Association Between the Basal Ganglia and Large-Scale Brain Networks in Epilepsy
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23400553 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10548-012-0272-8 |
| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | Basal ganglia; Putamen; Epilepsy; Default mode network; Somatomotor cortex; correlation |
| Description | Epilepsy may affect connectivity between the putamen and cortex even during the resting state. Putamen is part of the basal ganglia resting state network (BG-RSN) which is anti-correlated with the default mode network (DMN) in healthy subjects. Therefore, we aimed at studying the functional brain connectivity (FC) of the putamen with the cortical areas engaged in theDMNas well as with the primary somatomotor cortex which is a cortical region engaged in the BG-RSN. We compared the data obtained in patients with epilepsy with that in healthy controls (HC). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was performed in 10 HC and 24 patients with epilepsy: 14 patients with extratemporal epilepsy (PE) and 10 patients with temporal epilepsy (PT). Resting state fMRI datawas obtained using the 1.5 T Siemens Symphony scanner. TheGroup ICA of fMRI Toolbox (GIFT) program was used for independent component analysis. The component representing the DMN was chosen according to a spatial correlation with a mask typical for DMN. The FC between the putamen and the primary somatomotor cortex was studied to assess the connectivity of the putamen within the BG-RSN. A second-level analysis was calculated to evaluate differences among the groups using SPM software. In patients with epilepsy as compared toHC, the magnitude of anti-correlation between the putamen and brain regions engaged in the DMN was significantly lower. In fact, the correlation changed the connectivity direction from negative inHC to positive in PE and PT. The disturbed FC of the BG in patients with epilepsy as compared with HC was further illustrated by a significant decrease in connectivity between the left/right putamen and the left/right somatomotor cortex, i.e. between regions that are engaged in the BG-RSN. The FC between the putamen and the cortex is disturbed in patients with epilepsy.Thismay reflect an altered function of theBGin epilepsy. |
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