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Goad BS, Lee-Messer C, He Z, Porter BE, Baumer FM. Connectivity increases during spikes and spike-free periods in self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 144:123-134. [PMID: 36307364 PMCID: PMC10883644 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To understand the impact of interictal spikes on brain connectivity in patients with Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS). METHODS Electroencephalograms from 56 consecutive SeLECTS patients were segmented into periods with and without spikes. Connectivity between electrodes was calculated using the weighted phase lag index. To determine if there are chronic alterations in connectivity in SeLECTS, we compared spike-free connectivity to connectivity in 65 matched controls. To understand the acute impact of spikes, we compared connectivity immediately before, during, and after spikes versus baseline, spike-free connectivity. We explored whether behavioral state, spike laterality, or antiseizure medications affected connectivity. RESULTS Children with SeLECTS had markedly higher connectivity than controls during sleep but not wakefulness, with greatest difference in the right hemisphere. During spikes, connectivity increased globally; before and after spikes, left frontal and bicentral connectivity increased. Right hemisphere connectivity increased more during right-sided than left-sided spikes; left hemisphere connectivity was equally affected by right and left spikes. CONCLUSIONS SeLECTS patient have persistent increased connectivity during sleep; connectivity is further elevated during the spike and perispike periods. SIGNIFICANCE Testing whether increased connectivity impacts cognition or seizure susceptibility in SeLECTS and more severe epilepsies could help determine if spikes should be treated.
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- Beatrice S Goad
- Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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Slinger G, Otte WM, Braun KPJ, van Diessen E. An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of brain network organization in focal epilepsy: Looking back and forth. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 132:211-223. [PMID: 34813826 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Abnormalities of the brain network organization in focal epilepsy have been extensively quantified. However, the extent and directionality of abnormalities are highly variable and subtype insensitive. We conducted meta-analyses to obtain a more accurate and epilepsy type-specific quantification of the interictal global brain network organization in focal epilepsy. By using random-effects models, we estimated differences in average clustering coefficient, average path length, and modularity between patients with focal epilepsy and controls, based on 45 studies with a total sample size of 1,468 patients and 1,021 controls. Structural networks had a significant lower level of integration in patients with epilepsy as compared to controls, with a standardized mean difference of -0.334 (95 % confidence interval -0.631 to -0.038; p-value 0.027). Functional networks did not differ between patients and controls, except for the beta band clustering coefficient. Our meta-analyses show that differences in the brain network organization are not as well defined as individual studies often propose. We discuss potential pitfalls and suggestions to enhance the yield and clinical value of network studies.
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- Geertruida Slinger
- Department of Child Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Child Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Wang P, Li Y, Sun Y, Sun J, Niu K, Zhang K, Xiang J, Chen Q, Hu Z, Wang X. Altered functional connectivity in newly diagnosed benign epilepsy with unilateral or bilateral centrotemporal spikes: A multi-frequency MEG study. Epilepsy Behav 2021; 124:108276. [PMID: 34547687 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Rolandic epilepsy (RE) is one of the most common forms of epilepsy syndromes in children. The condition is usually accompanied with either unilateral or bilateral centrotemporal epileptic discharge. Despite the term "benign", many studies have reported that children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) display a range of pervasive cognitive difficulties. In addition, existing research suggests that unilateral and bilateral centrotemporal spikes may affect cognition through different mechanisms. Consequently, the present study aimed to investigate cognitive impairment and the resting-state network topology of children with benign epilepsy with unilateral centrotemporal spikes (U-BECTS) and with bilateral centrotemporal spikes (B-BECTS). METHODS This study recruited 14 children with U-BECTS and 14 with B-BECTS. Thereafter, cognition was assessed in 28 children with BECTS and 14 healthy controls, using the fourth edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC-IV). Additionally, the functional network of the brain was constructed through magnetoencephalography (MEG) to record the resting-state brain magnetic signals of the brain and by computing virtual sensor waveforms at the source level. Moreover, graph theory (GT) analysis was used to assess the properties of the brain network. RESULTS Children in the B-BECTS group had an earlier onset of epilepsy compared to those in the U-BECTS category. In addition, both the B-BECTS and U-BECTS groups had lower Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ), Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI), and Working Memory Index (WMI) scores, compared to the healthy controls although only children in the B-BECTS category had lower Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI) scores. The results also showed that both BECTS groups had increased frontal cortex connectivity in specific frequency bands. Notably, children with B-BECTS showed a more disorderly and randomized network in the 1-4-Hz and 80-250-Hz frequency bands. Moreover, GT analysis showed that children with B-BECTS had lower clustering coefficient and characteristic path length in the 80-250-Hz frequency bands and higher connection strength in the 4-8-Hz frequency bands. On the other hand, the U-BECTS group had a higher clustering coefficient in the 8-12-Hz frequency bands, compared to the healthy controls. Correlation analysis revealed that there were negative correlations between network parameters, clinical characteristics, and neuropsychological data in the U-BECTS category. CONCLUSION The findings revealed that children with BECTS display a diffuse early cognitive deficit. In addition, resting-state suboptimal network topology may be the mechanism of cognitive impairment in children with BECTS. The study also showed that and children with B-BECTS may be at a higher risk of cognitive impairment.
