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Inoue T, Kuki I, Uda T, Kunihiro N, Umaba R, Koh S, Nukui M, Okazaki S, Otsubo H. Comparing late-onset epileptic spasm outcomes after corpus callosotomy and subsequent disconnection surgery between post-encephalitis/encephalopathy and non-encephalitis/encephalopathy. Epilepsia Open 2023; 8:346-359. [PMID: 36692212 PMCID: PMC10235586 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to analyze the efficiency of corpus callosotomy (CC) and subsequent disconnection surgeries in patients with late-onset epileptic spasms (LOES) by comparing post-encephalitis/encephalopathy (PE) and non-encephalitis/encephalopathy (NE). We hypothesized these surgeries can control potential focal onset epileptic spasms (ES) in the NE group but not in the PE group. METHODS We retrospectively included 23 patients (12 with PE and 11 with NE) who initially underwent CC and subsequent disconnection surgeries (five NE). We compared the clinical courses, seizure types, MRI, video-EEG, epilepsy surgery, and seizure outcomes between the two groups. RESULTS The median age of LOES onset in the PE group was 2.8 (range 1.0-10.1 years) and 2.9 years (range 1.1-12.6) in the NE group. Bilateral MRI abnormalities were observed in both groups (PE, n = 12; NE, n = 3; P < 0.05). The PE group presented ES alone (n = 2), ES + focal seizures (FS) (n = 3), ES + generalized seizures (GS) (n = 3), and ES + FS + GS (n = 4) in addition to stimulus-induced startle seizures (SS) (n = 8) (mean 3.1 seizure types/patient). The NE group presented ES alone (n = 1), ES + FS (n = 2), and ES + FS + GS (n = 8) (mean 2.7 seizure types/patient). In the PE group, CC stopped ES (n = 1) and SS (n = 1) and achieved <50% SS (n = 3). In the NE group, CC achieved immediate ES-free status (n = 2) and < 50% ES (n = 1), and additional disconnection surgeries subsided all seizure types (n = 3) based on lateralized interictal/ictal EEG findings. LOES was significantly remitted by surgery in the NE group (6/11 [55%]) compared with the PE group (1/12 [8%]) (P < 0.05). SIGNIFICANCE LOES is a drug-resistant, focal/generalized/unknown onset ES. Lateralization of ES in NE could be achieved after CC and eliminated by further disconnection surgeries because of potential focal onset ES. LOES in PE had little benefit from CC for generalized onset ES. However, CC might reduce SS in patients in the PE group with multiple seizure types.
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- Takeshi Inoue
- Department of Pediatric NeurologyOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Department of Pediatric NeurologyOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Department of Pediatric NeurosurgeryOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
- Department of NeurosurgeryOsaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of Pediatric NeurosurgeryOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Department of Pediatric NeurosurgeryOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Department of NeurosurgeryOsaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of Pediatric NeurologyOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
- Department of Pediatric LogopedicsOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Department of Pediatric NeurologyOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
- Department of Pediatric LogopedicsOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Division of NeurologyThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoOntarioCanada
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Xu Z, Jiao X, Gong P, Niu Y, Yang Z. Startle-Induced Epileptic Spasms: A Clinical and Video-EEG Study. Front Neurol 2022; 13:878504. [PMID: 35785347 PMCID: PMC9240202 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.878504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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ObjectiveThis study aimed to delineate the detailed characteristics of startle-induced epileptic spasms (ES) and explore the brain regions where startle-induced ES originated.MethodsAmong 581 patients with ES registered in our database, 30 were diagnosed with startle-induced ES according to video-electroencephalogram (EEG) and seizure semiology and were included in this study. Patients' clinical characteristics and ictal high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) were analyzed.ResultsMean age at the onset of startle-induced ES was 28.1 months. Half of the patients had structural etiology, two of whom were diagnosed with co-existing structural and genetic etiologies. The focal neuroimaging abnormalities were predominant in the frontal cortex (9/15, 60.0%). Fifteen patients (50%) had prominent interictal epileptiform discharges in the frontal and anterior temporal. Ictal HFOs counts of the startle-induced ES in the anterior region were significantly higher than those in the posterior regions (p < 0.05). Five patients (16.7%) became seizure-free ≥6 months, and ten (33.3%) showed startle-induced ES cessation ≥6 months. All patients except one had mild to severe psychomotor developmental delay after the onset of seizures.ConclusionPatients with startle-induced ES typically had brain lesions and showed drug-resistant. The neuroimaging and EEG findings, including ictal HFOs, support that startle-induced ES often originates from the frontal cortex.
