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ArticleBJPsych open2015

Cortical thickness and sulcal depth: insights on development and psychopathology in paediatric epilepsy.

Duygu Tosun, Prabha Siddarth, Jennifer Levitt, Rochelle Caplan

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Article in BJPsych open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Duygu Tosun, PhD, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, California, and Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
Prabha Siddarth, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jennifer Levitt, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rochelle Caplan, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · US

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Abstract

backgroundThe relationship between cortical thickness (CThick) and sulcal depth (SDepth) changes across brain regions during development. Epilepsy youth have CThick and SDepth abnormalities and prevalent psychiatric disorders.

aimsThis study compared the CThick-SDepth relationship in children with focal epilepsy with typically developing children (TDC) and the role played by seizure and psychopathology variables.

methodA surface-based, computational high-resolution three-dimesional (3D) magnetic resonance image analytic technique compared regional CThick-SDepth relationships in 42 participants with focal epilepsy and 46 TDC (6-16 years) imaged in a 1.5 Tesla scanner. Psychiatric interviews administered to each participant yielded psychiatric diagnoses. Parents provided seizure-related information.

resultsThe TDC group alone demonstrated a significant negative medial fronto-orbital CThick-SDepth correlation. Focal epilepsy participants with but not without psychiatric diagnoses showed significant positive pre-central and post-central CThick-SDepth associations not found in TDC. Although the history of prolonged seizures was significantly associated with the post-central CThick-SDepth correlation, it was unrelated to the presence/absence of psychiatric diagnoses.

conclusionsAbnormal CThick-SDepth pre-central and post-central associations might be a psychopathology biomarker in paediatric focal epilepsy. DECLARATION INTEREST: None. COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © 2015 The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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