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- Pengfei Wang
- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- MEG Center, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, United States
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- MEG Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Children's Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
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Epilepsy is characterized by specific alterations in network organization. The main parameters at the basis of epileptogenic network formation are alterations of cortical thickness, development of pathologic hubs, modification of hub distribution, and white matter alterations. The effect is a reinforcement of brain connectivity in both the epileptogenic zone and the propagation zone. Moreover, the epileptogenic network is characterized by some specific neurophysiologic biomarkers that evidence the tendency of the network itself to shift from an interictal state to an ictal one. The recognition of these features is crucial in planning epilepsy surgery.
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Drenthen GS, Fasen F, Fonseca Wald ELA, Backes WH, Aldenkamp AP, Vermeulen RJ, Debeij-van Hall M, Hendriksen J, Klinkenberg S, Jansen JFA. Functional brain network characteristics are associated with epilepsy severity in childhood absence epilepsy. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 27:102264. [PMID: 32387851 PMCID: PMC7210592 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The functional network of children with childhood absence epilepsy is less efficiently organized in terms of clustering and small-worldness. Longer path lengths (i.e. less efficient organization) of the functional network relate to a longer duration of childhood absence epilepsy. Longer path lengths of the functional network relate to a higher seizure frequency in childhood absence epilepsy.
While cognitive impairments are not generally considered to be part of the childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) syndrome, some recent studies report cognitive, mainly attentional, deficits. Here we set out to investigate the whole brain functional network of children with CAE and controls. Furthermore, the possible relation of the functional network abnormalities with epilepsy and neurocognitive characteristics is studied. Seventeen children with childhood CAE (aged 9.2 ± 2.1 years) and 15 controls (aged 9.8 ± 1.8 years) were included. Resting state functional MRI was acquired to study the functional network. Using graph theoretical analysis, three global metrics of the functional network were investigated: the characteristic path length, the clustering coefficient, and the small-worldness. A multivariable linear regression model including age, sex, and subject motion as covariates was used to investigate group differences in the graph metrics. Subsequently, relations of the graph metrics with epilepsy and neurocognitive characteristics were assessed. Longer path lengths, weaker clustering and a lower small-world network topology were observed in children with CAE compared to controls. Moreover, longer path lengths were related to a longer duration of CAE and a higher number of absence seizure per hour. Clustering and small-worldness were not significantly related to epilepsy or neurocognitive characteristics. The organization of the functional network of children with CAE is less efficient compared to controls, and is related to disease duration. These preliminary findings suggest that CAE is associated with alterations in the functional network.
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- Gerhard S Drenthen
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Rondom 70, Eindhoven, Netherlands,; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Rondom 70, Eindhoven, Netherlands,; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Sterkselseweg 65, Heeze, Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Rondom 70, Eindhoven, Netherlands,; Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Sterkselseweg 65, Heeze, Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Sterkselseweg 65, Heeze, Netherlands
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Sterkselseweg 65, Heeze, Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Rondom 70, Eindhoven, Netherlands,; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Cortical Excitability, Synaptic Plasticity, and Cognition in Benign Epilepsy With Centrotemporal Spikes: A Pilot TMS-EMG-EEG Study. J Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 37:170-180. [PMID: 32142025 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes have rare seizures emerging from the motor cortex, which they outgrow in adolescence, and additionally may have language deficits of unclear etiology. We piloted the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation paired with EMG and EEG (TMS-EMG, TMS-EEG) to test the hypotheses that net cortical excitability decreases with age and that use-dependent plasticity predicts learning. METHODS We assessed language and motor learning in 14 right-handed children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. We quantified two TMS metrics of left motor cortex excitability: the resting motor threshold (measure of neuronal membrane excitability) and amplitude of the N100-evoked potential (an EEG measure of GABAergic tone). To test plasticity, we applied 1 Hz repetitive TMS to the motor cortex to induce long-term depression-like changes in EMG- and EEG-evoked potentials. RESULTS Children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes tolerate TMS; no seizures were provoked. Resting motor threshold decreases with age but is elevated above maximal stimulator output for half the group. N100 amplitude decreases with age after controlling for resting motor threshold. Motor cortex plasticity correlates significantly with language learning and at a trend level with motor learning. CONCLUSIONS Transcranial magnetic stimulation is safe and feasible for children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, and TMS-EEG provides more reliable outcome measures than TMS-EMG in this group because many children have unmeasurably high resting motor thresholds. Net cortical excitability decreases with age, and motor cortex plasticity predicts not only motor learning but also language learning, suggesting a mechanism by which motor cortex seizures may interact with language development.
