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Spectrum of motor responses elicited by electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex: A polygraphic study in patients with epilepsy.
Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B 2023 March 25
OBJECTIVE: To study the neurophysiology of motor responses elicited by electrical stimulation of the primary motor cortex.
METHODS: We studied motor responses in four patients undergoing invasive epilepsy monitoring and functional cortical mapping via electrical cortical stimulation using surface EMG electrodes. In addition, polygraphic analysis of intracranial EEG and EMG during bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, induced by cortical stimulation, was performed in two patients.
RESULTS: (a) Electrical cortical stimulation: The motor responses were classified as clonic, jittery, and tonic. The clonic responses were characterized by synchronous EMG bursts of agonist and antagonistic muscles, alternating with silent periods. At stimulation frequencies of <20 Hz, EMG bursts were of ≤50 ms duration (Type I clonic). At stimulation frequencies of 20-50 Hz, EMG bursts were of >50 ms duration and had a complex morphology (Type II clonic). Increasing the current intensity at a constant frequency converted clonic responses into jittery and tonic contractions. (b) Bilateral tonic-clonic seizures: The intracranial EEG showed continuous fast spiking activity during the tonic phase along with interference pattern on surface EMG. The clonic phase was characterized by a polyspike-and-slow wave pattern. The polyspikes were time-locked with the synchronous EMG bursts of agonists and antagonists and the slow waves were time-locked with silent periods.
INTERPRETATION: These results suggest that epileptic activity involving the primary motor cortex can produce a continuum of motor responses ranging from type I clonic, type II clonic, and tonic responses to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures. This continuum is related to the frequency and intensity of the epileptiform discharges with tonic seizures representing the highest end of the spectrum.
METHODS: We studied motor responses in four patients undergoing invasive epilepsy monitoring and functional cortical mapping via electrical cortical stimulation using surface EMG electrodes. In addition, polygraphic analysis of intracranial EEG and EMG during bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, induced by cortical stimulation, was performed in two patients.
RESULTS: (a) Electrical cortical stimulation: The motor responses were classified as clonic, jittery, and tonic. The clonic responses were characterized by synchronous EMG bursts of agonist and antagonistic muscles, alternating with silent periods. At stimulation frequencies of <20 Hz, EMG bursts were of ≤50 ms duration (Type I clonic). At stimulation frequencies of 20-50 Hz, EMG bursts were of >50 ms duration and had a complex morphology (Type II clonic). Increasing the current intensity at a constant frequency converted clonic responses into jittery and tonic contractions. (b) Bilateral tonic-clonic seizures: The intracranial EEG showed continuous fast spiking activity during the tonic phase along with interference pattern on surface EMG. The clonic phase was characterized by a polyspike-and-slow wave pattern. The polyspikes were time-locked with the synchronous EMG bursts of agonists and antagonists and the slow waves were time-locked with silent periods.
INTERPRETATION: These results suggest that epileptic activity involving the primary motor cortex can produce a continuum of motor responses ranging from type I clonic, type II clonic, and tonic responses to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures. This continuum is related to the frequency and intensity of the epileptiform discharges with tonic seizures representing the highest end of the spectrum.
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