GenDi Wang1, Zhen Yu Dai2, WeiGen Song3, ShuFang Wang3, HaiCun Shi3, PingLei Pan3, Fei Chen2, Yun Xu4, JianGuo Zhong5. 1. Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China; Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Yancheng Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Yancheng, PR China. 2. Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Yancheng Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Yancheng, PR China. 3. Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Yancheng Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Yancheng, PR China. 4. Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China. Electronic address: xuyun20042001@aliyun.com. 5. Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Yancheng Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Yancheng, PR China. Electronic address: yc3yjgzhong@gmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known, so far, about the cerebral structural abnormalities in drug-naïve patients with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). We aimed to investigate regional grey matter (GM) volume differences using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in patients and closely matched healthy control subjects. METHODS: Twenty drug-naïve patients diagnosed with CAE and 20 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects were recruited. All participants underwent structural MRI scans with a 3.0T MR system. The differences in regional GM volumes between the two groups were determined by VBM analysis. Additional regression analyses were performed to identify any associations between regional GM volume and clinical seizure variables. RESULTS: Compared with controls, the patients with CAE showed less GM volume in the bilateral thalami. Furthermore, the GM volume in the bilateral thalami was negatively correlated with disease duration and age of onset in the CAE group. CONCLUSIONS: By excluding the potential effect of medication on brain structures, our study demonstrates less GM volume in the bilateral thalami in drug-naïve patients with idiopathic CAE. Our study further provides structural neuroimaging evidence on the pathophysiology of absence seizures.
BACKGROUND: Little is known, so far, about the cerebral structural abnormalities in drug-naïve patients with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). We aimed to investigate regional grey matter (GM) volume differences using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in patients and closely matched healthy control subjects. METHODS: Twenty drug-naïve patients diagnosed with CAE and 20 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects were recruited. All participants underwent structural MRI scans with a 3.0T MR system. The differences in regional GM volumes between the two groups were determined by VBM analysis. Additional regression analyses were performed to identify any associations between regional GM volume and clinical seizure variables. RESULTS: Compared with controls, the patients with CAE showed less GM volume in the bilateral thalami. Furthermore, the GM volume in the bilateral thalami was negatively correlated with disease duration and age of onset in the CAE group. CONCLUSIONS: By excluding the potential effect of medication on brain structures, our study demonstrates less GM volume in the bilateral thalami in drug-naïve patients with idiopathic CAE. Our study further provides structural neuroimaging evidence on the pathophysiology of absence seizures.
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