Neuroimaging of epilepsy

F Cendes, WH Theodore, BH Brinkmann, V Sulc… - Handbook of clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation and management of patients with seizure disorders.
Elegant structural neuroimaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may assist in …

Large scale brain models of epilepsy: dynamics meets connectomics

MP Richardson - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2012 - jnnp.bmj.com
The brain is in a constant state of dynamic change, for example switching between cognitive
and behavioural tasks, and between wakefulness and sleep. The brains of people with …

Impaired consciousness in epilepsy

H Blumenfeld - The Lancet Neurology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Consciousness is essential to normal human life. In epileptic seizures consciousness is
often transiently lost, which makes it impossible for the individual to experience or respond …

Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity

DJ Englot, LI Yang, H Hamid, N Danielson, X Bai… - Brain, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Impaired consciousness requires altered cortical function. This can occur either directly from
disorders that impair widespread bilateral regions of the cortex or indirectly through effects …

Altered spontaneous neuronal activity of the default-mode network in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Z Zhang, G Lu, Y Zhong, Q Tan, W Liao, Z Wang… - Brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence from behavioral and neuroimaging studies suggests that mesial
temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) is possibly associated with the default-mode brain function …

fMRI study of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy using amplitude of low‐frequency fluctuation analysis

Z Zhang, G Lu, Y Zhong, Q Tan, H Chen… - Human brain …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Various functional imaging tools have been used to detect epileptic activity in the neural
network underlying mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE). In the present fMRI study, a data …

Regional neocortical thinning in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

CR McDonald, DJ Hagler Jr, ME Ahmadi, E Tecoma… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To determine the nature and extent of regional cortical thinning in patients with
mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Methods: High‐resolution volumetric MRIs were …

Map** limbic network organization in temporal lobe epilepsy using morphometric correlations: insights on the relation between mesiotemporal connectivity and …

BC Bernhardt, KJ Worsley, P Besson, L Concha… - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is considered primarily a limbic disorder. Our purpose was to
map limbic network organization in TLE and to statistically relate it to neocortical atrophy. We …

Amygdala interconnections with the cingulate motor cortex in the rhesus monkey

RJ Morecraft, DW McNeal… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Amygdala interconnections with the cingulate motor cortices were investigated in the rhesus
monkey. Using multiple tracing approaches, we found a robust projection from the lateral …

Microphysiology of epileptiform activity in human neocortex

CA Schevon, SK Ng, J Cappell… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The authors report the use of dense two-dimensional microelectrode array recordings to
characterize fine resolution electrocortical activity (“μEEG”) in epileptogenic human cortex. A …