title: Altered Rolandic gamma-band activation associated with motor impairment and ictal network desynchronization in childhood epilepsy.
abstract: Epilepsy is associated with an abnormal expression of neural oscillations and their synchronization across brain regions. Oscillatory brain activation and synchronization also play an important role in cognition, perception and motor control. Childhood epilepsy is associated with a variety of cognitive and motor deficits, but the relationship between altered functional brain responses in various frequency ranges and functional impairment in these children remains poorly understood. We investigated functional magnetoencephalographic (MEG) responses from motor cortex in multiple functionally relevant frequency bands following median nerve stimulation in twelve children with epilepsy, including four children with motor impairments. We demonstrated that children with motor impairments exhibit an excessive gamma-band response from Rolandic cortex, and that the magnitude of this Rolandic gamma response is negatively associated with motor function. Abnormal responses from motor cortex were also associated with ictal desynchronization of oscillations within Rolandic cortex measured using intracranial EEG (iEEG). These results provide the evidence that ictal disruption of motor networks is associated with an altered functional response from motor cortex, which is in turn associated with motor impairment.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. sam.doesburg@sickkids.ca
authors: Sam M
authors: SM
authors: Doesburg
authors: George M
authors: GM
authors: Ibrahim
authors: Mary Lou
authors: ML
authors: Smith
authors: Rohit
authors: R
authors: Sharma
authors: Amrita
authors: A
authors: Viljoen
authors: Bill
authors: B
authors: Chu
authors: James T
authors: JT
authors: Rutka
authors: O Carter
authors: OC
authors: Snead
authors: Elizabeth W
authors: EW
authors: Pang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
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