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CELL REPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100432
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- German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG]) [SFB 1233, 276693517, 430174808]
- Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen
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BECTS, a common form of childhood epilepsy, is associated with cognitive abnormalities and focal interictal epileptic spikes. Auditory stimulation during NonREM sleep has been shown to reduce spike rates in BECTS patients, with the most significant reductions occurring 1.5 to 3.5 seconds after the tones are presented.
Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is a common form of childhood epilepsy linked to diverse cognitive abnormalities. The electroencephalogram of patients shows focal interictal epileptic spikes, particularly during non-rapid eye movement (NonREM) sleep. Spike formation involves thalamocortical networks, which also contribute to the generation of sleep slow oscillations (SOs) and spindles. Motivated by evidence that SO-spindle activity can be controlled through closed-loop auditory stimulation, here, we show in seven patients that auditory stimulation also reduces spike rates in BECTS. Stimulation during NonREM sleep decreases spike rates, with most robust reductions when tones are presented 1.5 to 3.5 s after spikes. Stimulation further reduces the amplitude of spikes closely following tones. Sleep spindles are negatively correlated with spike rates, suggesting that tone-evoked spindle activity mediates the spike suppression. We hypothesize spindle-related refractoriness in thalamocortical circuits as a potential mechanism. Our results open an avenue for the non-pharmacological treatment of BECTS.
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