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Ran H, Chen G, Ran C, He Y, Xie Y, Yu Q, Liu J, Hu J, Zhang T. Altered White-Matter Functional Network in Children with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy. Acad Radiol 2024; 31:2930-2941. [PMID: 38350813 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The white matter (WM) functional network changes offers insights into the potential pathological mechanisms of certain diseases, the alterations of WM functional network in idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) remain unclear. We aimed to explore the topological characteristics changes of WM functional network in childhood IGE using resting-state functional Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and T1-weighted images. METHODS A total of 84 children (42 IGE and 42 matched healthy controls) were included in this study. Functional and structural MRI data were acquired to construct a WM functional network. Group differences in the global and regional topological characteristics were assessed by graph theory and the correlations with clinical and neuropsychological scores were analyzed. A support vector machine algorithm model was employed to classify individuals with IGE using WM functional connectivity as features, and the model's accuracy was evaluated using leave-one-out cross-validation. RESULTS In IGE group, at the network level, the WM functional network exhibited increased assortativity; at the nodal level, 17 nodes presented nodal disturbances in WM functional network, and nodal disturbances of 11 nodes were correlated with cognitive performance scores, disease duration and age of onset. The classification model achieved the 72.6% accuracy, 0.746 area under the curve, 69.1% sensitivity, 76.2% specificity. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that the WM functional network topological properties changes in childhood IGE, which were associated with cognitive function, and WM functional network may help clinical classification for childhood IGE. These findings provide novel information for understanding the pathogenesis of IGE and suggest that the WM function network might be qualified as potential biomarkers.
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- Haifeng Ran
- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi, 563003, China.
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Deng D, Sun H, Wang Y, Guo X, Yuan Y, Wang J, Qiu L. Structural and functional abnormalities in first-episode drug-naïve pediatric idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae021. [PMID: 38314605 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate brain structure and corresponding static and dynamic functional connectivity (sFC & dFC) abnormalities in untreated, first-episode pediatric idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE), with the goal of better understanding the underlying pathological mechanisms of IGE. Thirty-one children with IGE and 31 age-matched healthy controls (HC) were recruited. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) data were acquired, and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis were performed to reveal abnormal gray matter volume (GMV). Moreover, sFC and dFC analyses were conducted using the brain areas exhibiting abnormal GMV as seed regions to explore abnormal functional couplings. Compared to HC, the IGE group exhibited increased GMV in left middle cingulate cortex (MCC) and right parahippocampus (ParaHipp). In addition, the analyses of dFC and sFC with MCC and ParaHipp as seeds revealed more extensive functional connectivity (FC) changes in dFC. Notably, the structurally and functionally abnormal brain areas were primarily localized in the default mode network (DMN). However, our study did not find any significant associations between these altered neuroimaging measurements and clinical outcomes. This study uncovered microstructural changes as well as corresponding sFC and dFC changes in patients with new-onset, untreated pediatric IGE. The affected brain regions were primarily located within the DMN, highlighting the DMN's crucial role in the development of pediatric IGE.
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- Dingmei Deng
- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 18, South Section 3, First Ring Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, China
- Medical Imaging Center, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
- Clinical Research and Translational Center, Second People's Hospital of Yibin City-West China Yibin Hospital, Sichuan University, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
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- College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
- Clinical Research and Translational Center, Second People's Hospital of Yibin City-West China Yibin Hospital, Sichuan University, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
- Clinical Research and Translational Center, Second People's Hospital of Yibin City-West China Yibin Hospital, Sichuan University, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
- Clinical Research and Translational Center, Second People's Hospital of Yibin City-West China Yibin Hospital, Sichuan University, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No.7, Zhiyuan Road, Chenggong District, Kunming 650500, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, No.7, Zhiyuan Road, Chenggong District, Kunming 650500, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
- Clinical Research and Translational Center, Second People's Hospital of Yibin City-West China Yibin Hospital, Sichuan University, 96# Beida Street, Cuiping District, Yibin 644000, China
- Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610065, China
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Sun S, Tian M, Lin X, Zhao P. Disturbed white matter integrity on diffusion tensor imaging in young children with epilepsy. Clin Radiol 2024; 79:e119-e126. [PMID: 37940443 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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AIM To evaluate whether abnormalities in white matter (WM) integrity are present in young children with epilepsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve children (3-6 years old) with epilepsy and six matched healthy controls were recruited for brain diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Track-based spatial statistics (TBSS) was used to analyse and compare DTI indices of mean diffusivity (MD), fractional anisotropy (FA), axial and radial diffusivity (AD/RD) between patients and controls, and correlations between clinical variables and DTI parameters were analysed. RESULTS Compared with controls, patients showed increased FA in the left superior corona radiata and increased AD in the bilateral superior corona radiata. In children with generalised epilepsy, FA was increased in the left external capsule, while AD was decreased in the body of the corpus callosum, the left external capsule and the left superior longitudinal fasciculus. In those with focal epilepsy, FA was increased in the genu and body of the corpus callosum, and RD was decreased in the genu of the corpus callosum and left external capsule. Compared with partial epilepsy, generalised epilepsy was associated with increased FA in the right anterior corona radiata and decreased RD in the right anterior corona radiata and the genu and body of the corpus callosum. No significant correlations were observed between clinical variables and DTI parameters. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that the microstructure of the white matter is disturbed by epileptic discharges and a compensatory response occurs during early brain development.
