Millimeter-scale epileptiform spike patterns and their relationship to seizures.
Conference Paper
Advances in neural electrode technology are enabling brain recordings with increasingly fine spatial and temporal resolution. We explore spatio-temporal (ST) patterns of local field potential spikes using a new high-density active electrode array with 500 μm resolution. We record subdural micro-electrocorticographic (μECoG) signals in vivo from a feline model of acute neocortical epileptiform spikes and seizures induced with local administration of the GABA antagonist, picrotoxin. We employ a clustering algorithm to separate 2-dimensional (2-D) spike patterns to isolate distinct classes of spikes unique to the interictal and ictal states. Our findings indicate that the 2-D patterns can be used to distinguish seizures from non-seizure state. We find two statistically significant ST patterns that uniquely characterize ictal epochs. We conclude that millimeter-scale ST spike dynamics contain useful information about ictal state. This finding may be important to understanding mechanisms underlying local circuit activity during seizure generation. Further work will investigate whether patterns we identify can increase our understanding of seizure dynamics and their underlying mechanisms and inform new electrical stimulation protocols for seizure termination.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Chamberlain, AC; Viventi, J; Blanco, JA; Kim, D-H; Rogers, JA; Litt, B
Published Date
- January 2011
Published In
- Annual International Conference of the Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Volume / Issue
- 2011 /
Start / End Page
- 761 - 764
PubMed ID
- 22254422
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC4807854
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2694-0604
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 2375-7477
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1109/iembs.2011.6090174