2017
(Invited) Conjoint Measurement of Brain Electrophysiology and Neurochemistry
Zaveri H, Ganesh N, Goncharova I, Damisah E, Ong C, Perez E, Staib L, Hirsch L, Petroff O, Spencer D, Eid T. (Invited) Conjoint Measurement of Brain Electrophysiology and Neurochemistry. ECS Meeting Abstracts 2017, MA2017-02: 2329-2329. DOI: 10.1149/ma2017-02/55/2329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterictal EEG spikesBasal glutamateBrain excitabilityIntractable epilepsyEEG spikesBrain electrophysiologySpike rateBasal extracellular glutamate concentrationsIntracranial EEG monitoringExtracellular glutamate concentrationCo-localized measurementsPossible epilepsy surgeryBrain extracellular glutamateInterictal electroencephalographyMicrodialysis catheterEpilepsy surgeryExtracellular glutamateBrain neurochemistryDialysis probeNeurochemical basisEEG monitoringGlutamate concentrationBrain regionsEpilepsyPatients
2016
50 Hz hippocampal stimulation in refractory epilepsy: Higher level of basal glutamate predicts greater release of glutamate
Cavus I, Widi GA, Duckrow RB, Zaveri H, Kennard JT, Krystal J, Spencer DD. 50 Hz hippocampal stimulation in refractory epilepsy: Higher level of basal glutamate predicts greater release of glutamate. Epilepsia 2016, 57: 288-297. PMID: 26749134, DOI: 10.1111/epi.13269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal glutamate levelsRefractory epilepsyGlutamate effluxBasal glutamateGlutamate levelsElectrical stimulationEpileptic hippocampusGlutamate releaseSeizure groupHz stimulationBrain glutamate releaseHippocampus of patientsStimulation-induced increaseEpilepsy monitoring unitStimulation-induced changesEpileptogenic hippocampusInduced seizuresSeizure inductionSpontaneous seizuresInterictal levelsGlutamate increaseAtrophic hippocampusElectroencephalography evaluationHippocampal stimulationHippocampal electrodes