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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2025

Aberrant functional connectivity of amygdala subregions in temporal lobe epilepsy with ictal panic.

Xiao Zhang, Xuemei Chen, Chuanyong Qu, Ligen Fan, Jinou Zheng

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Xiao ZhangDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Xuemei ChenDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Chuanyong QuDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Ligen FanDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Jinou ZhengDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China. jinouzheng@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7818-9160

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81560223
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objectiveThe amygdala joins the model of fear neurocircuitry for its subregional roles in processing and mediating panic. This study aims to explore the underlying neuromechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients with ictal panic (IP) by investigating the amygdala subregions functional connectivity (FC) alteration.

methods18 TLE patients with IP (TLE-IP group), 23 TLE patients without IP (TLE-none-IP group) and 22 age- and sex- matched healthy controls (HC) were enrolled and required to take resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) scanning. The basolateral (BLA), centromedial (CMA), and superficial (SFA) amygdala subregions were extracted from Juelich histological atlas. The amygdala subregions-based FC was computed and compared among three groups.

resultsThe TLE-IP group demonstrated stronger FC between the left BLA and right middle frontal gyrus (MFG) than the TLE-none-IP group and HC. Compared with the TLE-none-IP group and HC, the TLE-IP group showed increased FC between the right BLA and right postcentral gyrus. The FC between the left BLA/SFA and the orbital part of right MFG increased in the TLE-IP group. Furthermore, the TLE-IP group exhibited decreased FC between the left CMA and pons. Further analysis indicated altered FC between the amygdala subregions and the pons, precuneus and thalamus in the left-sided TLE-IP group, but the MFG, inferior parietal gyrus, supplementary motor area and cerebellum in the right-sided TLE-IP group.

conclusionsThe present study revealed aberrant amygdala subregions-based FC in TLE patients with IP. These findings offer unique insights into the understanding of fear neurocircuitry in TLE patients with IP.

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AmygdalaEpilepsy, Temporal LobeMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNerve NetNeural PathwaysPanic DisorderYoung AdultAmygdalaIctal panicResting-state functional connectivityTemporal lobe epilepsy

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