Gamma oscillations precede interictal epileptiform spikes in the seizure onset zone
Abstract
Objective:
To investigate the generation, spectral characteristics, and potential clinical significance of brain activity preceding interictal epileptiform spike discharges (IEDs) recorded with intracranial EEG.
Methods:
Seventeen adult patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy were implanted with intracranial electrodes as part of their evaluation for epilepsy surgery. IEDs detected on clinical macro- and research microelectrodes were analyzed using time-frequency spectral analysis.
Results:
Gamma frequency oscillations (30–100 Hz) often preceded IEDs in spatially confined brain areas. The gamma-IEDs were consistently observed 35 to 190 milliseconds before the epileptiform spike waveforms on individual macro- and microelectrodes. The gamma oscillations associated with IEDs had longer duration (p < 0.001) and slightly higher frequency (p = 0.045) when recorded on microelectrodes compared with clinical macroelectrodes. Although gamma-IEDs comprised only a subset of IEDs, they were strongly associated with electrodes in the seizure onset zone (SOZ) compared with the surrounding brain regions (p = 0.004), in sharp contrast to IEDs without preceding gamma oscillations that were often also detected outside of the SOZ. Similar to prior studies, isolated pathologic high-frequency oscillations in the gamma (30–100 Hz) and higher (100–600 Hz) frequency range, not associated with an IED, were also found to be associated with SOZ.
Conclusions:
The occurrence of locally generated gamma oscillations preceding IEDs suggests a mechanistic role for gamma in pathologic network activity generating IEDs. The results show a strong association between SOZ and gamma-IEDs. The potential clinical application of gamma-IEDs for mapping pathologic brain regions is intriguing, but will require future prospective studies.
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Received: May 29, 2014
Accepted: October 16, 2014
Published online: January 14, 2015
Published in print: February 10, 2015
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Study Funding
NIH R01-NS63039 and U24-63930; National Natural Science Foundation of China 81271447 and 81271448; European Regional Development Fund, Project FNUSA-ICRC CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0123.
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Liankun Ren: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval. Michal Tomasz Kucewicz: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, statistical analysis, study supervision. Jan Cimbalnik: analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, statistical analysis. Joseph Y. Matsumoto: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, study supervision. Benjamin H. Brinkmann: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, study supervision. Wei Hu: analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, acquisition of data. W. Richard Marsh: drafting/revising the manuscript, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, acquisition of data. Fredric B. Meyer: study concept or design, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, acquisition of data. S. Matthew Stead: analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval, acquisition of data. Gregory A. Worrell: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final approval.
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