2010
Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity
Englot DJ, Yang L, Hamid H, Danielson N, Bai X, Marfeo A, Yu L, Gordon A, Purcaro MJ, Motelow JE, Agarwal R, Ellens DJ, Golomb JD, Shamy MC, Zhang H, Carlson C, Doyle W, Devinsky O, Vives K, Spencer DD, Spencer SS, Schevon C, Zaveri HP, Blumenfeld H. Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity. Brain 2010, 133: 3764-3777. PMID: 21081551, PMCID: PMC2995886, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal lobe seizuresSlow wave activityTemporal lobe epilepsySimple partial seizuresSubcortical arousal systemsImpaired consciousnessSeizure activityTemporal lobeLobe epilepsyArousal systemCortical functionFocal temporal lobe seizuresHz slow wave activityMesial temporal lobe epilepsyCortical slow activityDepressed cortical functionNetwork inhibition hypothesisTemporal lobe disordersComplex partial seizuresBilateral temporal lobesLanguage-dominant temporal lobeSlow wavesCortical-subcortical networksPowerful inhibitory effectIntracranial electroencephalography recordings
2005
Localizing Value of Ictal–Interictal SPECT Analyzed by SPM (ISAS)
McNally KA, Paige AL, Varghese G, Zhang H, Novotny EJ, Spencer SS, Zubal IG, Blumenfeld H. Localizing Value of Ictal–Interictal SPECT Analyzed by SPM (ISAS). Epilepsia 2005, 46: 1450-1464. PMID: 16146441, DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.06705.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBrain MappingElectroencephalographyEpilepsyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedNeocortexPreoperative CareReproducibility of ResultsROC CurveTechnetium Tc 99m ExametazimeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVideotape RecordingConceptsStatistical parametric mappingIctal-interictal SPECTSeizure onsetMultiple brain regionsPostictal SPECTBrain regionsLateralized seizure onsetInterictal scansPostictal scansIctal SPECTDecreased perfusionSeizure endEpilepsy casesMesial temporalPerfusion increaseSPECT analysisSPECT scansSeizuresLocalized epilepsyParametric mappingTracer injectionSPECTInjectionPatientsEpilepsy