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Vaudano AE, Avanzini P, Cantalupo G, Filippini M, Ruggieri A, Talami F, Caramaschi E, Bergonzini P, Vignoli A, Veggiotti P, Guerra A, Gessaroli G, Santucci M, Canevini MP, Piccolo B, Pisani F, Gobbi G, Dalla Bernardina B, Meletti S. Mapping the Effect of Interictal Epileptic Activity Density During Wakefulness on Brain Functioning in Focal Childhood Epilepsies With Centrotemporal Spikes. Front Neurol 2019; 10:1316. [PMID: 31920937 PMCID: PMC6930928 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (CECTS) is the most common type of “self-limited focal epilepsies.” In its typical presentation, CECTS is a condition reflecting non-lesional cortical hyperexcitability of rolandic regions. The benign evolution of this disorder is challenged by the frequent observation of associated neuropsychological deficits and behavioral impairment. The abundance (or frequency) of interictal centrotemporal spikes (CTS) in CECTS is considered a risk factor for deficits in cognition. Herein, we captured the hemodynamic changes triggered by the CTS density measure (i.e., the number of CTS for time bin) obtained in a cohort of CECTS, studied by means of video electroencephalophy/functional MRI during quite wakefulness. We aim to demonstrate a direct influence of the diurnal CTS frequency on epileptogenic and cognitive networks of children with CECTS. A total number of 8,950 CTS (range between 27 and 801) were recorded in 23 CECTS (21 male), with a mean number of 255 CTS/patient and a mean density of CTS/30 s equal to 10,866 ± 11.46. Two independent general linear model models were created for each patient based on the effect of interest: “individual CTS” in model 1 and “CTS density” in model 2. Hemodynamic correlates of CTS density revealed the involvement of a widespread cortical–subcortical network encompassing the sensory-motor cortex, the Broca's area, the premotor cortex, the thalamus, the putamen, and red nucleus, while in the CTS event-related model, changes were limited to blood–oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) signal increases in the sensory-motor cortices. A linear relationship was observed between the CTS density hemodynamic changes and both disease duration (positive correlation) and age (negative correlation) within the language network and the bilateral insular cortices. Our results strongly support the critical role of the CTS frequency, even during wakefulness, to interfere with the normal functioning of language brain networks.
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- Anna Elisabetta Vaudano
- Neurology Unit, OCB Hospital, AOU Modena, Modena, Italy.,Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Italian National Research Council, Parma Research Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.,Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, OCB Hospital, AOU Modena, Modena, Italy.,Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Bourel-Ponchel E, Mahmoudzadeh M, Adebimpe A, Wallois F. Functional and Structural Network Disorganizations in Typical Epilepsy With Centro-Temporal Spikes and Impact on Cognitive Neurodevelopment. Front Neurol 2019; 10:809. [PMID: 31555191 PMCID: PMC6727184 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (ECTS) is the most common form of self-limited focal epilepsy. The pathophysiological mechanisms by which ECTS induces neuropsychological impairment in 15-30% of affected children remain unclear. The objective of this study is to review the current state of knowledge concerning the brain structural and functional changes that may be involved in cognitive dysfunctions in ECTS. Structural brain imaging suggests the presence of subtle neurodevelopmental changes over the epileptogenic zone and over distant regions in ECTS. This structural remodeling likely occurs prior to the diagnosis and evolves over time, especially in patients with cognitive impairment, suggesting that the epileptogenic processes might interfere with the dynamics of the brain development and/or the normal maturation processes. Functional brain imaging demonstrates profound disorganization accentuated by interictal epileptic spikes (IES) in the epileptogenic zone and in remote networks in ECTS. Over the epileptogenic zone, the literature demonstrates changes in term of neuronal activity and synchronization, which are effective several hundred milliseconds before the IES. In the same time window, functional changes are also observed in bilateral distant networks, notably in the frontal and temporal lobes. Effective connectivity demonstrates that the epileptogenic zone constitutes the key area at the origin of IES propagation toward distant cortical regions, including frontal areas. Altogether, structural and functional network disorganizations, in terms of: (i) power spectral values, (ii) functional and effective connectivity, are likely to participate in the cognitive impairment commonly reported in children with ECTS. These results suggest a central and causal role of network disorganizations related to IES in the neuropsychological impairment described in ECTS children.
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- Emilie Bourel-Ponchel
- INSERM UMR 1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
- INSERM UMR 1105, EFSN Pediatric, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- INSERM UMR 1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
- INSERM UMR 1105, EFSN Pediatric, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- INSERM UMR 1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- INSERM UMR 1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
- INSERM UMR 1105, EFSN Pediatric, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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Bear JJ, Chapman KE, Tregellas JR. The epileptic network and cognition: What functional connectivity is teaching us about the childhood epilepsies. Epilepsia 2019; 60:1491-1507. [PMID: 31247129 PMCID: PMC7175745 DOI: 10.1111/epi.16098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Our objective was to summarize and evaluate the rapidly expanding body of literature studying functional connectivity in childhood epilepsy. In the self-limited childhood epilepsies, awareness of cognitive comorbidities has been steadily increasing, and recent advances in our understanding of the network effects of these disorders promise insights into the underlying neurobiology. We reviewed publications addressing functional connectivity in children with epilepsy with an emphasis on studies of children with self-limited childhood epilepsies. The majority of studies have been published in the past 10 years and predominantly examine childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes and childhood absence epilepsy. Cognitive network alterations are commonly observed across the childhood epilepsies. Some of these effects appear to be nonspecific to epilepsy syndrome or even to category of neurological disorder. Other patterns, such as changes in the connectivity of cortical language areas in childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, provide clues to the underlying cognitive deficits seen in affected children. The literature to date is dominated by general observations of connectivity patterns without a priori hypotheses. These data-driven studies build an important foundation for hypothesis generation and are already providing useful insights into the neuropathology of the childhood epilepsies. Future work should emphasize hypothesis-driven approaches and rigorous clinical correlations to better understand how the knowledge of network alterations can be applied to guidance and treatment for the children in our clinics.
