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Record W4411045524 · doi:10.1002/epi4.70070

An algorithm for seizure detection in rodents

2025· article· en· W4411045524 on OpenAlex
Lyna Kamintsky, Gerben van Hameren, Itai Weissberg, Pooyan Moradi, Ofer Prager, Alaa Abu Ahmad, Lior Schori, Albert J. Becker, Yaniv Zigel, Alon Friedman

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Bibliographic record

VenueEpilepsia Open · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldNeuroscience
TopicEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Canadian institutionsDalhousie University
FundersCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchIsrael Science Foundation
KeywordsEpilepsyStatus epilepticusElectroencephalographyComputer scienceArtificial intelligencePattern recognition (psychology)Epileptic seizureSeizure typesNeurosciencePsychology

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy animal research often relies on long-term intracranial electroencephalographic (iEEG) recordings. Here, we describe an artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm for automatic detection of seizures. METHODS: The algorithm was trained on iEEG recordings of three mouse models of chronic epilepsy: (1) the pilocarpine model of epilepsy induced by status epilepticus; (2) the albumin model of seizures induced by blood-brain barrier opening; and (3) the synapsin triple knockout (STKO) model of genetic epilepsy. The iEEG signals were filtered, segmented, and underwent feature extraction to be classified by ANN. For classifier training, a dataset of seizure and non-seizure recordings was comprised and represented by 22 extracted features. Forward selection analysis was applied for the identification of an optimal feature subset. A graphical user interface was created for the simple execution of data analysis and seizure detection. System performance was assessed by analyzing over 2800 h of iEEG recordings from 15 animals. The developed system achieved a sensitivity and positive predictive value of above 98%. RESULTS: Since the development of this system in 2010, it has been used to study seizure frequency in multiple mouse and rat models of status epilepticus and post-traumatic epilepsy (compared to sham controls), as well as in young and old controls. SIGNIFICANCE: We conclude that the proposed approach is a reliable and efficient method for the automatic detection of seizures in mice and rats. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Epilepsy research often relies on rodent experiments involving EEG (electroencephalography) recordings. Today, most researchers still rely on manual inspection of these recordings in order to find and count seizures. This paper describes AI software for automated seizure detection in mice and rats. Over the past 15 years, this algorithm has been used in multiple studies of conditions that cause seizures.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.875
Threshold uncertainty score0.354

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.030
GPT teacher head0.344
Teacher spread0.314 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it