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  • Title: Relationship of interictal epileptiform discharges to sleep depth in partial epilepsy.
    Author: Malow BA, Kushwaha R, Lin X, Morton KJ, Aldrich MS.
    Journal: Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol; 1997 Jan; 102(1):20-6. PubMed ID: 9060851.
    Abstract:
    Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep activates interictal epileptiform discharges (spikes) in many epileptic syndromes. To define this phenomenon more precisely, we studied the relationship of spikes to absolute log delta power (LDP), a continuous measure of sleep depth, in 8 patients with partial epilepsy. LDP differed significantly across visually scored sleep stages. Logistic regression analyses of spike occurrence in relation to LDP were carried out on the central-occipital channel contralateral to the dominant spike focus (C4-O2 for left and C3-O1 for right temporal focus). Within NREM sleep, spikes were more likely to occur: (1) at higher levels of LDP, (2) on the ascending limb of LDP, and (3) with more rapid rises in LDP. Spike frequency per minute was 4.6 times higher in NREM than in rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep and diminished with time from sleep onset. When the effect of LDP was controlled for in the analysis, however, there was no significant effect of REM sleep stage or time on spike occurrence. Only 1% of spikes occurred within 10 s of an arousal. These findings suggest that processes underlying the deepening of NREM sleep may contribute to spike activation in partial epilepsy.
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