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- Joshua J Bear
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Research Service, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
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Choi HS, Chung YG, Choi SA, Ahn S, Kim H, Yoon S, Hwang H, Kim KJ. Electroencephalographic Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes. J Clin Neurol 2019; 15:211-220. [PMID: 30938108 PMCID: PMC6444134 DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2019.15.2.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose We aimed to reveal resting-state functional connectivity characteristics based on the spike-free waking electroencephalogram (EEG) of benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) patients, which usually appears normal in routine visual inspection. Methods Thirty BECTS patients and 30 disease-free and age- and sex-matched controls were included. Eight-second EEG epochs without artifacts were sampled and then bandpass filtered into the delta, theta, lower alpha, upper alpha, and beta bands to construct the association matrix. The weighted phase lag index (wPLI) was used as an association measure for EEG signals. The band-specific connectivity, which was represented as a matrix of wPLI values of all edges, was compared for analyzing the connectivity itself. The global wPLI, characteristic path length (CPL), and mean clustering coefficient were compared. Results The resting-state functional connectivity itself and the network topology differed in the BECTS patients. For the lower-alpha-band and beta-band connectivity, edges that showed significant differences had consistently lower wPLI values compared to the disease-free controls. The global wPLI value was significantly lower for BECTS patients than for the controls in lower-alpha-band connectivity (mean±SD; 0.241±0.034 vs. 0.276±0.054, p=0.024), while the CPL was significantly longer for BECTS in the same frequency band (mean±SD; 4.379±0.574 vs. 3.904±0.695, p=0.04). The resting-state functional connectivity of BECTS showed decreased connectivity, integration, and efficiency compared to controls. Conclusions The connectivity differed significantly between BECTS patients and disease-free controls. In BECTS, global connectivity was significantly decreased and the resting-state functional connectivity showed lower efficiency in the lower alpha band.
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- Hyun Soo Choi
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Healthcare ICT Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Medical Statistics, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience Center, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Chiosa V, Ciolac D, Groppa S, Koirala N, Pintea B, Vataman A, Winter Y, Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Muthuraman M, Groppa S. Large-scale network architecture and associated structural cortico-subcortical abnormalities in patients with sleep/awake-related seizures. Sleep 2019; 42:5304608. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Vitalie Chiosa
- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, BG University hospital of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Drenthen GS, Backes WH, Rouhl RPW, Vlooswijk MCG, Majoie MHJM, Hofman PAM, Aldenkamp AP, Jansen JFA. Structural covariance networks relate to the severity of epilepsy with focal-onset seizures. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2018; 20:861-867. [PMID: 30278373 PMCID: PMC6169103 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE The brains of patients with epilepsy may exhibit various morphological abnormalities, which are often not directly visible on structural MR images, as they may be focally subtle or related to a more large-scale inconspicuous disorganization of brain structures. To explore the relation between structural brain organization and epilepsy characteristics, including severity and cognitive co-morbidity, we determined structural covariance networks (SCNs). SCNs represent interregional correlations of morphologic measures, for instance in terms of cortical thickness, between various large-scale distributed brain regions. METHODS Thirty-eight patients with focal seizures of all subtypes and 21 healthy controls underwent structural MRI, neurological, and IQ assessment. Cortical thickness was derived from the structural MRIs using FreeSurfer. Subsequently, SCNs were constructed on a group-level based on correlations of the cortical thicknesses between various brain regions. Individual SCNs for the epilepsy patients were extracted by adding the respective patient to the control group prior to the SCN construction (i.e. add-one-patient approach). Calculated network measures, i.e. path length, clustering coefficient and betweenness centrality were correlated with characteristics related to the severity of epilepsy, including seizure history and age at onset of epilepsy, and cognitive performance. RESULTS Stronger clustering in the individual SCN was associated with a higher number of focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures during life time, a younger age at onset, and lower cognitive performance. The path length of the individual SCN was not related to the severity of epilepsy or cognitive performance. Higher betweenness centrality of the left cuneus and lower betweenness centrality of the right rostral middle frontal gyrus were associated with increased drug load and younger age at onset, respectively. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that the correlations between interregional variations of cortical thickness reflect disease characteristics or responses to the disease and deficits in patients with epilepsy with focal seizures.
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- Gerhard S Drenthen
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Academic Center for Epileptology, Kempenhaeghe/Maastricht University Medical Center, Heeze and Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Groene Loper 19, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Academic Center for Epileptology, Kempenhaeghe/Maastricht University Medical Center, Heeze and Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Academic Center for Epileptology, Kempenhaeghe/Maastricht University Medical Center, Heeze and Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Academic Center for Epileptology, Kempenhaeghe/Maastricht University Medical Center, Heeze and Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Academic Center for Epileptology, Kempenhaeghe/Maastricht University Medical Center, Heeze and Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Groene Loper 19, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Sterkselseweg 65, Heeze, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Bathelt J, Barnes J, Raymond FL, Baker K, Astle D. Global and Local Connectivity Differences Converge With Gene Expression in a Neurodevelopmental Disorder of Known Genetic Origin. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:3806-3817. [PMID: 28168288 PMCID: PMC6600876 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Knowledge of genetic cause in neurodevelopmental disorders can highlight molecular and cellular processes critical for typical development. Furthermore, the relative homogeneity of neurodevelopmental disorders of known genetic origin allows the researcher to establish the subsequent neurobiological processes that mediate cognitive and behavioral outcomes. The current study investigated white matter structural connectivity in a group of individuals with intellectual disability due to mutations in ZDHHC9. In addition to shared cause of cognitive impairment, these individuals have a shared cognitive profile, involving oromotor control difficulties and expressive language impairment. Analysis of structural network properties using graph theory measures showed global reductions in mean clustering coefficient and efficiency in the ZDHHC9 group, with maximal differences in frontal and parietal areas. Regional variation in clustering coefficient across cortical regions in ZDHHC9 mutation cases was significantly associated with known pattern of expression of ZDHHC9 in the normal adult human brain. The results demonstrate that a mutation in a single gene impacts upon white matter organization across the whole-brain, but also shows regionally specific effects, according to variation in gene expression. Furthermore, these regionally specific patterns may link to specific developmental mechanisms, and correspond to specific cognitive deficits.
