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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2018

Cortical thickness analysis in operculo-insular epilepsy.

Sami Obaid, Alan Tucholka, Jimmy Ghaziri, Pierre-Marc Jodoin, Félix Morency, Maxime Descoteaux, Alain Bouthillier, Dang K Nguyen

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Article in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sami ObaidDépartement de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Alan TucholkaBarcelona Beta Brain Research Center, Foundation Pasqual Maragall, Barcelona, Spain.
Jimmy GhaziriCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Pierre-Marc JodoinSherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Félix MorencySherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Maxime DescoteauxSherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Alain BouthillierService de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Dang K NguyenDépartement de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: d.nguyen@umontreal.ca.
Université de Sherbrooke · CACentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAPasqual Maragall Foundation · ESUniversité de Montréal · CAUniversité du Québec à Montréal · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: In temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), advanced neuroimaging techniques reveal anomalies extending beyond the temporal lobe such as thinning of fronto-central cortices. Operculo-insular epilepsy (OIE) is an under-recognized and poorly characterized condition with the potential of mimicking TLE. In this work, we investigated insular and extra-insular cortical thickness (CT) changes in OIE. Methods: All participants (14 patients with refractory OIE, 9 age- and sex-matched patients with refractory TLE and 26 healthy controls) underwent a T1-weighted acquisition on a 3 T MRI. Anatomical images were processed with Advanced Normalization Tools. Between-group analysis of CT was performed using a two-sided Results: Significant widespread thinning was observed in OIE patients as compared with healthy controls mainly in the ipsilateral insula, peri-rolandic region, orbito-frontal area, mesiotemporal structures and lateral temporal neocortex. Contralateral cortical shrinkage followed a similar albeit milder and less diffuse pattern.The CT of OIE patients was equal or reduced relative to the TLE group for every cortical region analyzed. Thinning was observed diffusely in OIE patients, predominantly inboth insulae and the ipsilateral occipito-temporal area. Conclusion: Our results reveal structural anomalies extending beyond the operculo-insular area in OIE.

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AdultAtrophyCerebral CortexEpilepsy, Frontal LobeFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCortical thicknessEpilepsyInsulaOperculum

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PMID30003025
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