title: Distinct EEG seizure patterns reflect different seizure generation mechanisms.
abstract: Low-voltage fast (LVF)- and hypersynchronous (HYP)-seizure onset patterns can be recognized in the EEG of epileptic animals and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Ripples (80-200 Hz) and fast ripples (250-500 Hz) have been linked to each pattern, with ripples predominating during LVF seizures and fast ripples predominating during HYP seizures in the rat pilocarpine model. This evidence led us to hypothesize that these two seizure-onset patterns reflect the contribution of neural networks with distinct transmitter signaling characteristics. Here, we tested this hypothesis by analyzing the seizure activity induced with the K(+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4AP, 4-5 mg/kg ip), which enhances both glutamatergic and GABAergic transmission, or the GABAA receptor antagonist picrotoxin (3-5 mg/kg ip); rats were implanted with electrodes in the hippocampus, the entorhinal cortex, and the subiculum. We found that LVF onset occurred in 82% of 4AP-induced seizures whereas seizures after picrotoxin were always HYP. In addition, high-frequency oscillation analysis revealed that 4AP-induced LVF seizures were associated with higher ripple rates compared with fast ripples (P < 0.05), whereas picrotoxin-induced seizures contained higher rates of fast ripples compared with ripples (P < 0.05). These results support the hypothesis that two distinct patterns of seizure onset result from different pathophysiological mechanisms.
authors: Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
authors: Pariya
authors: P
authors: Salami
authors: Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
authors: Maxime
authors: M
authors: Lévesque
authors: Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Gotman
authors: Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada massimo.avoli@mcgill.ca.
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Avoli
mesh_terms: D015761:4-Aminopyridine; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010862:Pilocarpine; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D010862:Pilocarpine; D015761:4-Aminopyridine
keywords: 4-aminopyridine; high-frequency oscillation; picrotoxin; seizure onset
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