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Ohta K, Okanishi T, Kanai S, Okazaki T, Fujimoto A, Maegaki Y. Intractable startle epilepsy in Schuurs - Hoeijmakers syndrome. Epileptic Disord 2022; 24:606-608. [PMID: 35770753 DOI: 10.1684/epd.2022.1415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ng ACH, Kassiri J, Goez HR, Morneau-Jacob F, Mailo J. Startle Seizures and Diffuse Leukoencephalopathy After Resolution of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Encephalitis in a Child. Child Neurol Open 2022; 9:2329048X221083761. [PMID: 35360486 PMCID: PMC8961350 DOI: 10.1177/2329048x221083761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We describe a unique clinical presentation of a child after the acute phase of herpes
simplex virus 1 (HSV1) encephalitis. A 17-month-old boy first presented with HSV1
encephalitis and was promptly treated with antiviral medication. Seven months later, he
was re-admitted for startle seizures. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed
diffuse confluent leukoencephalopathy. This constellation of symptoms has not been
previously reported in HSV1 encephalitis. In conclusion, we showed that brain injury due
to HSV1 encephalitis can be associated with the development of startle seizures and
diffuse white matter injury in the post-acute phase.
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Krzemiński D, Masuda N, Hamandi K, Singh KD, Routley B, Zhang J. Energy landscape of resting magnetoencephalography reveals fronto-parietal network impairments in epilepsy. Netw Neurosci 2020; 4:374-396. [PMID: 32537532 PMCID: PMC7286306 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. It is yet unclear to what extent JME leads to abnormal network activation patterns. Here, we characterized statistical regularities in magnetoencephalograph (MEG) resting-state networks and their differences between JME patients and controls by combining a pairwise maximum entropy model (pMEM) and novel energy landscape analyses for MEG. First, we fitted the pMEM to the MEG oscillatory power in the front-oparietal network (FPN) and other resting-state networks, which provided a good estimation of the occurrence probability of network states. Then, we used energy values derived from the pMEM to depict an energy landscape, with a higher energy state corresponding to a lower occurrence probability. JME patients showed fewer local energy minima than controls and had elevated energy values for the FPN within the theta, beta, and gamma bands. Furthermore, simulations of the fitted pMEM showed that the proportion of time the FPN was occupied within the basins of energy minima was shortened in JME patients. These network alterations were highlighted by significant classification of individual participants employing energy values as multivariate features. Our findings suggested that JME patients had altered multistability in selective functional networks and frequency bands in the fronto-parietal cortices.
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- Dominik Krzemiński
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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Avendaño-Estrada A, Velasco F, Velasco AL, Cuellar-Herrera M, Saucedo-Alvarado PE, Marquez-Franco R, Rivera-Bravo B, Ávila-Rodríguez MA. Quantitative Analysis of [18F]FFMZ and [18F]FDG PET Studies in the Localization of Seizure Onset Zone in Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2019; 97:232-240. [PMID: 31722358 DOI: 10.1159/000503692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in epilepsy is an in vivo technique that allows the localization of a possible seizure onset zone (SOZ) during the interictal period. Stereo-electro-encephalography (SEEG) is the gold standard to define the SOZ. The objective of this research was to evaluate the accuracy of PET imaging in localizing the site of SOZ compared with SEEG. METHODS Seven patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (Ep) and 2 healthy controls (HC) underwent 2 PET scans, one with 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) and another with 2'-[18F]fluoroflumazenil (FFMZ), acquired 1 day apart. FDG was acquired for 10 min (static scan) 1 h after administration. An FFMZ scan was acquired for 60 min from radiopharmaceutical administration in a dynamic mode. Each brain PET image was segmented using a standard template implemented in PMOD 3.8. The pons was used as the reference region for modeling of the nondisplaceable binding potential (BPND)for FFMZ, and to obtain uptake ratios for FDG. SEEG studies of patients were performed as a part of their surgical evaluation to define the SOZ. RESULTS Well-defined differences between HC and Ep were found with both radiopharmaceuticals, showing the utility to identify abnormal brain regions using quantitative PET imaging. Lateralization of the SOZ findings by PET (lower uptake/binding in a specific brain hemisphere) matched in 86% for FFMZ and 71% for FDG with SEEG data. CONCLUSION Quantitative PET imaging is an excellent complementary tool that matches reasonably well with SEEG to define SOZ in presurgical evaluation.
