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Study team will measure the amplitude and timing to first peak of cerebro-cerebral evoked potentials (CCEPs).","During experiment up to 2 weeks",{"measure":44,"description":45,"timeFrame":42},"fMRI BOLD activity","To map thalamocortical and corticothalamic functional connectivity, he study team will obtain 8 runs of 6mins resting state fMRIs. Study team will measure the correlation of BOLD activity across voxels of interest.",{"measure":47,"description":48,"timeFrame":42},"Epileptogenicity Index (EI)","The study team will identify seizure onset zones (SOZs) using the measure of Epileptogenicity Index (EI) applied to data collected through intracranial EEG, and will label the SOZs as medial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) versus nonmedial TLEs.",{"measure":50,"description":51,"timeFrame":42},"Seizure propagation","Seizure propagation to ANT and PLV will be examined through intracranial EEG data within individuals by measuring EI and the propagation latencies from SOZ to ANT and PLV recording sites will be noted.",{"measure":53,"description":54,"timeFrame":42},"Coordinated activity across HPC and ANT","Successful memory encoding is associated with coordinated activity across hippocampus (HPC) and ANT (i.e., high frequency activity in ANT locked to the phase of hippocampal theta). Using intracranial EEG data, the study team will follow traditional analyses of changes in power in the canonical EEG bands (e.g., 3-7 Hz, theta band, 40-150 Hz, high gamma, etc.) as well as computationally derived aperiodic features of the signal \\[i.e., using the fitting oscillations \\& one over f (FOOOF) function\\]. Response onset latency of neural activity will determine with simultaneous recordings across HPC, ANT, and PLV how each ROI is engaged in time during a given experimental condition (i.e., encoding trials later recalled and trials not later recalled). We will also use validated methods of phase amplitude coupling (PAC) and intersite phase coherence (ISPC) to quantify cross regional relationships.",{"measure":56,"description":57,"timeFrame":42},"Cognitive task performance","In total, each patient will be asked to encode 200 words across the 5 sessions.",[],"ALL","18 Years","65 Years",{"inclusion":63,"exclusion":66,"raw_text":68},[64,65],"No medical or surgical contraindication to electrode implantation","Patient capable of understanding the scope of our project or signing informed consent independently",[67],"Unable to provide informed consent","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* No medical or surgical contraindication to electrode implantation\n* Patient capable of understanding the scope of our project or signing informed consent independently\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Unable to provide informed consent",[70,71],"ADULT","OLDER_ADULT",[73],{"facility":74,"city":75,"state":76,"zip":77,"country":78,"geoPoint":79},"Stanford Hospital","Stanford","California","94304","United States",{"lat":80,"lon":81},37.42411,-122.16608,[],[84],{"name":85,"affiliation":12,"role":86},"Josef Parvizi, MD PhD","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[],[],{"nct_id":4,"conditions":90,"biomarkers":92},[91],"Seizure Disorder",[],{"nct_id":4,"found":14,"summary":16,"prompt_version":16}]