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ArticleHeliyon2023

Alteration of intracranial blood perfusion in temporal lobe epilepsy, an arterial spin labeling study.

Hossein Rahimzadeh, Hadi Kamkar, Narges Hoseini-Tabatabaei, Neda Mohammadi Mobarakeh, Jafar Mehvari Habibabadi, Seyed-Sohrab Hashemi-Fesharaki, Mohammad-Reza Nazem-Zadeh

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Head to head comparison between arterial spin labelling MRI and [Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  5. Exploring ASL perfusion MRI as a substitutive modality for 18F-FDG PET in determining the laterality of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Hossein RahimzadehResearch Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Advanced Medical Technologies and Equipment Institute (AMTEI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hadi KamkarResearch Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Advanced Medical Technologies and Equipment Institute (AMTEI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Narges Hoseini-TabatabaeiMedical School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Neda Mohammadi MobarakehResearch Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Advanced Medical Technologies and Equipment Institute (AMTEI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jafar Mehvari HabibabadiIsfahan Neuroscience Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Seyed-Sohrab Hashemi-FesharakiPars Advanced Medical Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad-Reza Nazem-ZadehResearch Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Advanced Medical Technologies and Equipment Institute (AMTEI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRMonash University · AUShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRTarbiat Modares University · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: A critical necessity before surgical resection in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) is lateralizing the seizure focus in the temporal lobe. This study aimed to investigate the differences in perfusion pattern changes in right and left mTLE. Methods: 42 mTLE patients (22 left and 20 right mTLE) and 14 controls were surveyed with pulsed arterial spin labeling at 3.0 T. The mean cerebral blood flow (CBF) and asymmetry index (AI) were calculated in the bilateral temporal lobe, amygdala, hippocampus, parahippocampus, and nine bilateral vascular territories ROIs. The alterations in whole-brain CBF were identified using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). Results: CBF decreased in ipsilateral sides in both epilepsy subcohorts, with right mTLE showing a significant difference in most ROIs while left mTLE exhibiting no significant change. CBF comparison of left mTLE and controls showed a significant drop in ROI analysis in left middle temporal and left intermediate posterior cerebral artery and in AI analysis in parahippocampus, distal anterior cerebral artery, distal middle cerebral artery, and intermediate anterior cerebral artery. CBF hypoperfusion was seen in ROI analysis in the left intermediate anterior cerebral artery, left middle temporal, right middle temporal, left superior temporal in the right mTLE compared to controls. Left mTLE CBF differed significantly from right mTLE CBF in right distal middle cerebral artery ROI and AI of proximal middle cerebral artery. Conclusion: Our result revealed that mTLE affects extratemporal regions and both mTLE subcohorts with different perfusion patterns, which may enhance the performance of preoperative MRI assessment in lateralization procedures.

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Arterial spin labelingCerebral blood flowPerfusionTemporal lobe epilepsyVascular territories

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