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- Arturo Avendaño-Estrada
- Unidad Radiofarmacia-Ciclotrón, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad PET/CT, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad Radiofarmacia-Ciclotrón, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico,
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Liu Y, Zhou W, Hong B, Zhao T, Xu C, Ruan J, Bai J, Wang S. Multiple Stereoelectroencephalography-Guided Radiofrequency Thermocoagulations for Polymicrogyria With Startle Seizures: A Case Report. Front Neurol 2019; 10:1095. [PMID: 31681156 PMCID: PMC6813566 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The best results of stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RF-TC) were observed in epilepsies with more limited lesions, but this procedure is rarely used in a wide range of brain malformation. We report a rare case of polymicrogyria (PMG) combined with drug-resistant startle seizures. Presurgical monitoring was performed using SEEG owing to the large lesion and complexity of PMG. According to the intracranial electrode results, the seizure onset was extensive, with the onset starting earlier in the cingulate sulcus and insular pole than in other sites of the other electrodes. Multi-point and multi-step SEEG-guided RF-TC was used for diffuse lesion and functional protection. RF-TC was first applied to the cingulate sulcus and insular pole, and our patient was rendered free from startle seizures after 2 weeks. Two weeks of observation helped us to observe the efficacy of RF-TC and the changes of SEEG, so as to make the next TC scheme. The patient still had spontaneous seizures after the first treatment. RF-TC was then applied to other sites involved earlier. Finally, the patient reached Engel class IIa for a follow-up period of 1 year. There were no additional startle seizures, and important functional areas were protected.
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- Yi'Ou Liu
- Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Inner Mongolia People's Hospital, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, China
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- Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, Beijing, China
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Sala-Padro J, Fong M, Rahman Z, Bartley M, Gill D, Dexter M, Bleasel A, Wong C. A study of perfusion changes with Insula Epilepsy using SPECT. Seizure 2019; 69:44-50. [PMID: 30974406 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The non-invasive localisation of insular lobe epilepsy is a challenge. We aimed to determine if ictal SPECT is a reliable adjunctive test in insular cases and to explore its role in the tailoring of intracranial strategies. METHOD From a dataset of patients who underwent SEEG between December 2012 and December 2016, we collected patients with focal insular onset epilepsy. We examined semiology, EEG, PET and SPECT hyperperfusion pattern with SISCOM. We also reviewed relevant literature. RESULTS 5 patients were identified, 4 females, from a dataset of 51 patients. Median age of seizure onset was 8 years old (8 months to 10 years). All patients had an ictal SPECT during pre-surgical work-up: median injection time was 7 s (3-17 sec) from clinical onset, and median seizure duration was 42 s (11-85 sec). Insula cortex showed focal hyperaemia in four patients, all bilateral, with the greatest hyperperfusion contralateral to the ictal onset in two cases, using SISCOM threshold at 1.5 standard deviation. Other sites with hyperaemia included basal ganglia and middle temporal gyrus. The SEEG confirmed insular onset seizures in all the cases. All patients had epilepsy surgery and were seizure free at 21 to 50 months follow up. The results from the literature review showed frequent hyperperfusion in structures outside insula and frequently over the contralateral hemisphere. CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the technical limitations of SPECT when attempting to assess seizures arising from the insula. Our findings and the literature show ictal SPECT can be localising but falsely lateralising in seizures arising from the insula.
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- Jacint Sala-Padro
- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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Movement disorders phenomenology in focal motor seizures. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 61:161-165. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lin K, Guaranha M, Wolf P. Reflex epileptic mechanisms in ictogenesis and therapeutic consequences. Expert Rev Neurother 2016; 16:573-85. [PMID: 26999567 DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2016.1169174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Recent studies of reflex epileptic mechanisms in human epilepsy using advanced methods of neurophysiology and functional neuroimaging have contributed much to elucidate pathophysiological processes of seizure generation. Whereas in lesional focal epilepsies reflex mechanisms usually relate directly to the anatomical focus, in system epilepsies they have helped to define which functional anatomical systems serving physiological function are recruited by the ictogenic mechanisms. Reflex epileptic seizures can often be prevented by avoidance or modification of triggers or by prophylactic benzodiazepine administration. Surgical options apply to focal cases. According to restricted experiences with pharmacotherapy, without controlled studies and little information on new AEDs, reflex seizures in system epilepsies appear to respond best to valproic acid and in focal epilepsies, to carbamazepine.
