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Propriétés fonctionnelles des réseaux et des neurones corticaux chez l'homme et l'animal atteints d'épilepsie-absence : études électrophysiologiques in vivo
No full textAbsence epilepsy is an epileptic syndrome which main symptom is a transient alteration of consciousness, with generalized spike-and-wave discharges in EEG, which arise from a dysfunction in the corticothalamic loop and are initiated from a subclass of pyramidal neurons located in the deep layers of the somatosensory cortex. I have investigated two unresolved, issues: 1/ the role of the cortical inhibition in the ictogenic processes, 2/ the neurophysiological mechanisms of sensory processing during absence seizures. By the means of EEG and intracellular recordings in vivo in an animal model: the Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS), I have examined how the early excitation in theictogenic neurons during seizures was shortly followed by a chlore-dependent synaptic hyperpolarization, concomitant with bursting activities in local GABAergic interneurons. The GABA system has an active inhibitory effect, which constraints the firing of ictogenic neurons within a tight temporal window. In a second study, in human and GAERS, I explored how sensory information was processed during SWDs. In the epileptic child, visual stimulations resulted in occipital evoked potentials, bigger than in non-epileptic subjects. Tactile stimulation of the GAERS applied during seizures induced cortical evoked potentials, reflected in the pyramidal neurons by excitatory synaptic potentials bigger than in interictal condition. Impairment of consciousness during absences do not result from a filtering of sensory information. These researches provide new information on the functional properties of the cortical circuits expressing the electrical paroxysms during absence seizuresL'épilepsie-absence est un syndrome épileptique dont le principal symptôme est une altération transitoire de la conscience, avec décharges pointes-ondes généralisées, qui ont pour origine un dysfonctionnement dans la boucle cortico-thalamique, et naissant dans une sous-population de neurones pyramidaux localisée dans les couches profondes du cortex somatosensoriel. A l'aide d'enregistrements EEG et intracellulaires in vivo dans un modèle animal: les Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg, j'ai examiné comment l'excitation initiale des neurones ictogèniques lors des crises est suivie par une hyperpolarisation synaptique chlore-dépendante, concomitante d'une décharge en bouffées dans les interneurones GABAergiques locaux. Le système GABA exerce un effet strictement inhibiteur et contraint la décharge des neurones ictogéniques dans une fenêtre temporelle étroite. Dans une deuxième étude chez l'homme et chez le GAERS, j'ai exploré comment des informations sensorielles sont traitées au cours des DPO. Chez l'enfant épileptique, des stimulations visuelles résultent en des potentiels évoqués occipitaux, plus amples que chez les sujets non-épileptiques. Des stimulations tactiles chez le GAERS induisent lors des crises des potentiels évoqués dans l'EEG et, dans les neurones pyramidaux sous-jacents, des potentiels synaptiques excitateurs plus amples que dans la condition inter-critique. Les troubles de la conscience lors des absences ne résultent donc pas d'un filtrage des informations sensorielles. L'ensemble des recherches fournit des données nouvelles sur les propriétés fonctionnelles des circuits corticaux exprimant les paroxysmes électriques lors des crises d'absenc
Utilisation néonatale des prostaglandines E1 dans la prise en charge des cardiopathies congénitales en réanimation médicale pédiatrique: à propos de 62 cas
No full textLe but de ce travail est d'évaluer l'efficacité et la tolérance des prostaglandines E1 chez le nouveau-né porteur d'une cardiopathie congénitale ducto-dépendante. 