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Stimulation better targets fast-ripple generating networks in super responders to the responsive neurostimulator system

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EPILEPSIA
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/epi.17582

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fast ripple; high-frequency oscillation; outcome; responsive neurostimulation

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The mechanism by which responsive neurostimulation (RNS) reduces seizure frequency is not well understood. This study examined whether stimulation of fast ripples (FRs) generating networks differs between RNS super responders and intermediate responders. The results showed that the efficiency of the FR temporal correlational network on stimulated contacts differed significantly between the two groups. These findings suggest that RNS that targets FR networks more effectively may reduce epileptogenicity better.
How responsive neurostimulation (RNS) decreases seizure frequency is unclear. Stimulation may alter epileptic networks during inter-ictal epochs. Definitions of the epileptic network vary but fast ripples (FRs) may be an important substrate. We, therefore, examined whether stimulation of FR-generating networks differed in RNS super responders and intermediate responders. In 10 patients, with subsequent RNS placement, we detected FRs from stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) contacts during pre-surgical evaluation. The normalized coordinates of the SEEG contacts were compared with those of the eight RNS contacts, and RNS-stimulated SEEG contacts were defined as those within 1.5 cm(3) of the RNS contacts. We compared the post-RNS placement seizure outcome to (1) the ratio of stimulated SEEG contacts in the seizure-onset zone (SOZ stimulation ratio [SR]); (2) the ratio of FR events on stimulated contacts (FR SR); and (3) the global efficiency of the FR temporal correlational network on stimulated contacts (FR SGe). We found that the SOZ SR (p = .18) and FR SR (p = .06) did not differ in the RNS super responders and intermediate responders, but the FR SGe did (p = .02). In super responders, highly active desynchronous sites of the FR network were stimulated. RNS that better targets FR networks, as compared to the SOZ, may reduce epileptogenicity more.

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