Imaging the interaction: epileptic discharges, working memory, and behavior.
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SUBMITTER: Chaudhary UJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6870208 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
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Imaging the interaction: epileptic discharges, working memory, and behavior.
Chaudhary Umair J UJ Centeno Maria M Carmichael David W DW Vollmar Christian C Rodionov Roman R Bonelli Silvia S Stretton Jason J Pressler Ronit R Eriksson Sofia H SH Sisodiya Sanjay S Friston Karl K Duncan John S JS Lemieux Louis L Koepp Matthias M
Human brain mapping 20120619 11
Interictal generalized epileptiform discharges may impair cognition. We used simultaneous video-electroencephalography and functional imaging to quantify changes, induced by epileptiform discharges, in the task-related activations during a spatial working-memory paradigm. The number of epileptiform discharges increased during the task with its level of complexity, but were not significantly associated with wrong responses during the task. We observed hemodynamic responses in working-memory relat ...[more]
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