Consciousness among delta waves: a paradox?

J Frohlich, D Toker, MM Monti - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A common observation in EEG research is that consciousness vanishes with the
appearance of delta (1–4 Hz) waves, particularly when those waves are high amplitude …

Clinical and experimental insight into pathophysiology, comorbidity and therapy of absence seizures

V Crunelli, ML Lőrincz, C McCafferty, RC Lambert… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Absence seizures in children and teenagers are generally considered relatively benign
because of their non-convulsive nature and the large incidence of remittance in early …

FitzHugh–Nagumo oscillators on complex networks mimic epileptic-seizure-related synchronization phenomena

M Gerster, R Berner, J Sawicki, A Zakharova… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We study patterns of partial synchronization in a network of FitzHugh–Nagumo oscillators
with empirical structural connectivity measured in human subjects. We report the …

Seizure semiology: ILAE glossary of terms and their significance

S Beniczky, WO Tatum, H Blumenfeld… - Epileptic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This educational topical review and Task Force report aims to address learning objectives of
the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) curriculum. We sought to extract detailed …

Neural correlates of unconsciousness in large-scale brain networks

GA Mashour, AG Hudetz - Trends in neurosciences, 2018 - cell.com
The biological basis of consciousness is one of the most challenging and fundamental
questions in 21st century science. A related pursuit aims to identify the neural correlates and …

Accurate detection of typical absence seizures in adults and children using a two‐channel electroencephalographic wearable behind the ears

L Swinnen, C Chatzichristos, K Jansen, L Lagae… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Patients with absence epilepsy sensitivity< 10% of their absences. The clinical
gold standard to assess absence epilepsy is a 24‐h electroencephalographic (EEG) …

Genetic generalized epilepsies in adults—challenging assumptions and dogmas

BJ Vorderwülbecke, B Wandschneider… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) syndromes start during childhood or adolescence, and
four commonly persist into adulthood, making up 15–20% of all cases of epilepsy in adults …

Cortical drive and thalamic feed-forward inhibition control thalamic output synchrony during absence seizures

C McCafferty, F David, M Venzi, ML Lőrincz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Behaviorally and pathologically relevant cortico-thalamo-cortical oscillations are driven by
diverse interacting cell-intrinsic and synaptic processes. However, the mechanism that gives …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive function in genetic generalized epilepsies: insights from neuropsychology and neuroimaging

C Ratcliffe, B Wandschneider, S Baxendale… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE), previously called idiopathic generalized epilepsies,
constitute about 20% of all epilepsies, and include childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased but diverse activity of cortical and thalamic neurons in consciousness-impairing rodent absence seizures

C McCafferty, BF Gruenbaum, R Tung, JJ Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Absence seizures are brief episodes of impaired consciousness, behavioral arrest, and
unresponsiveness, with yet-unknown neuronal mechanisms. Here we report that an awake …