Origin and propagation of interictal discharges in the acute electrocorticogram. Implications for pathophysiology and surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

Brain : a Journal of Neurology
G AlarconJ M Ortiz Blasco

Abstract

Although acute electrocorticography (ECoG) is routinely performed during epilepsy surgery there is little evidence that the extent of the discharging regions is a useful guide to tailoring the resection or that the findings are predictive of outcome or pathology. Patterns of discharge propagation have, however, rarely been considered in assessing the ECoG. We hypothesize that regions where discharges show earliest peaks ('leading regions') are located in the epileptogenic zone, whereas sites in which late, secondary, propagated activity occurs have less epileptogenic potential and do not need to be excised. To allow intraoperative topographic ECoG analysis, a computer program has been developed to identify leading regions and the sites showing greatest rates or amplitudes of spikes. Their topography has been compared retrospectively with pathology and seizure control in 42 consecutive patients following temporal lobe surgery. Leading regions were most often found in the hippocampus, the subtemporal cortex and the superior temporal gyrus. The most common propagation patterns were from hippocampus to subtemporal cortex and vice versa. There was no association between seizure outcome and the location of regions with greatest incid...Continue Reading

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