Maria Celeste Bonacci , Ilaria Sammarra , Maria Eugenia Caligiuri , Miriam Sturniolo , Iolanda Martino , Patrizia Vizza , Pierangelo Veltri , Antonio Gambardella
{"title":"Quantitative analysis of visually normal EEG reveals spectral power abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy","authors":"Maria Celeste Bonacci , Ilaria Sammarra , Maria Eugenia Caligiuri , Miriam Sturniolo , Iolanda Martino , Patrizia Vizza , Pierangelo Veltri , Antonio Gambardella","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102951","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To compare quantitative spectral parameters of visually-normal EEG between Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE) patients and healthy controls (HC).</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>We enrolled 26 MTLE patients and 26 HC. From each recording we calculated total power of all frequency bands and determined alpha-theta (ATR) and alpha-delta (ADR) power ratios in different brain regions. Group-wise differences between spectral parameters were investigated (<em>p</em> < 0.05). To test for associations between spectral-power and cognitive status, we evaluated correlations between neuropsychological tests and quantitative EEG (qEEG) metrics.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>In all comparisons, ATR and ADR were significantly decreased in MTLE patients compared to HC, particularly over the hemisphere ipsilateral to epileptic activity. A positive correlation was seen in MTLE patients between ATR in ipsilateral temporal lobe, and results of neuropsychological tests of auditory verbal learning (RAVLT and RAVLT-D), short term verbal memory (Digit span backwards), and executive function (Weigl's sorting test). ADR values in the contralateral posterior region correlated positively with RAVLT-D and Digit span backwards tests.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>Results confirmed that the power spectrum of qEEG is shifted towards lower frequencies in MTLE patients compared to HC.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Of note, our results were found in visually-normal recordings, providing further evidence of the value of qEEG for longitudinal monitoring of MTLE patients over time. Exploratory analysis of associations between qEEG and neuropsychological data suggest this could be useful for investigating effects of antiseizure medications on cognitive integrity in patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 3","pages":"Article 102951"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0987705324000091/pdfft?md5=b589ca6fe7764618de2c54b3659eee78&pid=1-s2.0-S0987705324000091-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140321444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Test-retest reliability of corticokinematic coherence in young children with cerebral palsy: An observational longitudinal study","authors":"Josselin Démas , Mathieu Bourguignon , Rodolphe Bailly , Sandra Bouvier , Sylvain Brochard , Mickael Dinomais , Patrick Van Bogaert","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102965","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To assess the test-retest reliability of the corticokinematic coherence (CKC), an electrophysiological marker of proprioception, in children with cerebral palsy (CP).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Electroencephalography (EEG) signals from 15 children with unilateral or bilateral CP aged 23 to 53 months were recorded in two sessions 3 months apart using 128-channel EEG caps. During each session, children's fingers were moved at 2 Hz by an experimenter, in separate recordings for the more-affected (MA) and less-affected (LA) hands. The CKC was computed at the electrode and source levels, at movement frequency F0 (2 Hz) and its first harmonic F1 (4 Hz). A two-way mixed-effects model intraclass-correlation coefficient (ICC) was computed for the maximum CKC strength across electrodes at F0 and F1 obtained during the two sessions.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>ICC of the CKC strength acquired from LA and MA hands pooled together were respectively 0.51 (95% CI: 0.30–0.68) at F0 and 0.96 (95% CI: 0.93–0.98) at F1. The mean distances separating the CKC peaks in the source space at the two evaluation times were in the order of a centimeter.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>CKC is a robust electrophysiologic marker to study the longitudinal changes in cortical processing of proprioceptive afferences in young children with CP.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 4","pages":"Article 102965"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140309744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabine Prud'hon , Hélène Amiel , Adrien Zanin , Eric Revue , Nathalie Kubis , Pierre Lozeron
{"title":"EEG and acute confusional state at the emergency department","authors":"Sabine Prud'hon , Hélène Amiel , Adrien Zanin , Eric Revue , Nathalie Kubis , Pierre Lozeron","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102966","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Acute confusional state (ACS) is a common cause of admission to the emergency department (ED). It can be related to numerous etiologies. Electroencephalography (EEG) can show specific abnormalities in cases of non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), or metabolic or toxic encephalopathy. However, up to 80% of patients with a final diagnosis of NCSE have an ACS initially attributed to another cause. The exact place of EEG in the diagnostic work-up remains unclear.