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- Joe Bathelt
- MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK
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- MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK.,Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK
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Jiang L, Zhang T, Lv F, Li S, Liu H, Zhang Z, Luo T. Structural Covariance Network of Cortical Gyrification in Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes. Front Neurol 2018; 9:10. [PMID: 29467710 PMCID: PMC5807981 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is associated with cognitive and language problems. According to recent studies, disruptions in brain structure and function in children with BECTS are beyond a Rolandic focus, suggesting atypical cortical development. However, previous studies utilizing surface-based metrics (e.g., cortical gyrification) and their structural covariance networks at high resolution in children with BECTS are limited. Twenty-six children with BECTS (15 males/11 females; 10.35 ± 2.91 years) and 26 demographically matched controls (15 males/11 females; 11.35 ± 2.51 years) were included in this study and subjected to high-resolution structural brain MRI scans. The gyrification index was calculated, and structural brain networks were reconstructed based on the covariance of the cortical folding. In the BECTS group, significantly increased gyrification was observed in the bilateral Sylvain fissures and the left pars triangularis, temporal, rostral middle frontal, lateral orbitofrontal, and supramarginal areas (cluster-corrected p < 0.05). Global brain network measures were not significantly different between the groups; however, the nodal alterations were most pronounced in the insular, frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes (FDR corrected, p < 0.05). In children with BECTS, brain hubs increased in number and tended to shift to sensorimotor and temporal areas. Furthermore, we observed significantly positive relationships between the gyrification index and age (vertex p < 0.001, cluster-level correction) as well as duration of epilepsy (vertex p < 0.001, cluster-level correction). Our results suggest that BECTS may be a condition that features abnormal over-folding of the Sylvian fissures and uncoordinated development of structural wiring, disrupted nodal profiles of centrality, and shifted hub distribution, which potentially represents a neuroanatomical hallmark of BECTS in the developing brain.
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- Lin Jiang
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Parker CS, Clayden JD, Cardoso MJ, Rodionov R, Duncan JS, Scott C, Diehl B, Ourselin S. Structural and effective connectivity in focal epilepsy. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2017. [PMID: 29527498 PMCID: PMC5842760 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Patients with medically-refractory focal epilepsy may be candidates for neurosurgery and some may require placement of intracranial EEG electrodes to localise seizure onset. Assessing cerebral responses to single pulse electrical stimulation (SPES) may give diagnostically useful data. SPES produces cortico-cortical evoked potentials (CCEPs), which infer effective brain connectivity. Diffusion-weighted images and tractography may be used to estimate structural brain connectivity. This combination provides the opportunity to observe seizure onset and its propagation throughout the brain, spreading contiguously along the cortex explored with electrodes, or non-contiguously. We analysed CCEPs and diffusion tractography in seven focal epilepsy patients and reconstructed the effective and structural brain networks. We aimed to assess the inter-modal similarity of the networks at a large scale across the cortex, the effective and structural connectivity of the ictal-onset zone, and investigate potential mechanisms of non-contiguous seizure spread. We found a significant overlap between structural and effective networks. Effective network CCEP amplitude, baseline variation, and outward connectivity was higher at ictal-onset zones, while structural connection strength within the ictal-onset zone tended to be higher. These findings support the concept of hyperexcitable cortex being associated with seizure generation. The high prevalence of structural and effective connections from the ictal-onset zone to sites of non-contiguous spread suggests that macroscopic structural and effective connections are plausible routes for non-contiguous seizure spread. Inter-modal network agreement was higher than by chance and correlation was low. High CCEP amplitude, baseline variation and outdegree at the ictal-onset zone. Streamline density tended to be higher within the ictal-onset zone. High ictal-onset zone connectivity to early and late seizure spread sites.
