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    Chronic intracranial EEG recordings and interictal spike rate reveal multiscale temporal modulations in seizure states
    Schroeder, GM ; Karoly, PJ ; Maturana, M ; Panagiotopoulou, M ; Taylor, PN ; Cook, MJ ; Wang, Y (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2023-08-31)
    Many biological processes are modulated by rhythms on circadian and multidien timescales. In focal epilepsy, various seizure features, such as spread and duration, can change from one seizure to the next within the same patient. However, the specific timescales of this variability, as well as the specific seizure characteristics that change over time, are unclear. Here, in a cross-sectional observational study, we analysed within-patient seizure variability in 10 patients with chronic intracranial EEG recordings (185-767 days of recording time, 57-452 analysed seizures/patient). We characterized the seizure evolutions as sequences of a finite number of patient-specific functional seizure network states. We then compared seizure network state occurrence and duration to (1) time since implantation and (2) patient-specific circadian and multidien cycles in interictal spike rate. In most patients, the occurrence or duration of at least one seizure network state was associated with the time since implantation. Some patients had one or more seizure network states that were associated with phases of circadian and/or multidien spike rate cycles. A given seizure network state's occurrence and duration were usually not associated with the same timescale. Our results suggest that different time-varying factors modulate within-patient seizure evolutions over multiple timescales, with separate processes modulating a seizure network state's occurrence and duration. These findings imply that the development of time-adaptive treatments in epilepsy must account for several separate properties of epileptic seizures and similar principles likely apply to other neurological conditions.
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    INFERRING PATIENT-SPECIFIC PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM INTRACRANIAL EEG: APPLICATION TO CLINICAL DATA
    Shmuely, S ; Freestone, DR ; Grayden, DB ; Nesic, D ; Cook, M (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012-09-01)
    Purpose: Intracranial EEG (iEEG) provides information regarding where and when seizures occur, whilst the underlying mechanisms are hidden. However physiologically plausible mechanisms for seizure generation and termination are explained by neural mass models, which describe the macroscopic neural dynamics. Fusion of models with patient-specific data allows estimation and tracking of the normally hidden physiological parameters. By monitoring changes in physiology, a new understanding of seizures can be achieved. This work addresses model-data fusion for iEEG for application in a clinical setting. Method: Data was recorded from three patients undergoing evaluation for epilepsy-related surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. Using this data, we created patient-specific neural mass mathematical models based on the formulation of Jansen and Rit (1995). The parameters that were estimated include the synaptic gains, time constants, and the firing threshold. The estimation algorithm utilized the Unscented Kalman Filter (Julier and Uhlmann, 1997). Result: We demonstrate how parameters changed in relation to seizure initiation, evolution and termination. We also show within-patient (across different seizures) and between-patient specificity of the parameter estimates. Conclusion: The fusion of clinical data and mathematical models can be used to infer valuable information about the underlying mechanisms of epileptic seizure generation. This information could be used to develop novel therapeutic strategies
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    INFERRING PATIENT-SPECIFIC PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM INTRACRANIAL EEG: THEORETICAL STUDIES
    Freestone, DR ; Grayden, DB ; Cook, M ; Nesic, D (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012-09)
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    Identification of a Neural Mass Model of Burst Suppression
    Jafarian, A ; Freestone, DR ; Nesic, D ; Grayden, D (IEEE, 2019)
    Burst suppression includes alternating patterns of silent and fast spike activities in neuronal activities observable in micro to macro scale recordings. Biological models of burst suppression are given as dynamical systems with slow and fast states. The aim of this paper is to give a method to identify parameters of a mesoscopic model of burst suppression that can provide insights into study underlying generators of intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) data. An optimisation technique based upon a genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to find feasible model parameters to replicate burst patterns in the iEEG data with paroxysmal transitions. Then, a continuous discrete unscented Kalman filter (CD-UKF) is used to infer hidden states of the model and to enhance the identification results from the GA. The results show promise in finding the model parameters of a partially observed mesoscopic model of burst suppression.
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    Mixed Signals: Interaction between RyR and IP3R Mediated Calcium Release Shapes the Calcium Transient for Hypertrophic Signalling in Cardiomyocytes
    Hunt, H ; Bass, G ; Roderick, L ; Soeller, C ; Rajagopal, V ; Crampin, E (Cell Press, 2018-02-02)
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    Risk factors for injury in a community-treated cohort of patients with epilepsy in Australia
    Tan, M ; Boston, R ; Cook, MJ ; D'Souza, WJ (WILEY, 2019-03)
    OBJECTIVE: There remains a paucity of knowledge regarding specific epilepsy-related risk factors for accidents and injuries in people with epilepsy. Injury studies in people with epilepsy are overrepresented, with tertiary based populations that are prone to bias from severe disease. This study aims to assess the contribution of epilepsy-related risk factors to injuries in a community-based cohort. METHODS: We performed a retrospective nested case-control study on patients recruited into the Tasmanian Epilepsy Register (TER) from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002. The TER is a community-based cohort of patients with epilepsy in Tasmania, Australia, recruited from the national prescription database and interviewed for epilepsy diagnosis, injuries, and risk factors using validated questionnaires with diagnosis made by an epilepsy specialist. The primary outcome measures were lifetime and recent 12-month injury. Multivariate logistic regression with multiple imputation modeling responder nondisclosure was performed, adjusting for age, gender, region, socioeconomic status, seizure frequency, and epilepsy duration. RESULTS: A total of 819 patients with epilepsy were included in this study. Ten percent of patients experienced an injury in the preceding year. Before adjusting for seizure frequency, any seizure over the past 12 months was associated with recent injury (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 7.90, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.17-14.96). Impaired awareness, cluster seizures, sleep-only seizures, and convulsive seizure were characteristics found to significantly influence injuries irrespective of seizure frequency. Although a warning appeared initially protective for recent injuries (OR = 0.39, 95% CI = 0.22-0.69), this was entirely explained by seizure frequency, with the effect becoming nonsignificant. SIGNIFICANCE: Likely due to their unpredictable nature, seizures expose patients with epilepsy to a high risk of life-threatening injury. These findings emphasize the importance of seizure freedom for maximizing the safety of patients with epilepsy.
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    Enhancing student learning through trans-disciplinary project-based assessment in bioengineering
    Lam, L ; Cochrane, T ; Rajagopal, V ; Davey, K ; John, S (Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 2021)
    Pecha Kucha presentation for the SoTEL 2021 Symposium from the Bionic Limb project team at the University of Melbourne. https://sotel.nz