Schönherr Margit, Stefan Hermann, Hamer Hajo M, Rössler Karl, Buchfelder Michael, Rampp Stefan
Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Neuroimage Clin. 2016 Dec 5;13:256-263. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.12.001. eCollection 2017.
In this study, we use a novel automated method for localization and quantitative comparison of magnetoencephalographic (MEG) delta activity in patients with and without recurrent seizures after epilepsy surgery as well as healthy controls.
We identified the generators of delta activity by source location in frequency domain between 1 and 4 Hz in spontaneous MEG data. Comparison with healthy control subjects by z-transform emphasized relative changes of activation in patients. The individual results were compared to spike localizations and statistical group analysis was performed. Additionally, MEG results were compared to 1-4 Hz activity in invasive EEG (iEEG) in two patients, in whom this data was available.
Patients with recurrent seizures exhibited significantly increased focal MEG delta activity both in comparison to healthy controls and seizure free patients. This slow activity showed a correlation to interictal epileptic activity and was not explained by consequences of the resection alone. In two patients with iEEG, iEEG analysis was concordant with the MEG findings.
The quantity of delta activity could be used as a diagnostic marker for recurrent seizures. The close relation to epileptic spike localizations and the resection volume of patients with successful second surgery imply involvement in seizure recurrence. This initial evidence suggests a potential application in the planning of second epilepsy surgery.
在本研究中,我们使用一种新颖的自动化方法,对癫痫手术后有或无复发性癫痫发作的患者以及健康对照者的脑磁图(MEG)δ活动进行定位和定量比较。
我们通过对自发MEG数据中1至4赫兹频域的源定位来确定δ活动的产生源。通过z变换与健康对照受试者进行比较,强调患者激活的相对变化。将个体结果与棘波定位进行比较,并进行统计组分析。此外,在两名有创脑电图(iEEG)数据可用的患者中,将MEG结果与iEEG中的1至4赫兹活动进行比较。
与健康对照者和无癫痫发作的患者相比,复发性癫痫发作的患者表现出明显增加的局灶性MEGδ活动。这种慢活动与发作间期癫痫活动相关,并非仅由切除的后果所解释。在两名有iEEG的患者中,iEEG分析与MEG结果一致。
δ活动的量可作为复发性癫痫发作的诊断标志物。与癫痫棘波定位和二次手术成功患者的切除体积密切相关,意味着其与癫痫复发有关。这一初步证据表明其在二次癫痫手术规划中具有潜在应用价值。