ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2018
Brain functional connectivity in sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy.
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- Abnormal brain functional network dynamics in sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2023Article
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- Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in the Pathogenesis of Epilepsy: Role of Neuroinflammation. A Literature Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Altered intrinsic brain activity associated with outcome in frontal lobe epilepsy.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Resting-state connectivity alterations during transient global amnesia.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate functional connectivity (FC) in patients with sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE) compared to healthy controls. Methods: Resting state fMRI was performed in 13 patients with a clinical diagnosis of SHE (age = 38.3 ± 11.8 years, 6 M) and 13 matched healthy controls (age = 38.5 ± 10.8 years, 6 M).Data were first analysed using probabilistic independent component analysis (ICA), then a graph theoretical approach was applied to assess topological and organizational properties at the whole brain level. We evaluated node degree (ND), betweenness centrality (BC), clustering coefficient (CC), local efficiency (LE) and global efficiency (GE). The differences between the two groups were evaluated non-parametrically. Results: At the group level, we distinguished 16 RSNs (Resting State Networks). Patients showed a significantly higher FC in sensorimotor and thalamic regions ( Discussion and conclusions: The higher FC of the sensorimotor cortex and thalamus might be in agreement with the hypothesis of a peculiar excitability of the motor cortex during thalamic K-complexes. This sensorimotor-thalamic hyperconnection might be regarded as a consequence of an alteration of the arousal regulatory system in SHE. An altered topology has been found in structures like basal ganglia and limbic system, hypothesized to be involved in the pathophysiology of the disease as suggested by the dystonic-dyskinetic features and primitive behaviours observed during the seizures.
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