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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated whether: (1) EEG recordings could be successfully performed in an MRI imager, (2) subclinical epileptic discharges could be used to trigger ultrafast functional MRI images, (3) artifact-free functional MRI images could be obtained while the patient was having the EEG monitored, and (4) the functional MRI images so obtained would show focal signal increases in relation to epileptic discharges. We report our results in two patients who showed focally higher signal intensity, reflective of increased local blood flow, in ultrafast functional MRI timed to epileptic discharges recorded while the patients were in the imager and compared with images not associated with discharges. One patient showed a focal increase despite a clinical and EEG history of generalized discharges. This approach may have the potential to identify brain regions activated during brief focal epileptic discharges.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
EEG-triggered echo-planar functional MRI in epilepsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurnlogy, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports