2020
Mesial temporal resection following long‐term ambulatory intracranial EEG monitoring with a direct brain‐responsive neurostimulation system
Hirsch LJ, Mirro EA, Salanova V, Witt TC, Drees CN, Brown M, Lee RW, Sadler TL, Felton EA, Rutecki P, Shin HW, Hadar E, Hegde M, Rao VR, Mnatsakanyan L, Madhavan DS, Zakaria TJ, Liu AA, Heck CN, Greenwood JE, Bigelow JK, Nair DR, Alexopoulos AV, Mackow M, Edwards JC, Sotudeh N, Kuzniecky RI, Gwinn RP, Doherty MJ, Geller EB, Morrell MJ. Mesial temporal resection following long‐term ambulatory intracranial EEG monitoring with a direct brain‐responsive neurostimulation system. Epilepsia 2020, 61: 408-420. PMID: 32072621, PMCID: PMC7154711, DOI: 10.1111/epi.16442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnterior Temporal LobectomyDrug Resistant EpilepsyElectric Stimulation TherapyElectrocorticographyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeFemaleHumansImplantable NeurostimulatorsMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, AmbulatoryNeurosurgical ProceduresRetrospective StudiesTemporal LobeTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsMTL resectionElectrographic seizuresTemporal lobe seizure onsetClinical seizure reductionMesial temporal resectionIntracranial EEG monitoringRNS SystemBitemporal epilepsySeizure reductionSeizure outcomeTemporal resectionPrimary outcomeRefractory epilepsyAdditional patientsEpilepsy centersUnilateral onsetBilateral onsetIcEEG recordingsSeizure onsetMTL epilepsyMedian reductionResectionPatientsEEG monitoringIcEEG data
2016
The relationship between seizures, interictal spikes and antiepileptic drugs
Goncharova II, Alkawadri R, Gaspard N, Duckrow RB, Spencer DD, Hirsch LJ, Spencer SS, Zaveri HP. The relationship between seizures, interictal spikes and antiepileptic drugs. Clinical Neurophysiology 2016, 127: 3180-3186. PMID: 27292227, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst seizureSeizure occurrenceAED taperSpike rateEEG monitoringMarker of inhibitionIntracranial EEG monitoringOccurrence of seizuresScalp EEG monitoringConsecutive patientsAntiepileptic drugsDrug taperHigh spike ratesInterictal spikesSeizuresDay 4Intracranial electrodesPatientsAEDsSignificant relationshipProgressive change in sleep over multiple nights of intracranial EEG monitoring
Joshi RB, Gaspard N, Goncharova II, Pavlova M, Duckrow RB, Gerrard JL, Spencer DD, Hirsch LJ, Zaveri HP. Progressive change in sleep over multiple nights of intracranial EEG monitoring. Clinical Neurophysiology 2016, 127: 2302-2307. PMID: 27072103, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.02.018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research