Junjing Wang1, Shijun Qiu2, Yong Xu1, Zhenyin Liu2, Xue Wen1, Xiangshu Hu3, Ruibin Zhang1, Meng Li1, Wensheng Wang4, Ruiwang Huang5. 1. Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China. 2. Department of Medical Image Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. 3. Department of Epilepsy Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou 510510, China. 4. Department of Medical Image Center, Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou 510510, China. Electronic address: wangwensheng36@163.com. 5. Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China. Electronic address: ruiwang.huang@gmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the most common forms of drug-resistant epilepsy. Previous studies have indicated that the TLE-related impairments existed in extensive local functional networks. However, little is known about the alterations in the topological properties of whole brain functional networks. METHOD: In this study, we acquired resting-state BOLD-fMRI (rsfMRI) data from 26 TLE patients and 25 healthy controls, constructed their whole brain functional networks, compared the differences in topological parameters between the TLE patients and the controls, and analyzed the correlation between the altered topological properties and the epilepsy duration. RESULTS: The TLE patients showed significant increases in clustering coefficient and characteristic path length, but significant decrease in global efficiency compared to the controls. We also found altered nodal parameters in several regions in the TLE patients, such as the bilateral angular gyri, left middle temporal gyrus, right hippocampus, triangular part of left inferior frontal gyrus, left inferior parietal but supramarginal and angular gyri, and left parahippocampus gyrus. Further correlation analysis showed that the local efficiency of the TLE patients correlated positively with the epilepsy duration. CONCLUSION: Our results indicated the disrupted topological properties of whole brain functional networks in TLE patients. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings indicated the TLE-related impairments in the whole brain functional networks, which may help us to understand the clinical symptoms of TLE patients and offer a clue for the diagnosis and treatment of the TLE patients.
OBJECTIVE:Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the most common forms of drug-resistant epilepsy. Previous studies have indicated that the TLE-related impairments existed in extensive local functional networks. However, little is known about the alterations in the topological properties of whole brain functional networks. METHOD: In this study, we acquired resting-state BOLD-fMRI (rsfMRI) data from 26 TLEpatients and 25 healthy controls, constructed their whole brain functional networks, compared the differences in topological parameters between the TLEpatients and the controls, and analyzed the correlation between the altered topological properties and the epilepsy duration. RESULTS: The TLEpatients showed significant increases in clustering coefficient and characteristic path length, but significant decrease in global efficiency compared to the controls. We also found altered nodal parameters in several regions in the TLEpatients, such as the bilateral angular gyri, left middle temporal gyrus, right hippocampus, triangular part of left inferior frontal gyrus, left inferior parietal but supramarginal and angular gyri, and left parahippocampus gyrus. Further correlation analysis showed that the local efficiency of the TLEpatients correlated positively with the epilepsy duration. CONCLUSION: Our results indicated the disrupted topological properties of whole brain functional networks in TLEpatients. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings indicated the TLE-related impairments in the whole brain functional networks, which may help us to understand the clinical symptoms of TLEpatients and offer a clue for the diagnosis and treatment of the TLEpatients.
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