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- Katia Lin
- a Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Clínica Médica , Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) , Florianópolis , SC , Brazil
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- b Hospital São Paulo , Universidade Federal de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil
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- a Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Clínica Médica , Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) , Florianópolis , SC , Brazil.,c Danish Epilepsy Centre , Dianalund , Denmark
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Slow-Wave Oscillations in Awake Healthy Subjects: Methodological and Physiological Considerations. J Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 33:367-72. [PMID: 26744833 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Detection of pathologic slow-wave oscillations (0.5-7 Hz) in awake subjects has gained increasing interest in clinical diagnostics. Their significance, however, is hampered by the occasional presence of slow waves in healthy subjects, as well as the abundance of artefactual signals at low measurement frequencies. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of slow-wave oscillations in healthy subjects and to sharpen the management of possible measurement artifacts, in order to create a normative database for neurological patients. METHODS The authors analyzed magnetoencephalography recordings of spontaneous brain oscillations in 139 awake healthy adults. Sources of artifacts were first identified and suppressed by temporal extension of signal space separation method, and the remaining artifact components were projected out using signal space projection. Individual amplitude spectra were compared with the channel-level average spectra over all subjects. RESULTS Slow-wave oscillations deviating ±2 standard deviations from the average spectrum were detected in 12 subjects (∼9%). In 10 subjects, the oscillations were considered as normal physiological phenomena. Only two subjects showed activity that could have been interpreted as pathological: one subject with widespread parietal bilateral polyrhythmic slow-wave activity and one with focal rolandic 2.7-Hz slow-wave activity. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of slow-wave oscillations in a healthy adult population is low. Knowledge about their occurrence, however, is essential for interpreting their significance in brain diseases. Artifacts and benign oscillatory variants at slow frequencies have to be recognized.
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Ito Y, Natsume J, Kidokoro H, Ishihara N, Azuma Y, Tsuji T, Okumura A, Kubota T, Ando N, Saitoh S, Miura K, Negoro T, Watanabe K, Kojima S. Seizure characteristics of epilepsy in childhood after acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion. Epilepsia 2015; 56:1286-93. [DOI: 10.1111/epi.13068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yuji Ito
- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
- Brain & Mind Research Center; Nagoya University; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
- Brain & Mind Research Center; Nagoya University; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
- Brain & Mind Research Center; Nagoya University; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
- Department of Pediatrics; Fujita Health University School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Okazaki City Hospital; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
- Department of Pediatrics; Aichi Medical University; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Anjo Kosei Hospital; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Aichi Japan
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Miró J, Jaraba S, Mora J, Puig O, Castañer S, Rodriguez-Bel L, Santurino M, Plans G, Falip M. Vagus nerve stimulation therapy is effective and safe for startle-induced seizures. J Neurol Sci 2015; 354:124-6. [PMID: 25979636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.04.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Júlia Miró
- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain.
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- IDI (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Magnetic Resonance Image Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- IDI (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department, Epilepsy Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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- Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
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Dinopoulos A, Stefanou MI, Attilakos A, Tsirouda M, Papaevangelou V. A case of startle epilepsy associated with IL1RAPL1 gene deletion. Pediatr Neurol 2014; 51:271-4. [PMID: 24950661 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Startle epilepsy is a type of reflex epilepsy in which the seizures are mainly precipitated by unexpected sensory stimuli. PATIENT We present an 18-month-old boy with global developmental delay and multiple episodes of loss of tone after auditory cues. RESULTS The neurophysiologic study (video-electroencephalographic monitoring) revealed the epileptic nature of the stimulus-induced drop attacks, and the comparative genomic hybridization analysis revealed a microdeletion encompassing the interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein like 1 (IL1RAPL1) gene. The drop attacks were refractory to initial antiepileptic treatment, but they had a satisfactory response to a synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone analogue. CONCLUSIONS The IL1RAPL1 gene is located on Xp21.2-p21.3 and codes a synaptic adhesion protein involved in neuronal differentiation and synapse localization, stabilization, and maturation. The coexistence of startle epilepsy and IL1RAPL1 gene deletion in this child may not be coincidental and suggests a possible involvement of IL1RAPL1 in the dysregulation of excitatory synapses and the pathogenesis of startle epilepsy.
