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Network differences based on arterial spin labeling related to anti-seizure medication response in focal epilepsy.
Lee, Dong Ah; Lee, Ho-Joon; Kim, Hyung Chan; Park, Kang Min.
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  • Lee DA; Department of Neurology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 48108, Korea.
  • Lee HJ; Department of Radiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
  • Kim HC; Department of Neurology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 48108, Korea.
  • Park KM; Department of Neurology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 48108, Korea. smilepkm@hanmail.net.
Neuroradiology ; 64(2): 313-321, 2022 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34251501
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine whether anti-seizure medication (ASM) response is associated with structural connectivity in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) or functional co-variance network in arterial spin labeling (ASL) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with focal epilepsy. METHODS: In this retrospective study conducted at a tertiary hospital, we enrolled 105 patients with focal epilepsy, of which 64 patients were good ASM responders, and 41 patients were poor ASM responders. All patients showed normal MRI findings on visual inspection and underwent DTI and ASL MRI from August 2018 to July 2020, with regular follow-up for at least 12 months after epilepsy diagnosis while taking ASMs. We calculated the structural connectivity based on DTI and functional co-variance network based on ASL MRI by using graph theory and analyzed their differences in relation to the ASM response. RESULTS: No differences were observed in structural connectivity between the good and poor ASM responders. However, significant differences were observed in functional co-variance network between the good and poor ASM responders. In comparison with good ASM responders, poor ASM responders showed a significantly greater characteristic path length (2.557 vs. 1.753, p = 0.034) and a lower local efficiency (2.311 vs. 3.927, p = 0.048). CONCLUSION: Significant differences were observed in functional co-variance network based on ASL MRI between the good and poor ASM responders. These findings suggest that functional co-variance network could serve as a new biomarker of ASM response in focal epilepsy.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Epilepsias Parciais / Imagem de Tensor de Difusão Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Epilepsias Parciais / Imagem de Tensor de Difusão Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article