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Observational studyScientific reports2020

High frequency oscillations in epileptic and non-epileptic human hippocampus during a cognitive task.

Martin Pail, Jan Cimbálník, Robert Roman, Pavel Daniel, Daniel J Shaw, Jan Chrastina, Milan Brázdil

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Observational study in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin PailFirst Department of Neurology, Brno Epilepsy Center (Full member of the ERN EpiCARE), St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic. martin.pail@fnusa.cz.ORCID 0000-0003-2059-4822
Jan CimbálníkInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
Robert RomanFirst Department of Neurology, Brno Epilepsy Center (Full member of the ERN EpiCARE), St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic.
Pavel DanielFirst Department of Neurology, Brno Epilepsy Center (Full member of the ERN EpiCARE), St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic.
Daniel J ShawCEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan ChrastinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brno Epilepsy Center, St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Milan BrázdilFirst Department of Neurology, Brno Epilepsy Center (Full member of the ERN EpiCARE), St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic.
Central European Institute of Technology · CZMasaryk University · CZUniversity Hospital Brno · CZ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hippocampal high-frequency electrographic activity (HFOs) represents one of the major discoveries not only in epilepsy research but also in cognitive science over the past few decades. A fundamental challenge, however, has been the fact that physiological HFOs associated with normal brain function overlap in frequency with pathological HFOs. We investigated the impact of a cognitive task on HFOs with the aim of improving differentiation between epileptic and non-epileptic hippocampi in humans. Hippocampal activity was recorded with depth electrodes in 15 patients with focal epilepsy during a resting period and subsequently during a cognitive task. HFOs in ripple and fast ripple frequency ranges were evaluated in both conditions, and their rate, spectral entropy, relative amplitude and duration were compared in epileptic and non-epileptic hippocampi. The similarity of HFOs properties recorded at rest in epileptic and non-epileptic hippocampi suggests that they cannot be used alone to distinguish between hippocampi. However, both ripples and fast ripples were observed with higher rates, higher relative amplitudes and longer durations at rest as well as during a cognitive task in epileptic compared with non-epileptic hippocampi. Moreover, during a cognitive task, significant reductions of HFOs rates were found in epileptic hippocampi. These reductions were not observed in non-epileptic hippocampi. Our results indicate that although both hippocampi generate HFOs with similar features that probably reflect non-pathological phenomena, it is possible to differentiate between epileptic and non-epileptic hippocampi using a simple odd-ball task.

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AdultBrain WavesCognitionDrug Resistant EpilepsyElectrodes, ImplantedElectroencephalographyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeFemaleHippocampusHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsYoung Adult

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PMID33097749
PMCPMC7585420
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