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ArticleHuman brain mapping2023

Novel noninvasive identification of patient-specific epileptic networks in focal epilepsies: Linking single-photon emission computed tomography perfusion during seizures with resting-state magnetoencephalography dynamics.

Balu Krishnan, Simon Tousseyn, Zhong Irene Wang, Hiroatsu Murakami, Guiyun Wu, Richard Burgess, Leonidas Iasemidis, Imad Najm, Andreas V Alexopoulos

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Balu KrishnanNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1897-3359
Simon TousseynAcademic Center for Epileptology, Kempenhaeghe and Maastricht UMC+, Heeze, The Netherlands.
Zhong Irene WangNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Hiroatsu MurakamiNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Guiyun WuNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Richard BurgessNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Leonidas IasemidisDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Barrow Neurological Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Imad NajmNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Andreas V AlexopoulosNeurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · USBarrow Neurological Institute · USMaastricht University Medical Centre · NL

Funding

Biomarkers of SUDEP risk based on brain-heart-lungs network dynamicsR01NS129643 · NINDS · SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY · PI GLASSCOCK, ALBERT E, JASSEMIDIS, LEONIDAS D · 2023 to 2025
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS129643
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) during seizures and magnetoencephalography (MEG) during the interictal state are noninvasive modalities employed in the localization of the epileptogenic zone in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy (DRFE). The present study aims to investigate whether there exists a preferentially high MEG functional connectivity (FC) among those regions of the brain that exhibit hyperperfusion or hypoperfusion during seizures. We studied MEG and SPECT data in 30 consecutive DRFE patients who had resective epilepsy surgery. We parcellated each ictal perfusion map into 200 regions of interest (ROIs) and generated ROI time series using source modeling of MEG data. FC between ROIs was quantified using coherence and phase-locking value. We defined a generalized linear model to relate the connectivity of each ROI, ictal perfusion z score, and distance between ROIs. We compared the coefficients relating perfusion z score to FC of each ROI and estimated the connectivity within and between resected and unresected ROIs. We found that perfusion z scores were strongly correlated with the FC of hyper-, and separately, hypoperfused ROIs across patients. High interictal connectivity was observed between hyperperfused brain regions inside and outside the resected area. High connectivity was also observed between regions of ictal hypoperfusion. Importantly, the ictally hypoperfused regions had a low interictal connectivity to regions that became hyperperfused during seizures. We conclude that brain regions exhibiting hyperperfusion during seizures highlight a preferentially connected interictal network, whereas regions of ictal hypoperfusion highlight a separate, discrete and interconnected, interictal network.

Indexed as

Drug Resistant EpilepsyEpilepsies, PartialEpilepsyBrainElectroencephalographyHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetoencephalographyPerfusionSeizuresTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photoncerebral blood perfusionepilepsyfunctional connectivityMEGSPECT

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PMID36480260
PMCPMC9921232
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