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- Argiris Dinopoulos
- Third Department of Paediatrics, Attiko University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Third Department of Paediatrics, Attiko University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Third Department of Paediatrics, Attiko University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Third Department of Paediatrics, Attiko University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Job AS, De Palma L, Principe A, Hoffmann D, Minotti L, Chabardès S, David O, Kahane P. The pivotal role of the supplementary motor area in startle epilepsy as demonstrated by SEEG epileptogenicity maps. Epilepsia 2014; 55:e85-8. [DOI: 10.1111/epi.12659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Anne-Sophie Job
- Inserm; U836; Grenoble France
- University Grenoble Alpes; GIN; Grenoble France
- Neurology Department; CHU de Grenoble; Hospital Michallon; Grenoble France
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- Neurology Department; CHU de Grenoble; Hospital Michallon; Grenoble France
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- Epilepsy Unit; Department of Neurology; Hospital del Mar - Parc de Salut Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department; CHU Grenoble; Hospital Michallon; Grenoble France
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- Inserm; U836; Grenoble France
- University Grenoble Alpes; GIN; Grenoble France
- Neurology Department; CHU de Grenoble; Hospital Michallon; Grenoble France
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- Inserm; U836; Grenoble France
- University Grenoble Alpes; GIN; Grenoble France
- Neurosurgery Department; CHU Grenoble; Hospital Michallon; Grenoble France
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- Inserm; U836; Grenoble France
- University Grenoble Alpes; GIN; Grenoble France
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- Inserm; U836; Grenoble France
- University Grenoble Alpes; GIN; Grenoble France
- Neurology Department; CHU de Grenoble; Hospital Michallon; Grenoble France
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Sierra-Marcos A, Maestro I, Falcón C, Donaire A, Setoain J, Aparicio J, Rumià J, Pintor L, Boget T, Carreño M, Bargalló N. Ictal EEG-fMRI in localization of epileptogenic area in patients with refractory neocortical focal epilepsy. Epilepsia 2013; 54:1688-98. [DOI: 10.1111/epi.12329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alba Sierra-Marcos
- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Neurophysiology; Hospital Cruces; Bilbao Spain
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- Medical Image Core Facility; August Pi I Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS); Barcelona Spain
- CIBER-BBN; Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Image Diagnosis Center; Hospital Clinic; Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences; Hospital Clinic I Provincial; Barcelona Spain
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- Medical Image Core Facility; August Pi I Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS); Barcelona Spain
- Image Diagnosis Center; Hospital Clinic; Barcelona Spain
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Seizure-free after surgery in a patient with non-lesional startle epilepsy: a case report. Epilepsy Behav 2012; 25:700-3. [PMID: 23141145 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We present the case of a patient with startle epilepsy provoked by auditory, somatosensory and visual stimuli during video-electrocorticography (ECoG) recording. Ictal ECoG of all types of seizures triggered by the three kinds of stimuli showed that seizure onset originated from the left supplementary sensorimotor area (SSMA). The patient has been seizure-free after the cortex around the left SSMA only had been resected. Therefore, we speculate that left SSMA is the epileptogenic zone of startle epilepsy in this patient and perhaps the primary cortex to modulate the startle reflex in healthy persons.
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Striano S, Coppola A, del Gaudio L, Striano P. Reflex seizures and reflex epilepsies: old models for understanding mechanisms of epileptogenesis. Epilepsy Res 2012; 100:1-11. [PMID: 22361339 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2011] [Revised: 01/22/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reflex seizures and epilepsies represent an ancient human model to understand basic mechanisms of epilepsy. The increase of light stimulation makes this issue extremely actual and interesting. In addition, a lot of observations show the frequent occurrence of provoked seizures in malformations of cortical development and in recently defined conditions such as familial or sporadic lateral temporal epilepsy. Advances in morphological and functional neuroimaging techniques, and the possibility of their fusion with EEG (e.g., fMRI-EEG co-registration) offer a unique non-invasive opportunity to investigate cortical areas and brain networks involved in cerebral functions and in epileptic discharges.
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- Salvatore Striano
- Epilepsy Centre, Department of Neurological Sciences, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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Millichap JG. Functional Neuroimaging in Startle Epilepsy. Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2011. [DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-25-10-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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