Statistical parameters of epileptiform brain activity differentiate frontal and temporal lobe patients.
Statistical properties of electromagnetic brain activity may increase the understanding of the human brain by providing precise numerical vales associated with neuronal activity. A statistical analysis was performed on frontal and temporal lobe patients to investigate possible differences between the two populations. Results were then compared to clinical results to confirm findings. Frontal lobe patients had a larger spatial distribution of interictal spikes when compared to temporal lobe patients. Statistical properties from interictal spike data may differentiate patients with frontal and temporal lobe epilepsy.
Merrifield
Warren S
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Huntington Medical Research Institutes, MEG Laboratory, 10 Pico Street, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA.
Sutherling
William W
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Mamelak
Adam N
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology