Large scale brain models of epilepsy: dynamics meets connectomics

MP Richardson - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2012 - jnnp.bmj.com
The brain is in a constant state of dynamic change, for example switching between cognitive
and behavioural tasks, and between wakefulness and sleep. The brains of people with …

[HTML][HTML] PET studies in epilepsy

I Sarikaya - American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Various PET studies, such as measurements of glucose, serotonin and oxygen metabolism,
cerebral blood flow and receptor bindings are availabe for epilepsy. 18 Fluoro-2 …

Correlations of interictal FDG-PET metabolism and ictal SPECT perfusion changes in human temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

N Nelissen, W Van Paesschen, K Baete, K Van Laere… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: The pathophysiological role of the extensive interictal cerebral
hypometabolism in complex partial seizures (CPS) in refractory mesial temporal lobe …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral metabolism and perfusion in MR-negative individuals with refractory focal epilepsy assessed by simultaneous acquisition of 18F-FDG PET and …

IB Galazzo, MV Mattoli, FB Pizzini, E De Vita… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016 - Elsevier
The major challenge in pre-surgical epileptic patient evaluation is the correct identification of
the seizure onset area, especially in MR-negative patients. In this study, we aimed to:(1) …

Epilepsy surgery: eligibility criteria and presurgical evaluation

P Ryvlin, S Rheims - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Epilepsy surgery has benefited from major advances during the last 20 years, thanks to the
development of neuroimaging and long-term video-electroencephalographic (EEG) …

The evaluation of FDG-PET imaging for epileptogenic focus localization in patients with MRI positive and MRI negative temporal lobe epilepsy

B Gok, G Jallo, R Hayeri, R Wahl, N Aygun - Neuroradiology, 2013 - Springer
Introduction We studied the contribution of interictal FDG-PET ([18 F] fluorodeoxyglucose-
positron emission tomography) in epileptic focus identification in temporal lobe epilepsy …

The topography and significance of extratemporal hypometabolism in refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy examined by FDG‐PET

CH Wong, A Bleasel, L Wen, S Eberl, K Byth… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: This study aims to map the temporal and extratemporal 18‐fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography (FDG‐PET)–defined hypometabolism in mesial temporal lobe …

SPECT imaging of epilepsy: an overview and comparison with F‐18 FDG PET

S Kim, JM Mountz - International journal of molecular imaging, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy surgery is highly effective in treating refractory epilepsy, but requires accurate
presurgical localization of the epileptogenic focus. Briefly, localization of the region of …

EANM practice guidelines for an appropriate use of PET and SPECT for patients with epilepsy

T Traub-Weidinger, J Arbizu, H Barthel… - European journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Epilepsy is one of the most frequent neurological conditions with an estimated prevalence of
more than 50 million people worldwide and an annual incidence of two million. Although …

Electroclinical features of insulo‐opercular epilepsy: an SEEG and PET study

X Wang, W Hu, A McGonigal, C Zhang… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report clinical experience with presurgical evaluation in patients with insulo‐
opercular epilepsy. Quantitative analysis on PET imaging and …