62 dossiers de patients ont été revus rétrospectivement. La durée moyenne des perfusions de PGE1 est de 134, 07 heures +/- 112,41 heures (6-480 heures). La dose moyenne administrée fût 111 [gamma]/kg. La perfusion de PGE1 a été d'emblée efficace chez 53,3 % des nouveaux-nés. Onze enfants ont nécessité une répétition des doses de charge pour rouvrir leur ductus arteriosus ou empêcher sa fermeture. Dans notre travail, 39% des nouveaux-nés ont présenté au moins un effet secondaire imputable au traitement par PGE1 au cours de leur hospitalisation : apnées (19,4%), distensions abdominales (15,5%), bradycardies (12,9%) et entérocolites ulcéronécrosantes (6,5%). Soixante-sept pour cent des enfants inclus dans notre étude ont bénéficié d'une intervention chirurgicale en période néonatale. L'influence du diagnostic anténatal dans la prise en charge des cardiopathies ducto-dépendantes est abordée ensuite. L'acidose à l'admission, reflet de la sévérité de la cardiopathie sous-jacente et de sa décompensation, a été montrée dans notre étude comme facteur de mortalité précoce. Notre travzil pourrait permettre d'élargir à un protocole d'utilisation des PGE1. Tout nouveau-né porteur d'une cardiopathie ducto-dépendante doit bénéficier sans délai de la mise en route d'un traitement par PGE1 avec une dose de charge de 0,05 à 0,1 [gamma]/kg/mn ; cette dose doit être maintenue jusqu'à la chirurgie cardiaque
Propriétés fonctionnelles des réseaux et des neurones corticaux chez l'homme et l'animal atteints d'épilepsie-absence : études électrophysiologiques in vivo
No full textAbsence epilepsy is an epileptic syndrome which main symptom is a transient alteration of consciousness, with generalized spike-and-wave discharges in EEG, which arise from a dysfunction in the corticothalamic loop and are initiated from a subclass of pyramidal neurons located in the deep layers of the somatosensory cortex. I have investigated two unresolved, issues: 1/ the role of the cortical inhibition in the ictogenic processes, 2/ the neurophysiological mechanisms of sensory processing during absence seizures. By the means of EEG and intracellular recordings in vivo in an animal model: the Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS), I have examined how the early excitation in theictogenic neurons during seizures was shortly followed by a chlore-dependent synaptic hyperpolarization, concomitant with bursting activities in local GABAergic interneurons. The GABA system has an active inhibitory effect, which constraints the firing of ictogenic neurons within a tight temporal window. In a second study, in human and GAERS, I explored how sensory information was processed during SWDs. In the epileptic child, visual stimulations resulted in occipital evoked potentials, bigger than in non-epileptic subjects. Tactile stimulation of the GAERS applied during seizures induced cortical evoked potentials, reflected in the pyramidal neurons by excitatory synaptic potentials bigger than in interictal condition. Impairment of consciousness during absences do not result from a filtering of sensory information. These researches provide new information on the functional properties of the cortical circuits expressing the electrical paroxysms during absence seizuresL'épilepsie-absence est un syndrome épileptique dont le principal symptôme est une altération transitoire de la conscience, avec décharges pointes-ondes généralisées, qui ont pour origine un dysfonctionnement dans la boucle cortico-thalamique, et naissant dans une sous-population de neurones pyramidaux localisée dans les couches profondes du cortex somatosensoriel. A l'aide d'enregistrements EEG et intracellulaires in vivo dans un modèle animal: les Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg, j'ai examiné comment l'excitation initiale des neurones ictogèniques lors des crises est suivie par une hyperpolarisation synaptique chlore-dépendante, concomitante d'une décharge en bouffées dans les interneurones GABAergiques locaux. Le système GABA exerce un effet strictement inhibiteur et contraint la décharge des neurones ictogéniques dans une fenêtre temporelle étroite. Dans une deuxième étude chez l'homme et chez le GAERS, j'ai exploré comment des informations sensorielles sont traitées au cours des DPO. Chez l'enfant épileptique, des stimulations visuelles résultent en des potentiels évoqués occipitaux, plus amples que chez les sujets non-épileptiques. Des stimulations tactiles chez le GAERS induisent lors des crises des potentiels évoqués dans l'EEG et, dans les neurones pyramidaux sous-jacents, des potentiels synaptiques excitateurs plus amples que dans la condition inter-critique. Les troubles de la conscience lors des absences ne résultent donc pas d'un filtrage des informations sensorielles. L'ensemble des recherches fournit des données nouvelles sur les propriétés fonctionnelles des circuits corticaux exprimant les paroxysmes électriques lors des crises d'absenc
Utilisation néonatale des prostaglandines E1 dans la prise en charge des cardiopathies congénitales en réanimation médicale pédiatrique (à propos de 62 cas)
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Propriétés fonctionnelles des réseaux et des neurones corticaux chez l'homme et l'animal atteints d'épilepsie-absence (études électrophysiologiques in vivo)
