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Barques are generated in posterior hippocampus and phase reverse over lateral posterior hippocampal surface

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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether barques can be localized across the hippocampal longitudinal axis with sufficient specificity. METHODS We identified 51 focal epilepsy patients implanted with a minimum of two electrodes… Click to show full abstract

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether barques can be localized across the hippocampal longitudinal axis with sufficient specificity. METHODS We identified 51 focal epilepsy patients implanted with a minimum of two electrodes - unilateral anterior and posterior - in either hippocampus. We used visual inspection of the intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) and 3D brain volume spectrum-based statistical parametric mapping (SPM) to localize barques. RESULTS In 18/51 patients (35.29%), barques were identified in 22/70 (31.42%) hippocampi. In all hippocampi (100%), barques were present in the posterior hippocampus, while 9 (40.90%) showed concurrent non-independent barque activity anteriorly (P < 0.0001). Statistical parametric mapping confirmed the posterior barque localization, with significant differences in t-values (t(27) = 8.08, P < 0.0001) and z-scores (t(24) = 6.85, P < 0.0001) between anterior and posterior hippocampal barque activity. Posterior lateral extrahippocampal contacts demonstrated phase reversals of positive polarity during barque activity (P = 0.0092, compared to anterior extrahippocampal contacts). CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the posterior hippocampal predominance of barques. Our findings are concordant with the posterior distribution of the scalp manifestation of barques as "14&6/sec positive spikes". The posterio-lateral hippocampal barque phase reversal can explain the positive polarity of scalp 14&6/sec spikes. SIGNIFICANCE Understanding the properties of barques is critical for the iEEG interpretation in epilepsy surgery evaluations that include the hippocampus.

Keywords: posterior hippocampus; phase; barque activity; hippocampus; posterior hippocampal

Journal Title: Clinical Neurophysiology
Year Published: 2022

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