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ArticleScientific reports2025

Frequency-band specific directed connectivity networks reveal functional disruptions and pathogenic patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy: a MEG study.

Chen Zhang, Yutong Wu, Wenhan Hu, Guangfei Li, Chunlan Yang, Ting Wu

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Chen ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
Yutong WuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
Wenhan HuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tiantan Hospital, Beijing, 100070, China.
Guangfei LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
Chunlan YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. clyang@bjut.edu.cn.
Ting WuDepartment of Radiology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210000, China. fsyy00598@njucm.edu.cn.

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Beijing Municipal Commission of Education KM201710005013Beijing Nova Program 20230484469Beijing Nova Program (CN) XX2016120China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M720326Jiangsu Province Social Development Project BE2023795National Natural Science Foundation of China 12402350National Natural Science Foundation of China 31640035National Natural Science Foundation of China 82172022National Natural Science Foundation of China 82471496Natural Science Foundation of Beijing 4162008
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This study investigates the network mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using MEG data, focusing on directed connectivity networks across different frequency bands. Unlike previous studies that primarily localize epileptogenic zones, this research aims to explore whole-brain network differences between left TLE (lTLE), right TLE (rTLE), and healthy controls (HCs). MEG data from 13 lTLE patients, 21 rTLE patients, and 14 HCs were source-reconstructed to 116 brain regions (AAL116). Directed Transfer Function (DTF) was used to construct directed connectivity networks, followed by networks and graph-theoretical analyses. The results indicate that, compared to HCs, TLE subjects exhibited a significant increase in average connectivity strength in the Low Gamma band. The connectivity patterns across frequency bands in TLE patients were found to be unstable. Both HC and TLE subjects demonstrated left hemisphere lateralization. In the mid-to-low frequency bands, TLE subjects showed increases in global clustering coefficient (GCC), global characteristic path length (GCPL), and local efficiency (LE) compared to HCs, which is attributed to enhanced synchronization between local brain regions in TLE subjects.

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BrainEpilepsy, Temporal LobeMagnetoencephalographyNerve NetAdultBrain MappingCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultDirected transfer function analysisGraph theoretical analysisMEGTemporal lobe epilepsy

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