No full textL épilepsie-absence est un syndrome épileptique dont le principal symptôme est une altération transitoire de la conscience, avec décharges pointes-ondes généralisées, qui ont pour origine un dysfonctionnement dans la boucle cortico-thalamique, et naissant dans une sous-population de neurones pyramidaux localisée dans les couches profondes du cortex somatosensoriel. A l aide d enregistrements EEG et intracellulaires in vivo dans un modèle animal: les Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg, j ai examiné comment l excitation initiale des neurones ictogèniques lors des crises est suivie par une hyperpolarisation synaptique chlore-dépendante, concomitante d une décharge en bouffées dans les interneurones GABAergiques locaux. Le système GABA exerce un effet strictement inhibiteur et contraint la décharge des neurones ictogéniques dans une fenêtre temporelle étroite. Dans une deuxième étude chez l homme et chez le GAERS, j ai exploré comment des informations sensorielles sont traitées au cours des DPO. Chez l enfant épileptique, des stimulations visuelles résultent en des potentiels évoqués occipitaux, plus amples que chez les sujets non-épileptiques. Des stimulations tactiles chez le GAERS induisent lors des crises des potentiels évoqués dans l EEG et, dans les neurones pyramidaux sous-jacents, des potentiels synaptiques excitateurs plus amples que dans la condition inter-critique. Les troubles de la conscience lors des absences ne résultent donc pas d un filtrage des informations sensorielles. L ensemble des recherches fournit des données nouvelles sur les propriétés fonctionnelles des circuits corticaux exprimant les paroxysmes électriques lors des crises d absenceAbsence epilepsy is an epileptic syndrome which main symptom is a transient alteration of consciousness, with generalized spike-and-wave discharges in EEG, which arise from a dysfunction in the corticothalamic loop and are initiated from a subclass of pyramidal neurons located in the deep layers of the somatosensory cortex. I have investigated two unresolved, issues: 1/ the role of the cortical inhibition in the ictogenic processes, 2/ the neurophysiological mechanisms of sensory processing during absence seizures. By the means of EEG and intracellular recordings in vivo in an animal model: the Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS), I have examined how the early excitation in theictogenic neurons during seizures was shortly followed by a chlore-dependent synaptic hyperpolarization, concomitant with bursting activities in local GABAergic interneurons. The GABA system has an active inhibitory effect, which constraints the firing of ictogenic neurons within a tight temporal window. In a second study, in human and GAERS, I explored how sensory information was processed during SWDs. In the epileptic child, visual stimulations resulted in occipital evoked potentials, bigger than in non-epileptic subjects. Tactile stimulation of the GAERS applied during seizures induced cortical evoked potentials, reflected in the pyramidal neurons by excitatory synaptic potentials bigger than in interictal condition. Impairment of consciousness during absences do not result from a filtering of sensory information. These researches provide new information on the functional properties of the cortical circuits expressing the electrical paroxysms during absence seizuresPARIS-BIUSJ-Biologie recherche (751052107) / SudocSudocFranceF
Electrophysiological technical procedures
No full textInternational audienceThe reliability of the interpretation of SEEG data depends entirely on the technical quality of the acquisition recording. Digitalization of data and the development of computer technology, over the last 20 years have transformed electrophysiological procedures. Recording equipment must be able to record concomitantly clinical events and brain electrical activity. Recording is carried out during wakefulness and sleep and with use of various activation methods (hyperventilation, intermittent photic stimulation). Intracerebral electrical stimulations (with low and high frequency) and the acquisition of evoked potentials complete the SEEG exploration. This chapter will discuss the characteristics of video-EEG recording equipment, procedures for acquisition and creation of SEEG montages, technical recording and activations, procedures of intracerebral electrical stimulations and the acquisition of evoked potentials
Persistence of cortical sensory processing during absence seizures in human and an animal model: evidence from EEG and intracellular recordings.
