INTER-HEMISPHERIC RELATIONS DURING BILATERAL SPIKE-AND-WAVE ACTIVITY
INTER-HEMISPHERIC RELATIONS DURING BILATERAL SPIKE-AND-WAVE ACTIVITY
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1528-1157.1981.tb06156.x
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
GOTMAN, J
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作者:
GOTMAN, J
Temporal relationships between homologous EEG channels of the 2 hemispheres were studied in patients whose EEG showed bilateral synchronous spike-and-wave activity. One group (7 patients) had generalized corticoreticular epilepsy and no sign of a localized predominant epileptogenic area. In the 2nd group (12 patients) the bilateral spike-and-wave activity was present in conjunction with a localized area of predominant epileptogenicity demonstrated by EEG, radiological or clinical examinations. The measurement of small time differences between 2 homologous channels was performed by transforming the slope of the phase characteristic of the cross-spectrum into time, when the interchannel coherence was sufficiently high. Although measurements were not possible in every case (because of a lack of coherence or nonlinearity of the phase), the spike-and-waves in the 1st group did not present significant interhemispheric time differences, whereas those of the 2nd group frequently presented a lead time (average 15 ms) from the side with the localized epileptogenic area. The method can be clinically useful to differentiate primary from secondary bilateral synchrony. The concept of secondary bilateral synchrony and the possible pathophysiological mechanisms explaining the time differences are discussed.