TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of changes of high-frequency activity by statistical time-frequency analysis in epileptic spikes
AU - Kobayashi, Katsuhiro
AU - Jacobs, Julia
AU - Gotman, Jean
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by Grant MT-10189 of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Objective: A novel type of statistical time-frequency analysis was developed to elucidate changes of high-frequency EEG activity associated with epileptic spikes. Methods: The method uses the Gabor Transform and detects changes of power in comparison to background activity using t-statistics that are controlled by the false discovery rate (FDR) to correct type I error of multiple testing. The analysis was applied to EEGs recorded at 2000 Hz from three patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Results: Spike-related increase of high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) was clearly shown in the FDR-controlled t-spectra: it was most dramatic in spikes recorded from the hippocampus when the hippocampus was the seizure onset zone (SOZ). Depression of fast activity was observed immediately after the spikes, especially consistently in the discharges from the hippocampal SOZ. It corresponded to the slow wave part in case of spike-and-slow-wave complexes, but it was noted even in spikes without apparent slow waves. In one patient, a gradual increase of power above 200 Hz preceded spikes. Conclusions: FDR-controlled t-spectra clearly detected the spike-related changes of HFOs that were unclear in standard power spectra. Significance: We developed a promising tool to study the HFOs that may be closely linked to the pathophysiology of epileptogenesis.
AB - Objective: A novel type of statistical time-frequency analysis was developed to elucidate changes of high-frequency EEG activity associated with epileptic spikes. Methods: The method uses the Gabor Transform and detects changes of power in comparison to background activity using t-statistics that are controlled by the false discovery rate (FDR) to correct type I error of multiple testing. The analysis was applied to EEGs recorded at 2000 Hz from three patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Results: Spike-related increase of high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) was clearly shown in the FDR-controlled t-spectra: it was most dramatic in spikes recorded from the hippocampus when the hippocampus was the seizure onset zone (SOZ). Depression of fast activity was observed immediately after the spikes, especially consistently in the discharges from the hippocampal SOZ. It corresponded to the slow wave part in case of spike-and-slow-wave complexes, but it was noted even in spikes without apparent slow waves. In one patient, a gradual increase of power above 200 Hz preceded spikes. Conclusions: FDR-controlled t-spectra clearly detected the spike-related changes of HFOs that were unclear in standard power spectra. Significance: We developed a promising tool to study the HFOs that may be closely linked to the pathophysiology of epileptogenesis.
KW - False discovery rate
KW - High-frequency
KW - Hippocampus
KW - Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
KW - Spike
KW - Time-frequency analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.03.020
DO - 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.03.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 19394892
AN - SCOPUS:67349148296
VL - 120
SP - 1070
EP - 1077
JO - Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control
JF - Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control
SN - 1388-2457
IS - 6
ER -