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Does the region of epileptogenicity influence the pattern of change in cortical excitability?
Badawy, Radwa A B; Vogrin, Simon J; Lai, Alan; Cook, Mark J.
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  • Badawy RA; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia; Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. Electronic address: badawyr@unimelb.edu.
  • Vogrin SJ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia.
  • Lai A; Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Cook MJ; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia; Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
Clin Neurophysiol ; 126(2): 249-56, 2015 Feb.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25002368
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether cortical excitability measures on transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) differed between groups of patients with different focal epilepsy syndromes. METHODS: 85 Patients with focal epilepsy syndromes divided into temporal and extra-temporal lobe epilepsy were studied. The cohorts were further divided into drug naïve-new onset, refractory and seizure free groups. Motor threshold (MT) and paired pulse TMS at short (2, 5, 10, 15 ms) and long (100-300 ms) interstimulus intervals (ISIs) were measured. Results were compared to those of 20 controls. RESULTS: Cortical excitability was higher at 2 & 5 ms and 250, 300 ms ISIs (p<0.01) in focal epilepsy syndromes compared to controls however significant inter-hemispheric differences in MT and the same ISIs were only seen in the drug naïve state early at onset and were much more prominent in temporal lobe epilepsy. CONCLUSION: Disturbances in cortical excitability are more confined to the affected hemisphere in temporal lobe epilepsy but only early at onset in the drug naïve state. SIGNIFICANCE: Group TMS studies show that cortical excitability measures are different in temporal lobe epilepsy and can be distinguished from other focal epilepsies early at onset in the drug naïve state. Further studies are needed to determine whether these results can be applied clinically as the utility of TMS in distinguishing between epilepsy syndromes at an individual level remains to be determined.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal / Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal / Corteza Motora Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Clin Neurophysiol Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal / Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal / Corteza Motora Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Clin Neurophysiol Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos