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ArticleEpilepsia open2024

Investigating the effect of hippocampal sclerosis on parietal memory network.

Silke Ethofer, Monika Milian, Michael Erb, Sabine Rona, Jürgen Honegger, Thomas Ethofer

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Silke EthoferDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6726-0531
Monika MilianDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Michael ErbDepartment of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Sabine RonaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Jürgen HoneggerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Thomas EthoferDepartment of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
University Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

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Medizinischen Fakultät, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 2055-0-1Medizinischen Fakultät, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 2343-0-0
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Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to investigate differences in episodic memory networks between patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) due to hippocampal sclerosis and healthy controls, especially with regards to the parietal memory network (PMN), as well as their relation to neuropsychological memory performance after mesial temporal resection.

methods28 healthy subjects as well as 21 patients with TLE (12 left, 9 right) were investigated using a spatial memory fMRI paradigm, which has been shown to activate the PMN. Regions of interest (ROI) were defined based on the results of the second-level analyses and activations within the predefined ROIs were compared across groups and correlated with postoperative verbal and nonverbal memory scores.

resultsHealthy subjects showed activations within regions belonging to the dorsal visual stream and the PMN as well as the bilateral parahippocampal place area, the bilateral frontal eye field, and the bilateral middle frontal gyrus. Comparison between groups revealed that TLE patients activated significantly less in the left middle occipital gyrus and the right precuneus. The activation pattern in left TLE patients showed further reductions, mainly in areas belonging to the dorsal visual stream and the PMN within the left hemisphere. Activations within the left superior parietal lobulus, bilateral inferior parietal lobulus, bilateral middle temporal gyrus, left precuneus, left frontal eye field, and left middle frontal gyrus correlated significantly with postoperative verbal memory scores, and activations within the left superior parietal lobulus, left inferior parietal lobulus, left middle temporal gyrus, and left precuneus correlated significantly with higher performance in postoperative nonverbal memory scores. SIGNIFICANCE: The PMN is involved in episodic memory encoding. Higher activations in areas belonging to the PMN and the dorsal visual stream, especially within the left hemisphere, before amygdalohippocampectomy may result in higher postoperative memory scores. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: This study aims to investigate the effects of epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis, i.e. scarring in the temporal lobe, on memory networks in the brain. We discovered that especially patients with left-sided hippocampal sclerosis show reduced brain activations in visual areas and memory networks within the left hemisphere of the brain during orientation in space. Importantly, higher activations within these areas may result in better memory after epilepsy surgery.

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Epilepsy, Temporal LobeHippocampal SclerosisMemory, EpisodicBrainHumansTemporal Lobeepisodic memoryfMRInonverbal memoryparietal memory networkprecuneustemporal lobe epilepsy

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