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- S Sun
- Department of Radiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Kreilkamp BAK, Stier C, Rauf EH, Martin P, Ethofer S, Lerche H, Kotikalapudi R, Marquetand J, Dechent P, Focke NK. Multi-spectral diffusion MRI mega-analysis in genetic generalized epilepsy: Relation to outcomes. Neuroimage Clin 2023; 39:103474. [PMID: 37441820 PMCID: PMC10509527 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) is the most common form of generalized epilepsy. Although individual patients with GGE typically present without structural alterations, group differences have been demonstrated in GGE and some GGE subtypes like juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (GGE-JME). Previous studies usually involved only small cohorts from single centers and therefore could not assess imaging markers of multiple GGE subtypes. METHODS We performed a diffusion MRI mega-analysis in 192 participants consisting of 126 controls and 66 patients with GGE from four different cohorts and two different epilepsy centers. We applied whole-brain multi-site harmonization and analyzed fractional anisotropy (FA), as well as mean, radial and axial diffusivity (MD/RD/AD) to assess differences between controls, patients with GGE and the common GGE subtypes, i.e. GGE with generalized tonic-clonic seizures only (GGE-GTCS), GGE-JME and absence epilepsy (GGE-AE). We also analyzed relationships with patients' response to anti-seizure-medication (ASM). RESULTS Relative to controls, we identified decreased anisotropy and increased RD in patients with GGE. We found no significant effects of disease duration, age of onset or seizure frequency on diffusion metrics. Patients with JME had increased MD and RD when compared to controls, while patients with GGE-GTCS showed decreased MD/AD when compared to controls. Compared to patients with GGE-AE, patients with GGE-GTCS had lower AD/MD. Compared to patients with GGE-GTCS, patients with GGE-JME had higher MD/RD and AD. Moreover, we found lower FA in patients with refractory when compared to patients with non-refractory GGE in the right cortico-spinal tract, but no significant differences in patients with active versus controlled epilepsy. DISCUSSION We provide evidence that clinically defined GGE as a whole and GGE-subtypes harbor marked microstructural differences detectable with diffusion MRI. Moreover, we found an association between microstructural changes and treatment resistance. Our findings have important implications for future full-resolution multi-site studies when assessing GGE, its subtypes and ASM refractoriness.
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- Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Predictive Neuroimaging, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Department of Neural Dynamics and Magnetoencephalography, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; MEG-Center, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Cognitive Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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Hou XX, Feng HX, Xu B, Li ZS, Lu YL, Zhao HM, Wang MX, Shi QR, Gui Q, Wu GH, Shen MQ, Zhu W, Xu QR, Dong XF, Cheng QZ, Zhang JB, Ding ZL. A tract-based spatial statistics study of white matter integrity in epilepsy. Am J Transl Res 2022; 14:8980-8990. [PMID: 36628222 PMCID: PMC9827316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the changes of cerebral white matter diffusion tensor in epilepsy. METHODS This study was a retrospective study based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Twenty-six epileptic patients and 42 normal controls matched for sex, age and handedness were enrolled in our research. Based on the method of tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS), we analyzed the changes of each relevant parameter index of DTI in white matter of the brain in all subjects, including fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD). RESULTS In comparison with the control group, epileptic patients had decreased FA and elevated MD, AD, and RD in the anterior thalamic radiation, corticospinal tract, forceps major, forceps minor, cingulum, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus and uncinate fasciculus (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Widespread white matter integrity was observed in epileptic patients, which may be the structural basis for the development of affective disorders, impaired cognition, and motor abnormalities.
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- Xiao-Xia Hou
- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital)Suzhou 215002, Jiangsu, China
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