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1.- Dr. Kyousuke Kamada discussed his recent research on high gamma accumulation and dynamics at his new hospital in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan.

2.- EEG monitoring and electrocortical stimulation are routine for seizure diagnosis and functional mapping, but risk evoking seizures, especially in motor cortex.

3.- Dr. Kamada collaborates with G.Tec to establish real-time functional mapping by recording ECoG to avoid stimulating the brain and causing seizures.

4.- Arterial spin labeling MRI can visualize increased blood flow around seizure foci, complementing neurophysiology, the gold standard for seizure diagnosis.

5.- High gamma mapping allows patients to see activation in real-time, motivating them to perform language and motor tasks well.

6.- Dr. Kamada is interested in the dynamics of high gamma activity over time and how it spreads between brain regions.

7.- Passive high gamma mapping during story listening has high sensitivity and specificity for language mapping without patient cooperation or seizure risk.

8.- Covert speech elicits high gamma activation spreading from occipital to frontal language areas, demonstrating spatiotemporal dynamics of language processing.

9.- High gamma mapping is useful for pre-surgical planning and intraoperative mapping during awake craniotomies to guide electrical stimulation testing.

10.- High gamma mapping has high concordance with electrical stimulation for identifying motor and language areas, allowing more focused stimulation.

11.- Electrical stimulation and high gamma mapping have different mechanisms but similar sensitivity and specificity for functional mapping.

12.- Combining passive story listening and cortico-cortical evoked potentials (CCEPs) allows quick language mapping even in uncooperative patients under anesthesia.

13.- Stimulating temporal language areas elicits CCEPs in frontal language areas, demonstrating functional connectivity that can guide surgical resection.

14.- Using passive mapping and CCEPs, language mapping can be done in under 3 minutes without patient cooperation or seizure risk.

15.- Visualizing white matter connections between temporal and frontal language areas using diffusion tensor imaging complements CCEP mapping of functional connectivity.

16.- Corpus callosotomy disconnects seizure spread between hemispheres as a treatment for severe, drug-resistant epilepsy with drop attacks.

17.- Corpus callosum stimulation elicits contralateral CCEPs, indicating functional connectivity that is eliminated immediately when the callosum is cut.

18.- Anterior corpus callosotomy alone can eliminate seizures, as demonstrated by abolition of contralateral CCEPs when the anterior callosum is cut.

19.- Post-callosotomy, patients may be transiently aphasic but typically recover language in 1-3 days, and seizure freedom can last years.

20.- If seizures recur after callosotomy, medications that were previously ineffective may work, suggesting a "neuromodulation" effect of callosotomy.

21.- The anterior corpus callosum contains more glial cells than posterior regions, possibly relating to its key role in seizure spread.

22.- Bilateral ECoG and midline corpus callosotomy allows safe, precise disconnection of seizure spread based on CCEP mapping.

23.- Short-term electrical stimulation at specific times during picture naming can interrupt speech, indicating critical periods for language production.

24.- The critical time window for interrupting speech by stimulation corresponds to the peak of high gamma activation in language cortex.

25.- Precisely-timed stimulation based on high gamma dynamics could allow very brief interruption of language and motor function during mapping.

26.- Real-time visualization of ECoG signals and CCEPs should contribute to improving neurosurgical precision for epilepsy and brain tumor surgery.

27.- Dr. Kamada invites collaboration and visits to his hospital in Hokkaido to treat more epilepsy surgery patients using these techniques.

28.- Main obstacles to wider adoption include need for strong interdisciplinary background in neurosurgery, electrophysiology, and engineering.

29.- Another obstacle is limited availability of ECoG electrodes in Japan; Dr. Kamada currently uses the Nihon Kohden system but is transitioning to G.Tec.

30.- Anterior corpus callosotomy is generally safe and effective for controlling seizures in patients under age 25, with empirically low risk of permanent deficits.

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