Case report: responses to stripe width changes and to complex gratings of a patient with pattern-sensitive epilepsy

A pattern-sensitive subject's ability to see faint gratings of several different stripe widths (spatial frequencies) was essentially normal, with the greatest sensitivity occurring for gratings with 2 cycles of light and dark stripes per degree of visual arc (c/deg). Epileptiform discharges, ho...

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Published inElectroencephalography and clinical neurophysiology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 98 - 101
Main Authors Soso, Michael J, Lettich, Ettore, Belgum, Jack H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 1980
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Summary:A pattern-sensitive subject's ability to see faint gratings of several different stripe widths (spatial frequencies) was essentially normal, with the greatest sensitivity occurring for gratings with 2 cycles of light and dark stripes per degree of visual arc (c/deg). Epileptiform discharges, however, occurred maximally at a narrower stripe width, 5 c/deg. The 50% bandwidth of the epileptic response was approximately one octave, which is similar to postulated ‘spatial frequency channels’ in the visual system. Hypothesized inhibitory interactions between the 5 c/deg grating and a 15 c/deg grating were not observed. Chez un sujet sensible au pattern, la capacité de voir des grilles faibles de différentes largeurs de bandes (fréquence spatiale) est essentiellement normale, mais la sensibilité maximale survient pour des grilles de 2 cycles de bandes claires et sombres par degré d'arc visuel (c/deg). Les décharges épileptiformes cependant surviennent au maximum pour la largeur de bande la plus étroite, 5 c/deg. La largeur de bande pour laquelle la réponse épileptique est de 50% est d'environ 1 octave, ce qui est semblable aux ‘chaînes de fréquences spatiales’ supposées exister dans le système visuel. L'hypothèse d'interactions inhibitrices entre la grille à 5 c/deg et une grille à 15 c/deg n'est pas vérifiée.
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ISSN:0013-4694
1872-6380
DOI:10.1016/0013-4694(80)90048-6