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- Christopher S Parker
- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
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- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yan X, Yu Q, Gao Y, Li L, Yu D, Chen Y, Yao X, Yang W, Chen Z, Yin J, An Y, Tan K. Cognition in patients with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A study with long-term VEEG and RS-fMRI. Epilepsy Behav 2017; 76:120-125. [PMID: 28882722 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between alterations of functional brain network and cognition in patients with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) as a function of spike-wave index (SWI) during slow wave sleep. METHODS Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) data and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) were collected from two groups of patients with BECTS, including a SWI<50% group (5 cases) and a SWI≥50% group (7 cases). The SWI was calculated from the long-term video-electroencephalogram monitoring (one sleep cycle was included at least). The RS-fMRI data were analyzed by regional homogeneity (ReHo) method. RESULTS There were three main findings. Firstly, Full Intelligence Quotient (FIQ), Verbal Intelligence Quotient (VIQ), and Performance Intelligence Quotient (PIQ) of the SWI≥50% group were significantly lower than SWI<50% group (p<0.05). Secondly, there was a negative correlation between the FIQ, VIQ, PIQ, and SWI (p<0.05), and the FIQ, VIQ, and PIQ were not dependent on age, age of onset, disease course, years of education, and total number of seizures (p>0.05). Finally, compared with the SWI<50% group, the SWI≥50% group showed increased ReHo in the bilateral precentral gyrus, bilateral premotor area, bilateral subcortical structure, right temporal lobe, and bilateral insular lobe, while they showed decreased ReHo in the posterior cingulate cortex and posterior of right inferior temporal lobe. CONCLUSIONS The alterations of functional brain network caused by the frequent discharges during slow wave sleep could affect cognition in patients with BECTS.
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- Xinxin Yan
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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Ciumas C, Laurent A, Saignavongs M, Ilski F, de Bellescize J, Panagiotakaki E, Ostrowsky-Coste K, Arzimanoglou A, Herbillon V, Ibarrola D, Ryvlin P. Behavioral and fMRI responses to fearful faces are altered in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS). Epilepsia 2017; 58:1716-1727. [DOI: 10.1111/epi.13858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Carolina Ciumas
- Translational and Integrative Group in Epilepsy Research (TIGER); INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center; University Lyon 1; Lyon France
- Institute of Epilepsies (IDEE); Lyon France
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences; CHUV; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery; Sainte-Anne Hospital; Paris France
- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
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- Translational and Integrative Group in Epilepsy Research (TIGER); INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center; University Lyon 1; Lyon France
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- Translational and Integrative Group in Epilepsy Research (TIGER); INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center; University Lyon 1; Lyon France
- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
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- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
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- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
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- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
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- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
- Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team (DYCOG); INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center; University Lyon 1; Lyon France
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- Department of Clinical Epileptology, Sleep Disorders and Functional Neurology in Children; University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL); Lyon France
- Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team (DYCOG); INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center; University Lyon 1; Lyon France
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- Institute of Epilepsies (IDEE); Lyon France
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences; CHUV; Lausanne Switzerland
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Zhao X, Wang A, Wang S, Zhang T, Chi Z, Liu Y. Atypical features of benign rolandic epilepsy in Chinese children: Retrospective study. Pediatr Int 2017; 59:793-797. [PMID: 28258599 DOI: 10.1111/ped.13274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2016] [Revised: 12/31/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE) is one of the most common focal epilepsies in childhood, but less typical clinical presentations may lead to misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment. The focus of this study was therefore to retrospectively investigate the less typical features of BRE in Chinese children. METHODS Data on 316 Chinese children with BRE were collected and analyzed. RESULTS A total of 7.3% of children complained of tension, fear and terror at the onset of a seizure, and 5.4% had been misdiagnosed with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Approximately 12.3% had post-ictal Todd's paresis, with 6.6% having been misdiagnosed and given incorrect treatment. Nineteen children (6%) had neuroradiologic abnormalities, which could lead to a diagnosis of symptomatic epilepsy. Twenty-five patients (8.0%) had cognitive deficits. CONCLUSIONS Greater recognition of, and further investigation into, the spectrum of BRE are needed.
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- Xiuhe Zhao
- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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McGinnity CJ, Smith AB, Yaakub SN, Weidenbach Gerbase S, Gammerman A, Tyson AL, Bell TK, Elmasri M, Barker GJ, Richardson MP, Pal DK. Decreased functional connectivity within a language subnetwork in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Epilepsia Open 2017; 2:214-225. [PMID: 29588950 PMCID: PMC5719846 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Objective Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS, also known as Rolandic epilepsy) is a common epilepsy syndrome that is associated with literacy and language impairments. The neural mechanisms of the syndrome are not known. The primary objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that functional connectivity within the language network is decreased in children with BECTS. We also tested the hypothesis that siblings of children with BECTS have similar abnormalities. Methods Echo planar magnetic resonance (MR) imaging data were acquired from 25 children with BECTS, 12 siblings, and 20 healthy controls, at rest. After preprocessing with particular attention to intrascan motion, the mean signal was extracted from each of 90 regions of interest. Sparse, undirected graphs were constructed from adjacency matrices consisting of Spearman's rank correlation coefficients. Global and nodal graph metrics and subnetwork and pairwise connectivity were compared between groups. Results There were no significant differences in graph metrics between groups. Children with BECTS had decreased functional connectivity relative to controls within a four-node subnetwork, which consisted of the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left superior frontal gyrus, the left supramarginal gyrus, and the right inferior parietal lobe (p = 0.04). A similar but nonsignificant decrease was also observed for the siblings. The BECTS groups had significant increases in connectivity within a five-node, five-edge frontal subnetwork. Significance The results provide further evidence of decreased functional connectivity between key mediators of speech processing, language, and reading in children with BECTS. We hypothesize that these decreases reflect delayed lateralization of the language network and contribute to specific cognitive impairments.
