PURPOSE: In simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), increased neuronal activity from epileptiform spikes commonly elicits positive blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) responses. Negative responses are also occasionally seen and have not been explained. Recent studies describe BOLD signal changes before focal EEG spikes. We aimed to systematically study if the undershoot of a preceding positive response might explain the negative BOLD seen in the focus. METHODS: Eighty-two patients with focal epilepsy who underwent EEG-fMRI at 3T were retrospectively studied. Studies with a focal negative BOLD response in the region of the spike field were reanalyzed using models with hemodynamic response functions (HRFs) peaking from -9 to +9 s around the spike. RESULTS: Eight patients met the inclusion criteria, showing negative BOLD responses in the spike field on standard analysis. None had positive BOLD responses immediately adjacent to the areas of deactivation. Regions of deactivation were found to have congruent preceding positive responses in two cases. These early activations were seen at the combined maps of -5 to -9 s. DISCUSSION: This study indicates that in a small proportion of patients with focal epilepsy in whom the standard analysis reveals focal negative responses, an earlier positive BOLD response is probably the cause. The origin of negative BOLD signal changes in the focus as a result of an epileptic event remains, however, unexplained in most of the patients in whom it occurs. Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PURPOSE: In simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), increased neuronal activity from epileptiform spikes commonly elicits positive blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) responses. Negative responses are also occasionally seen and have not been explained. Recent studies describe BOLD signal changes before focal EEG spikes. We aimed to systematically study if the undershoot of a preceding positive response might explain the negative BOLD seen in the focus. METHODS: Eighty-two patients with focal epilepsy who underwent EEG-fMRI at 3T were retrospectively studied. Studies with a focal negative BOLD response in the region of the spike field were reanalyzed using models with hemodynamic response functions (HRFs) peaking from -9 to +9 s around the spike. RESULTS: Eight patients met the inclusion criteria, showing negative BOLD responses in the spike field on standard analysis. None had positive BOLD responses immediately adjacent to the areas of deactivation. Regions of deactivation were found to have congruent preceding positive responses in two cases. These early activations were seen at the combined maps of -5 to -9 s. DISCUSSION: This study indicates that in a small proportion of patients with focal epilepsy in whom the standard analysis reveals focal negative responses, an earlier positive BOLD response is probably the cause. The origin of negative BOLD signal changes in the focus as a result of an epileptic event remains, however, unexplained in most of the patients in whom it occurs. Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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