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Data of consecutive patients admitted to the ED for an ACS in a two-year period and who were referred for an EEG were collected. The initial working diagnosis was based on medical history, clinical, biological and imaging investigations allowing classification into four diagnostic categories. Comparison to the final diagnosis was performed after EEG recordings (and sometimes additional tests) were performed, which allowed the reclassification of some patients from one category to another.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Seventy-five patients (mean age: 71.1 years) were included with the following suspected diagnoses: seizures for 8 (11%), encephalopathy for 14 (19%), other cause for 34 (45%) and unknown for 19 (25%). EEG was recorded after a mean of 1.5 days after symptom onset, and resulted in the reclassification of patients as follows: seizure for 15 (20%), encephalopathy for 15 (20%), other cause for 29 (39%) and unknown cause for 16 (21%). Moreover, ongoing epileptic activity (NCSE or seizure) and interictal epileptiform activity were found in eight (11%) patients initially diagnosed in another category.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>In our cohort, EEG was a key examination in the management strategy of ACS in 11% of patients admitted to the ED. It resulted in a diagnosis of epilepsy in these patients admitted with unusual confounding presentations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 4","pages":"Article 102966"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140296958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure induced by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the primary motor cortex in a woman with chronic low back pain: A case report","authors":"Philippe Patricio , Hugo Massé-Alarie","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102967","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 4","pages":"Article 102967"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140309683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas Andrillon , Jacques Taillard , Mélanie Strauss
{"title":"Sleepiness and the transition from wakefulness to sleep","authors":"Thomas Andrillon , Jacques Taillard , Mélanie Strauss","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102954","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The transition from wakefulness to sleep is a progressive process that is reflected in the gradual loss of responsiveness, an alteration of cognitive functions, and a drastic shift in brain dynamics. These changes do not occur all at once. The sleep onset period (SOP) refers here to this period of transition between wakefulness and sleep. For example, although transitions of brain activity at sleep onset can occur within seconds in a given brain region, these changes occur at different time points across the brain, resulting in a SOP that can last several minutes. Likewise, the transition to sleep impacts cognitive and behavioral levels in a graded and staged fashion. It is often accompanied and preceded by a sensation of drowsiness and the subjective feeling of a need for sleep, also associated with specific physiological and behavioral signatures. To better characterize fluctuations in vigilance and the SOP, a multidimensional approach is thus warranted. Such a multidimensional approach could mitigate important limitations in the current classification of sleep, leading ultimately to better diagnoses and treatments of individuals with sleep and/or vigilance disorders. These insights could also be translated in real-life settings to either facilitate sleep onset in individuals with sleep difficulties or, on the contrary, prevent or control inappropriate sleep onsets.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 2","pages":"Article 102954"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140062715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sasha Smith , Raveena Ravikumar , Catarina Carvalho , Pasha Normahani , Tristan Lane , Alun H Davies
{"title":"Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for the treatment of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy: A prospective, cohort, proof-of-concept study","authors":"Sasha Smith , Raveena Ravikumar , Catarina Carvalho , Pasha Normahani , Tristan Lane , Alun H Davies","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102943","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To assess a potential efficacy signal, safety and feasibility of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy as an adjunct to standard care in patients with diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In this single-centre, prospective, cohort, proof-of-concept study, 25 patients with DSPN consented to at least one daily 30-minute NMES therapy session (Revitive® IX) for 10 weeks, with 20 patients completing the study. The primary outcome measure was nerve conductivity assessed using a nerve conduction study of the sural, superficial peroneal, common peroneal and tibial nerves at 10 weeks compared to baseline. Secondary outcomes included superficial femoral artery (SFA) haemodynamics during NMES therapy compared to rest and quality-of-life at 10 weeks compared to baseline.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>At 10 weeks, there were significant increases in sural sensory nerve action potential amplitude and conduction velocity (<em>p</em> < 0.001), superficial peroneal sensory nerve action potential amplitude (<em>p</em> = 0.001) and conduction velocity (<em>p</em> = 0.002), common peroneal nerve conduction velocity (<em>p</em> = 0.004) and tibial nerve compound muscle action potential amplitude (<em>p</em> = 0.002) compared to baseline. SFA volume flow and time-averaged mean velocity significantly increased (<em>p</em> ≤ 0.003) during NMES compared to rest. Patient-reported Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument scores significantly decreased (<em>p</em> = 0.028) at 10 weeks compared to baseline. Three unrelated adverse events occurred, and 15 participants adhered to treatment.