Journal article
Electrophysiological Sequelae of Hemispherotomy in Ipsilateral Human Cortex
Frontiers in human neuroscience, Vol.11, pp.149-149
03/30/2017
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00149
PMCID: PMC5371676
PMID: 28424599
Abstract
Objectives:
Hemispheric disconnection has been used as a treatment of medically refractory epilepsy and evolved from anatomic hemispherectomy to functional hemispherectomies to hemispherotomies. The hemispherotomy procedure involves disconnection of an entire hemisphere with limited tissue resection and is reserved for medically-refractory epilepsy due to diffuse hemispheric disease. Although it is thought to be effective by preventing seizures from spreading to the contralateral hemisphere, the electrophysiological effects of a hemispherotomy on the ipsilateral hemisphere remain poorly defined. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of hemispherotomy on the electrophysiologic dynamics in peri-stroke and dysplastic cortex.
Methods:
Intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) was recorded from ipsilateral cortex in 5 human subjects with refractory epilepsy before and after hemispherotomy. Power spectral density, mutual information, and phase-amplitude coupling were measured from the ECoG signals.
Results:
Epilepsy was a result of remote perinatal stroke in three of the subjects. In two of the subjects, seizures were a consequence of dysplastic tissue: one with hemimegalencephaly and the second with Rasmussen's encephalitis. Hemispherotomy reduced broad-band power spectral density in peri-stroke cortex. Meanwhile, hemispherotomy increased power in the low and high frequency bands for dysplastic cortex. Functional connectivity was increased in lower frequency bands in peri-stroke tissue but not affected in dysplastic tissue after hemispherotomy. Finally, hemispherotomy reduced band-specific phase-amplitude coupling in peristroke cortex but not dysplastic cortex.
Significance:
Disconnecting deep subcortical connections to peri-stroke cortex via a hemispherotomy attenuates power of oscillations and impairs the transfer of information from large-scale distributed brain networks to the local cortex. Hence, hemispherotomy reduces heterogeneity between neighboring cortex while impairing phase-amplitude coupling. In contrast, dysfunctional networks in dysplastic cortex lack the normal connectivity with distant networks. Therefore hemispherotomy does not produce the same effects.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Electrophysiological Sequelae of Hemispherotomy in Ipsilateral Human Cortex
- Creators
- Ammar H Hawasli - Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of MedicineRavi Chacko - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of MedicineNicholas P Szrama - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of MedicineDavid T Bundy - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of MedicineMrinal Pahwa - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of MedicineChester K Yarbrough - Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of MedicineBrian J Dlouhy - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsDavid D Limbrick - Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of MedicineDennis L Barbour - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of MedicineMatthew D Smyth - Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of MedicineEric C Leuthardt - Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in human neuroscience, Vol.11, pp.149-149
- DOI
- 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00149
- PMID
- 28424599
- PMCID
- PMC5371676
- NLM abbreviation
- Front Hum Neurosci
- ISSN
- 1662-5161
- eISSN
- 1662-5161
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Grant note
- EFRI-1137211 / National Science Foundation 5T32NS007205-32; R01-DC009215 / Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/30/2017
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984040277602771
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