Epileptogenesis in the immature brain: emerging mechanisms

SN Rakhade, FE Jensen - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2009 - nature.com
Epileptogenesis is defined as the process of developing epilepsy—a disorder characterized
by recurrent seizures—following an initial insult. Seizure incidence during the human …

Electrophysiological correlates of the BOLD signal for EEG‐informed fMRI

T Murta, M Leite, DW Carmichael… - Human brain …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are
important tools in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Combined EEG–fMRI has been …

Imaging in the surgical treatment of epilepsy

JS Duncan - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2010 - nature.com
Medically refractory focal epilepsy is potentially curable by surgery. This Review considers
the application of recent advances in structural and functional brain imaging to increase the …

EEG–fMRI integration for the study of human brain function

J Jorge, W Van der Zwaag, P Figueiredo - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have
proved to be extremely valuable tools for the non-invasive study of human brain function …

Simultaneous intracranial EEG and fMRI of interictal epileptic discharges in humans

S Vulliemoz, DW Carmichael, K Rosenkranz, B Diehl… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Simultaneous scalp EEG–fMRI measurements allow the study of epileptic networks and
more generally, of the coupling between neuronal activity and haemodynamic changes in …

Epileptic networks in focal cortical dysplasia revealed using electroencephalography–functional magnetic resonance imaging

R Thornton, S Vulliemoz, R Rodionov… - Annals of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Surgical treatment of focal epilepsy in patients with focal cortical dysplasia (FCD)
is most successful if all epileptogenic tissue is resected. This may not be evident on …

EEG correlated functional MRI and postoperative outcome in focal epilepsy

R Thornton, H Laufs, R Rodionov… - Journal of Neurology …, 2010 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background The main challenge in assessing patients with epilepsy for resective surgery is
localising seizure onset. Frequently, identification of the irritative and seizure onset zones …

Combining EEG and fMRI in the study of epileptic discharges

J Gotman, F Pittau - Epilepsia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The combining of electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) is a unique noninvasive method for investigating the brain regions involved …

[HTML][HTML] The role of functional neuroimaging in pre-surgical epilepsy evaluation

F Pittau, F Grouiller, L Spinelli, M Seeck… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of epilepsy is about 1% and one-third of cases do not respond to medical
treatment. In an eligible subset of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgical resection of …

[HTML][HTML] Interictal epileptiform discharges in partial epilepsy

M de Curtis, JGR Jefferys, M Avoli - Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The generation of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in partial epilepsies is commonly
ascribed to enhanced excitatory interactions within glutamatergic neuronal networks. Recent …