2019
Large-scale network architecture and associated structural cortico-subcortical abnormalities in patients with sleep/awake-related seizures
Chiosa V, Ciolac D, Groppa S, Koirala N, Pintea B, Vataman A, Winter Y, Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Muthuraman M, Groppa S. Large-scale network architecture and associated structural cortico-subcortical abnormalities in patients with sleep/awake-related seizures. Sleep 2019, 42: zsz006. PMID: 30753617, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAwake seizuresSleep seizuresHealthy controlsAwake stateSex-matched healthy controlsRight middle temporal cortexDifferent epilepsy typesVolume of hippocampusBrain networksMiddle temporal cortexEpilepsy typePathophysiological alterationsSubcortical abnormalitiesPatientsTemporal cortexSeizuresSubcortical regionsSuperior temporalBilateral insulaOrbitofrontal cortexSleepParietal regionsAbnormalitiesRight hemisphereStructural correlates
2017
Breakdown of Thalamo-Cortical Connectivity Precedes Spike Generation in Focal Epilepsies
Chiosa V, Groppa S, Ciolac D, Koirala N, Mişina L, Winter Y, Moldovanu M, Muthuraman M, Groppa S. Breakdown of Thalamo-Cortical Connectivity Precedes Spike Generation in Focal Epilepsies. Brain Connectivity 2017, 7: 309-320. PMID: 28494616, DOI: 10.1089/brain.2017.0487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontal lobeVentral anterior nucleusThalamo-cortical connectivityFuture therapeutic approachesSpike generationFocal epileptic seizuresMedial dorsalThalamic volumeFocal epilepsyAnterior nucleusFrontal cortexTherapeutic approachesEpileptic seizuresCerebral networksCortical integrityThalamusEEG recordingsWidespread areasDistinct patternsLobeEpileptogenesisPatientsEpilepsySeizuresCortex