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Resting-State Brain Network Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis Participants: Evidence from Electroencephalography and Graph Theoretical Analysis

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BRAIN CONNECTIVITY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 359-367

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MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2020.0857

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EEG; graph theoretical analysis; lagged coherence; multiple sclerosis; sLORETA

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  1. Babol Noshirvani University of Technology [BNUT/388054/98]

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This study investigated the resting-state brain network impairments in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using EEG and graph theoretical analysis. The results showed significant differences in betweenness centrality (BC) and small-world propensity (SWP) in the alpha band between the MS group and the normal group, indicating disruptions in the brain network of MS patients at both local and global scales.
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to demyelination and axonal loss in the central nervous system that causes focal lesions of gray and white matter. However, the functional impairments of brain networks in this disease are still unspecified and need to be clearer. Materials and Methods: In the present study, we investigate the resting-state brain network impairments for MS participants in comparison to a normal group using electroencephalography (EEG) and graph theoretical analysis with a source localization method. Thirty-four age- and gender-matched participants from each MS group and normal group participated in this study. We recorded 5 min of EEG in the resting-state eyes open condition for each participant. One min (15 equal 4-sec artifact-free segments) of the EEG signals were selected for each participant, and the Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography software was employed to calculate the functional connectivity among whole cortical regions in six frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta1, beta2, and beta3). Graph theoretical analysis was used to calculate the clustering coefficient (CL), betweenness centrality (BC), shortest path length (SPL), and small-world propensity (SWP) for weighted connectivity matrices. Nonparametric permutation tests were utilized to compare these measures between groups. Results: Significant differences between the MS group and the normal group in the average of BC and SWP were found in the alpha band. The significant differences in the BC were spread over all lobes. Conclusion: These results suggest that the resting-state brain network for the MS group is disrupted in local and global scales, and EEG has the capability of revealing these impairments.

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