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- Colm J. McGinnity
- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & MedicineSchool of Bioscience EducationKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental SciencesInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
- Centre for Developmental NeurobiologyInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & MedicineSchool of Bioscience EducationKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of NeuroimagingInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical NeuroscienceInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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Garcia-Ramos C, Bobholz S, Dabbs K, Hermann B, Joutsa J, Rinne JO, Karrasch M, Prabhakaran V, Shinnar S, Sillanpää M. Brain structure and organization five decades after childhood onset epilepsy. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:3289-3299. [PMID: 28370719 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The purpose of this project was to characterize brain structure and organization in persons with active and remitted childhood onset epilepsy 50 years after diagnosis compared with healthy controls. Participants from a population-based investigation of uncomplicated childhood onset epilepsy were followed up 5 decades later. Forty-one participants had a history of childhood onset epilepsy (mean age of onset = 5.2 years, current chronological age = 56.0 years) and were compared with 48 population-based controls (mean age = 55.9 years). Of the epilepsy participants, 8 had persisting active epilepsy and in 33 the epilepsy had remitted. All participants underwent 3T MRI with subsequent vertex analysis of cortical volume, thickness, surface area and gyral complexity. In addition, cortical and subcortical volumes, including regions of the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, and subcortical structures including amygdala, thalamus, and hippocampus, were analyzed using graph theory techniques. There were modest group differences in traditional vertex-based analyses of cortical volume, thickness, surface area and gyral index, as well as across volumes of subcortical structures, after correction for multiple comparisons. Graph theory analyses revealed suboptimal topological structural organization with enhanced network segregation and reduced global integration in the epilepsy participants compared with controls, these patterns significantly more extreme in the active epilepsy group. Furthermore, both groups with epilepsy presented a greater number of higher Z-score regions in betweenness centrality (BC) than lower Z-score regions compared with controls. Also, contrary to the group with remitted epilepsy, patients with active epilepsy presented most of their high BC Z-score regions in subcortical areas including the amygdala, thalamus, hippocampus, pallidum, and accumbens. Overall, this population-based investigation of long term outcome (5 decades) of childhood onset epilepsy reveals persisting abnormalities, especially when examined by graph theoretical measurements, and provides new insights into the very long-term outcomes of active and remitted epilepsy. Hum Brain Mapp 38:3289-3299, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Camille Garcia-Ramos
- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland.,Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Turku University Hospital, Turku, 20500, Finland.,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, 20500, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland.,Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Turku University Hospital, Turku, 20500, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, Abo Akademi University, Turku, 20500, Finland
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- Department of, Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 E. 210th Street Bronx, New York, 10467
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- Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland.,Department of, Child Neurology, University of Turku, and Turku University Hospital, Turku, 20014, Finland
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Toselli B, Tortora D, Severino M, Arnulfo G, Canessa A, Morana G, Rossi A, Fato MM. Improvement in White Matter Tract Reconstruction with Constrained Spherical Deconvolution and Track Density Mapping in Low Angular Resolution Data: A Pediatric Study and Literature Review. Front Pediatr 2017; 5:182. [PMID: 28913326 PMCID: PMC5582070 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) allows noninvasive investigation of brain structure in vivo. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a frequently used application of DW-MRI that assumes a single main diffusion direction per voxel, and is therefore not well suited for reconstructing crossing fiber tracts. Among the solutions developed to overcome this problem, constrained spherical deconvolution with probabilistic tractography (CSD-PT) has provided superior quality results in clinical settings on adult subjects; however, it requires particular acquisition parameters and long sequences, which may limit clinical usage in the pediatric age group. The aim of this work was to compare the results of DTI with those of track density imaging (TDI) maps and CSD-PT on data from neonates and children, acquired with low angular resolution and low b-value diffusion sequences commonly used in pediatric clinical MRI examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed DW-MRI studies of 50 children (eight neonates aged 3-28 days, 20 infants aged 1-8 months, and 22 children aged 2-17 years) acquired on a 1.5 T Philips scanner using 34 gradient directions and a b-value of 1,000 s/mm2. Other sequence parameters included 60 axial slices; acquisition matrix, 128 × 128; average scan time, 5:34 min; voxel size, 1.75 mm × 1.75 mm × 2 mm; one b = 0 image. For each subject, we computed principal eigenvector (EV) maps and directionally encoded color TDI maps (DEC-TDI maps) from whole-brain tractograms obtained with CSD-PT; the cerebellar-thalamic, corticopontocerebellar, and corticospinal tracts were reconstructed using both CSD-PT and DTI. Results were compared by two neuroradiologists using a 5-point qualitative score. RESULTS The DEC-TDI maps obtained presented higher anatomical detail than EV maps, as assessed by visual inspection. In all subjects, white matter (WM) tracts were successfully reconstructed using both tractography methodologies. The mean qualitative scores of all tracts obtained with CSD-PT were significantly higher than those obtained with DTI (p-value < 0.05 for all comparisons). CONCLUSION CSD-PT can be successfully applied to DW-MRI studies acquired at 1.5 T with acquisition parameters adapted for pediatric subjects, thus providing TDI maps with greater anatomical detail. This methodology yields satisfactory results for clinical purposes in the pediatric age group.