No full textAbsence seizures are caused by brief periods of abnormal synchronized oscillations in the thalamocortical loops, resulting in widespread spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) in the electroencephalogram (EEG). SWDs are concomitant with a complete or partial impairment of consciousness, notably expressed by an interruption of ongoing behaviour together with a lack of conscious perception of external stimuli. It is largely considered that the paroxysmal synchronizations during the epileptic episode transiently render the thalamocortical system incapable of transmitting primary sensory information to the cortex. Here, we examined in young patients and in the Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS), a well-established genetic model of absence epilepsy, how sensory inputs are processed in the related cortical areas during SWDs. In epileptic patients, visual event-related potentials (ERPs) were still present in the occipital EEG when the stimuli were delivered during seizures, with a significant increase in amplitude compared to interictal periods and a decrease in latency compared to that measured from non-epileptic subjects. Using simultaneous in vivo EEG and intracellular recordings from the primary somatosensory cortex of GAERS and non-epileptic rats, we found that ERPs and firing responses of related pyramidal neurons to whisker deflection were not significantly modified during SWDs. However, the intracellular subthreshold synaptic responses in somatosensory cortical neurons during seizures had larger amplitude compared to quiescent situations. These convergent findings from human patients and a rodent genetic model show the persistence of cortical responses to sensory stimulations during SWDs, indicating that the brain can still process external stimuli during absence seizures. They also demonstrate that the disruption of conscious perception during absences is not due to an obliteration of information transfer in the thalamocortical system. The possible mechanisms rendering the cortical operation ineffective for conscious perception are discussed, but their definite elucidation will require further investigations
Auditory stimuli mimicking ambient sounds drive temporal "delta-brushes" in premature infants
No full textIn the premature infant, somatosensory and visual stimuli trigger an immature electroencephalographic (EEG) pattern, "delta-brushes," in the corresponding sensory cortical areas. Whether auditory stimuli evoke delta-brushes in the premature auditory cortex has not been reported. Here, responses to auditory stimuli were studied in 46 premature infants without neurologic risk aged 31 to 38 postmenstrual weeks (PMW) during routine EEG recording. Stimuli consisted of either low-volume technogenic "clicks" near the background noise level of the neonatal care unit, or a human voice at conversational sound level. Stimuli were administrated pseudo-randomly during quiet and active sleep. In another protocol, the cortical response to a composite stimulus ("click" and voice) was manually triggered during EEG hypoactive periods of quiet sleep. Cortical responses were analyzed by event detection, power frequency analysis and stimulus locked averaging. Before 34 PMW, both voice and "click" stimuli evoked cortical responses with similar frequency-power topographic characteristics, namely a temporal negative slow-wave and rapid oscillations similar to spontaneous delta-brushes. Responses to composite stimuli also showed a maximal frequency-power increase in temporal areas before 35 PMW. From 34 PMW the topography of responses in quiet sleep was different for "click" and voice stimuli: responses to "clicks" became diffuse but responses to voice remained limited to temporal areas. After the age of 35 PMW auditory evoked delta-brushes progressively disappeared and were replaced by a low amplitude response in the same location. Our data show that auditory stimuli mimicking ambient sounds efficiently evoke delta-brushes in temporal areas in the premature infant before 35 PMW. Along with findings in other sensory modalities (visual and somatosensory), these findings suggest that sensory driven delta-brushes represent a ubiquitous feature of the human sensory cortex during fetal stages and provide a potential test of functional cortical maturation during fetal development. © 2013 Chipaux et al
Synchrotron X-ray interlaced microbeams suppress paroxysmal oscillations in neuronal networks initiating generalized epilepsy
No full textRadiotherapy has shown some efficacy for epilepsies but the insufficient confinement of the radiation dose to the pathological target reduces its indications. Synchrotron-generated X-rays overcome this limitation and allow the delivery of focalized radiation doses to discrete brain volumes via interlaced arrays of microbeams (IntMRT). Here, we used IntMRT to target brain structures involved in seizure generation in a rat model of absence epilepsy (GAERS). We addressed the issue of whether and how synchrotron radiotherapeutic treatment suppresses epileptic activities in neuronal networks. IntMRT was used to target the somatosensory cortex (S1Cx), a region involved in seizure generation in the GAERS. The antiepileptic mechanisms were investigated by recording multisite local-field potentials and the intracellular activity of irradiated S1Cx pyramidal neurons in vivo. MRI and histopathological images displayed precise and sharp dose deposition and revealed no impairment of surrounding tissues. Local-field potentials from behaving animals demonstrated a quasi-total abolition of epileptiform activities within the target. The irradiated S1Cx was unable to initiate seizures, whereas neighboring non-irradiated cortical and thalamic regions could still produce pathological oscillations. In vivo intracellular recordings showed that irradiated pyramidal neurons were strongly hyperpolarized and displayed a decreased excitability and a reduction of spontaneous synaptic activities. These functional alterations explain the suppression of large-scale synchronization within irradiated cortical networks. Our work provides the first post-irradiation electrophysiological recordings of individual neurons. Altogether, our data are a critical step towards understanding how X-ray radiation impacts neuronal physiology and epileptogenic processes
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