Standing waves as an explanation for generic stationary correlation patterns in noninvasive EEG of focal onset seizures.

Müller, Markus Franziskus; Rummel, Christian; Goodfellow, Marc; Schindler, Kaspar Anton (2014). Standing waves as an explanation for generic stationary correlation patterns in noninvasive EEG of focal onset seizures. Brain connectivity, 4(2), pp. 131-144. Mary Ann Liebert 10.1089/brain.2013.0192

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Cerebral electrical activity is highly nonstationary because the brain reacts to ever changing external stimuli and continuously monitors internal control circuits. However, a large amount of energy is spent to maintain remarkably stationary activity patterns and functional inter-relations between different brain regions. Here we examine linear EEG correlations in the peri-ictal transition of focal onset seizures, which are typically understood to be manifestations of dramatically changing inter-relations. Contrary to expectations we find stable correlation patterns with a high similarity across different patients and different frequency bands. This skeleton of spatial correlations may be interpreted as a signature of standing waves of electrical brain activity constituting a dynamical ground state. Such a state could promote the formation of spatiotemporal neuronal assemblies and may be important for the integration of information stemming from different local circuits of the functional brain network.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Rummel, Christian, Schindler, Kaspar Anton

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2158-0014

Publisher:

Mary Ann Liebert

Language:

English

Submitter:

Valentina Rossetti

Date Deposited:

10 Oct 2014 16:52

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1089/brain.2013.0192

PubMed ID:

24494638

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.53787

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/53787

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