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- Benedetta Toselli
- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Pohlmann-Eden B, Aldenkamp A, Baker GA, Brandt C, Cendes F, Coras R, Crocker CE, Helmstaedter C, Jones-Gotman M, Kanner AM, Mazarati A, Mula M, Smith ML, Omisade A, Tellez-Zenteno J, Hermann BP. The relevance of neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive problems in new-onset epilepsy - Current knowledge and understanding. Epilepsy Behav 2015; 51:199-209. [PMID: 26291774 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Neurobehavioral and cognition problems are highly prevalent in epilepsy, but most research studies to date have not adequately addressed the precise nature of the relationship between these comorbidities and seizures. To address this complex issue and to facilitate collaborative, innovative research in the rising field of neurobehavioral comorbidities and cognition disturbances in new-onset epilepsy, international epilepsy experts met at the 3rd Halifax International Epilepsy Conference & Retreat at White Point, South Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada from September 18 to 20, 2014. This Conference Proceedings provides a summary of the conference proceedings. Specifically, the following topics are discussed: (i) role of comorbidities in epilepsy diagnosis and management, (ii) role of antiepileptic medications in understanding the relationship between epilepsy and neurobehavioral and cognition problems, and (iii) animal data and diagnostic approaches. Evidence to date, though limited, strongly suggests a bidirectional relationship between epilepsy and cognitive and psychiatric comorbidities. In fact, it is likely that seizures and neurobehavioral problems represent different symptoms of a common etiology or network-wide disturbance. As a reflection of this shared network, psychiatric comorbidities and/or cognition problems may actually precede the seizure occurrence and likely get often missed if not screened.
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- B Pohlmann-Eden
- Division of Neurology, Dalhousie University of Halifax, Canada; Brain Repair Center, Dalhousie University of Halifax, Canada.
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- Epilepsiecentrum Kempenhaeghe, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neurosciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Bethel Epilepsy Center, Mara Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neuropathology, University of Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Neurology, Dalhousie University of Halifax, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
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- Epilepsy Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, USA
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- Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, D. Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
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- Epilepsy Group, Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Medical and Biomedical Sciences St. George's University of London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Dalhousie University of Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA
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Gleichgerrcht E, Kocher M, Bonilha L. Connectomics and graph theory analyses: Novel insights into network abnormalities in epilepsy. Epilepsia 2015; 56:1660-8. [DOI: 10.1111/epi.13133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht
- Department of Neurology; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina U.S.A
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Koelewijn L, Hamandi K, Brindley LM, Brookes MJ, Routley BC, Muthukumaraswamy SD, Williams N, Thomas MA, Kirby A, Te Water Naudé J, Gibbon F, Singh KD. Resting-state oscillatory dynamics in sensorimotor cortex in benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes and typical brain development. Hum Brain Mapp 2015; 36:3935-49. [PMID: 26177579 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Benign Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes (BECTS) is a common childhood epilepsy associated with deficits in several neurocognitive domains. Neurophysiological studies in BECTS often focus on centro-temporal spikes, but these correlate poorly with morphology and cognitive impairments. To better understand the neural profile of BECTS, we studied background brain oscillations, thought to be integrally involved in neural network communication, in sensorimotor areas. We used independent component analysis of temporally correlated sources on magnetoencephalography recordings to assess sensorimotor resting-state network activity in BECTS patients and typically developing controls. We also investigated the variability of oscillatory characteristics within focal primary motor cortex (M1), localized with a separate finger abduction task. We hypothesized that background oscillations would differ between patients and controls in the sensorimotor network but not elsewhere, especially in the beta band (13-30 Hz) because of its role in network communication and motor processing. The results support our hypothesis: in the sensorimotor network, patients had a greater variability in oscillatory amplitude compared to controls, whereas there was no difference in the visual network. Network measures did not correlate with age. The coefficient of variation of resting M1 peak frequency correlated negatively with age in the beta band only, and was greater than average for a number of patients. Our results point toward a "disorganized" functional sensorimotor network in BECTS, supporting a neurodevelopmental delay in sensorimotor cortex. Our findings further suggest that investigating the variability of oscillatory peak frequency may be a useful tool to investigate deficits of disorganization in neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Loes Koelewijn
- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Dyscovery Centre, University of South Wales, Newport, United Kingdom
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- Dyscovery Centre, University of South Wales, Newport, United Kingdom
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- Dyscovery Centre, University of South Wales, Newport, United Kingdom
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- Child Health, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Functional brain connectome and sensorimotor networks in rolandic epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 2015; 113:113-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Vannest J, Tenney JR, Gelineau-Morel R, Maloney T, Glauser TA. Cognitive and behavioral outcomes in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Epilepsy Behav 2015; 45:85-91. [PMID: 25775975 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.01.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We review the evidence that BECTS may be associated with cognitive dysfunction and behavioral problems, the extent to which these problems may be associated with patterns of EEG abnormalities in BECTS, and the impact of antiepileptic medication on cognition and behavior in BECTS. A growing literature examining cognitive and behavioral outcomes suggests that children with BECTS perform below the level of their peers. Consistent with this, neuroimaging studies reveal that BECTS has an impact on structural and functional brain development, but the potential influence of frequency and lateralization of centrotemporal spikes (CTS) on cognition and behavior is not well understood. Treatment with AEDs is an option in BECTS, but existing studies have not clearly shown a clear relationship between elimination of CTS and improved cognitive or behavioral outcomes.
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