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ReviewEpilepsia2025

Fast activity chirp patterns in focal seizures from patients and animal models.

Maxime Lévesque, Vadym Gnatkovsky, Fei Ran Li, Paolo Scalmani, Laura Uva, Massimo Avoli, Marco de Curtis

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Review in Epilepsia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Maxime LévesqueDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-7037
Vadym GnatkovskyEpilepsy Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Fei Ran LiDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Paolo ScalmaniEpilepsy Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Laura UvaEpilepsy Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Massimo AvoliDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marco de CurtisEpilepsy Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7443-6737

Funding

CIHR MOP130328CIHR PJT153310CIHR PJT166178Italian Ministry of HealthSavoy Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Time-frequency analysis of focal seizure electroencephalographic signals performed with depth electrodes in human temporal lobe structures has revealed the occurrence at onset of oscillations at approximately 30-100 Hz that feature a monotonic rapid decay in frequency content. This seizure onset pattern, referred to as chirp, has been identified as a highly specific and sensitive marker of focal seizures that are characterized by low-voltage fast activity. We report that this chirp pattern is also observed in animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy in both in vivo and in vitro preparations. We propose here that chirps mirror the involvement of synchronous interneuron firing that is known to represent a specific cellular mechanism leading to the initiation of focal seizures, in particular those characterized by low-voltage fast activity.

Indexed as

ElectroencephalographyEpilepsies, PartialEpilepsy, Temporal LobeSeizuresAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansInterneuronsRatschirpsEEGfocal seizuresinterneuron synchronizationtemporal lobe epilepsy

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PMID39723840
PMCPMC11908669

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