After electrophysiologic experiments, recorded cells were labeled by neurobiotin and visualized by immunohistochemical methods. KEY FINDINGS AND SIGNIFICANCES: pHFOs containing more than three waves were recorded in our experiments, but pathologic single-population spikes also occurred. Identified granular cells discharged preferentially in synchrony with pHFOs and single population spikes, whereas interneurons decreased their discharge frequency during this time. These experiments provide additional confirmation that pHFOs in the dentate gyrus represent single or recurrent population spikes, which in turn reflect summated hypersynchronous discharges of principal cells.
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- Anatol Bragin
- Department of Neurology The Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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High-frequency oscillations and interictal spikes in partial epilepsy: Joining the benefits. Clin Neurophysiol 2011; 122:3-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kobayashi K, Watanabe Y, Inoue T, Oka M, Yoshinaga H, Ohtsuka Y. Scalp-recorded high-frequency oscillations in childhood sleep-induced electrical status epilepticus. Epilepsia 2010; 51:2190-4. [PMID: 20384717 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02565.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Because high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) may affect normal brain functions, we examined them using electroencephalography (EEG) in epilepsy with continuous spike-waves during slow-wave sleep (CSWS), a condition that can cause neuropsychological regression. In 10 children between 6 and 9 years of age with epilepsy with CSWS or related disorders, we investigated HFOs in scalp EEG spikes during slow-wave sleep through temporal expansion of the EEG traces with a low-cut frequency filter at 70 Hz as well as through time-frequency power spectral analysis. HFOs (ripples) concurrent with spikes were detected in the temporally expanded traces, and the frequency of the high-frequency peak with the greatest power in each patient's spectra ranged from 97.7 to 140.6 Hz. This is the first report on the detection of HFOs from scalp EEG recordings in epileptic patients. We speculate that epileptic HFOs may interfere with higher brain functions in epilepsy with CSWS.
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- Katsuhiro Kobayashi
- Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan.
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Matsuda Y, Inoue Y, Izumi H, Kaga M, Inagaki M, Goto YI. Fewer GABAergic interneurons, heightened anxiety and decreased high-frequency electroencephalogram components in Bronx waltzer mice, a model of hereditary deafness. Brain Res 2010; 1373:202-10. [PMID: 21146505 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The homozygous Bronx waltzer mutation (bv/bv) results in the degeneration of most but not all of the primary auditory receptors, the inner hair cells and their afferent neurons, and leads to perceptive deafness. However, the influence of the mutation on the central nervous system (CNS) remains largely unclear. In this study, we have conducted behavioral, morphological and electrophysiological investigations to clarify the CNS dysfunction in bv/bv mice. These mutant mice exhibited heightened levels of anxiety with normal levels of motor activity. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a significant reduction in parvalbumin-containing GABAergic interneurons in the anterior cingulate, somatosensory and auditory cortices of bv/bv mice. The current results suggest that interneuron development may be disrupted in the bv/bv cerebrum. Moreover, the high-frequency electroencephalogram components of the cortical activity, including the frequency range containing high gamma, were markedly decreased in bv/bv mice compared with controls, probably indicating a disturbance in cortical inhibitory function. Together, these results suggest that the cortical development of interneurons and their electrophysiological profiles are altered in bv/bv mice. We propose that these novel phenotypes identified in bv/bv mice provide new perspectives on the basic neuronal mechanisms of developmental disorders.
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- Yoshiki Matsuda
- Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
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Nariai H, Nagasawa T, Juhász C, Sood S, Chugani HT, Asano E. Statistical mapping of ictal high-frequency oscillations in epileptic spasms. Epilepsia 2010; 52:63-74. [PMID: 21087245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE We assessed 636 epileptic spasms seen in 11 children (median 44 spasms per child) and determined the spatial and temporal characteristics of ictal high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) in relation to the onset of spasms. METHODS Electrocorticography (ECoG) signals were sampled from 104-148 cortical sites per child, and the dynamic changes of ictal HFOs were animated on each individual's three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) image surface. KEY FINDINGS Visual assessment of ictal ECoG recordings revealed that each spasm event was characterized by augmentation of HFOs. Time-frequency analysis demonstrated that ictal augmentation of HFOs at 80-200 Hz was most prominent and generally preceded those at 210-300 Hz and at 70 Hz and slower. Recruitment of HFOs in the rolandic cortex preceded the clinical onset objectively visualized as electromyographic deflection. The presence or absence of ictal motor symptoms was related more to the amplitude of HFOs in the Rolandic cortex than in the seizure-onset zone. In a substantial proportion of epileptic spasms, seizure termination began at the seizure-onset zone and propagated to the surrounding areas; we referred to this observation as the "ictal doughnut phenomenon." Univariate analysis suggested that complete resection of the sites showing the earliest augmentation of ictal HFOs was associated with a good surgical outcome. SIGNIFICANCE Recruitment of HFOs at 80-200 Hz in the rolandic area may play a role in determining seizure semiology in epileptic spasms. Our study using macroelectrodes demonstrated that ictal HFOs at 80-200 Hz preceded those at 210-300 Hz.
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- Hiroki Nariai
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Functional, metabolic, and synaptic changes after seizures as potential targets for antiepileptic therapy. Epilepsy Behav 2010; 19:105-13. [PMID: 20705520 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Little is known about how the brain limits seizure duration and terminates seizures. Depending on severity and duration, a single seizure is followed by various functional, metabolic, and synaptic changes that may form targets for novel therapeutic strategies. It is long known that most seizures are followed by a period of postictal refractoriness during which the threshold for induction of additional seizures is increased. The endogenous anticonvulsant mechanisms involved in this phenomenon may be relevant for both spontaneous seizure arrest and increase of seizure threshold after seizure arrest. Postictal refractoriness has been extensively studied in various seizure and epilepsy models, including electrically and chemically induced seizures, kindling, and genetic animal models of epilepsy. During kindling development, two antagonistic processes occur simultaneously, one responsible for kindling-like events and the other for terminating ictus and postictal refractoriness. Frequently occurring seizures may lead to an accumulation of postictal refractoriness that may last weeks. The mechanisms involved in seizure termination and postictal refractoriness include changes in ionic microenvironment, in pH, and in various endogenous neuromodulators such as adenosine and neuropeptides. In animal models, the anticonvulsant efficacy of several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is increased during postictal refractoriness, which is a logical consequence of the interaction between endogenous anticonvulsant processes and the mechanism of AEDs. As discussed in this review, enhanced understanding of these endogenous processes may lead to novel targets for AED development.
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