Pattern-sensitive epilepsy. I: A demonstration of a spatial frequency selective epileptic response to gratings.

Abstract:

:Rare individuals suffer epileptic seizures when they view certain images, particularly stripes. Contrast-threshold functions (the ability to see faint stripes of various widths) were determined for two pattern-sensitive brothers, and the epileptogenicity of various patterns was assessed for one of them. Sine wave grating contrast-detection thresholds for the two subjects were essentially normal, with lowest thresholds at approximately 2 cycles/degree (c/deg). Epileptiform discharges occurred maximally at 5 c/deg with a 1-octave 50% bandwidth. Pattern epileptogenicity was increased by the addition of a third harmonic sine wave grating to its fundamental, but was unaffected by the phase relation of the two gratings. The frequency selectivity of epileptic responsiveness was quantitatively similar to a "spatial frequency channel." Inhibitory interaction were not present. The findings suggest relations between the phenomena of pattern-sensitive epilepsy and hypothesized spatial frequency channels which merit further exploration.

journal_name

Epilepsia

journal_title

Epilepsia

authors

Soso MJ,Lettich E,Belgum JH

doi

10.1111/j.1528-1157.1980.tb04075.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1980-06-01 00:00:00

pages

301-12

issue

3

eissn

0013-9580

issn

1528-1167

journal_volume

21

pub_type

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