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>NMES therapy as an adjunct to standard care for 10 weeks significantly increased lower limb nerve conductivity in patients with DSPN and may be beneficial in the treatment of DSPN.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 3","pages":"Article 102943"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0987705324000017/pdfft?md5=6f09a8d3ff8df854c5cafac25d7d4f00&pid=1-s2.0-S0987705324000017-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139993063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative EEG and prognosis for recovery in post-stroke patients: The effect of lesion laterality","authors":"Piergiuseppe Liuzzi , Antonello Grippo , Alessandro Sodero , Chiara Castagnoli , Ilaria Pellegrini , Rachele Burali , Tanita Toci , Teresa Barretta , Andrea Mannini , Bahia Hakiki , Claudio Macchi , Francesco Lolli , Francesca Cecchi","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>There is emerging confidence that quantitative EEG (qEEG) has the potential to inform clinical decision-making and guide individualized rehabilitation after stroke, but consensus on the best EEG biomarkers is needed for translation to clinical practice. This study investigates the spatial qEEG spectral and symmetry distribution in patients with a left/right hemispheric stroke, to evaluate their side-specific prognostic power in post-acute rehabilitation outcome.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Resting-state 19-channel EEG recordings were collected with clinical information on admission to intensive inpatient rehabilitation (within 30 days post stroke), and six months post stroke. After preprocessing, spectral (Delta-to-Alpha Ratio, DAR) and symmetry (pairwise and hemispheric Brain Symmetry Index) features were extracted. Patients were divided into Affected Right and Left (AR/AL) groups, according to the location of their lesion. Within each group, DAR was compared between homologous electrode pairs and the pairwise difference between pairs was compared across pairs in the scalp. Then, the prognostic power of qEEG admission metrics was evaluated by performing correlations between admission metrics and discharge mBI values.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Fifty-two patients with hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke (20 females, 38.5 %, median age 76 years [IQR = 22]) were included in the study. DAR was significantly higher in the affected hemisphere for both AR and AL groups, and, a higher frontal (to posterior) asymmetry was found independent of the side of the lesion. DAR was found to be a prognostic marker of 6-months modified Barthel Index (mBI) only for the AL group, while hemispheric asymmetry did not correlate with follow-up outcomes in either group.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>While the presence of EEG abnormalities in the affected hemisphere of a stroke is well recognized, we have shown that the extent of DAR abnormalities seen correlates with disability at 6 months post stroke, but only for left hemispheric lesions. Routine prognostic evaluation, in addition to motor and functional scales, can add information concerning neuro-prognostication and reveal neurophysiological abnormalities to be assessed during rehabilitation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 3","pages":"Article 102952"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139993062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of spinal cord stimulation as an adjunctive therapy in heart failure: A systematic review","authors":"Sahand Ashrafpour , Manouchehr Ashrafpour","doi":"10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102945","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Neuromodulation therapy, like spinal cord stimulation (SCS), benefits individuals with chronic diseases, improving outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). This systematic review aims to investigate the efficacy of SCS when used as an adjunctive therapy in HF. A systematic analysis of all studies that included SCS therapy in human participants with HF was conducted. After excluding studies not meeting specific criteria, 4 studies involving a total of 125 participants were selected. All participants had heart failure with the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification ranging from 2.2 ± 0.4 to 3. The primary endpoints for assessment included the impact of SCS in HF-related symptoms, Left ventricular function, VO2 max, and NT-proBNP. All the studies could demonstrate safety and feasibility of SCS therapy, although the outcomes varied. Two studies reported improvement in NYHA classification, MLHFQ and QoL parameters after SCS. Concerning LVEF and VO2 max, only one study indicated positive changes. None of the studies found a significant change of NT-proBNP following SCS therapy. Given methodological variation, discrepancies in the results could be attributed to the diversity of the induction technique. Further studies are needed to develop a solid approach for employing SCS in human patients with HF.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19134,"journal":{"name":"Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"54 3","pages":"Article 102945"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139993314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}