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Source-level EEG and graph theory reveal widespread functional network alterations in focal epilepsy

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CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 132, 期 7, 页码 1663-1676

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ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.04.008

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Focal epilepsy; Network analysis; Functional connectivity; Source-level EEG; Graph theory

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  1. South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority [2016033]
  2. Centre for Digital Life Norway - Research Council of Norway's grant [248810]

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This study investigated functional network alterations in focal epilepsy patients with good seizure control and high quality of life. Results showed significantly increased small world index in patients compared to controls, along with a shift towards greater alpha band hubness in two left-hemisphere regions. These findings suggest that functional network analysis could be clinically relevant for epilepsy.
Objective: The hypersynchronous neuronal activity associated with epilepsy causes widespread functional network disruptions extending beyond the epileptogenic zone. This altered network topology is considered a mediator for non-seizure symptoms, such as cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate functional network alterations in focal epilepsy patients with good seizure control and high quality of life. Methods: We compared twenty-two focal epilepsy patients and sixteen healthy controls on graph metrics derived from functional connectivity of source-level resting-state EEG. Graph metrics were calculated over a range of network densities in five frequency bands. Results: We observed a significantly increased small world index in patients relative to controls. On the local level, two left-hemisphere regions displayed a shift towards greater alpha band hubness. The findings were not mediated by age, sex or education, nor by age of epilepsy onset, duration or focus lateralisation. Conclusions: Widespread functional network alterations are evident in focal epilepsy, even in a cohort characterised by successful anti-seizure medication therapy and high quality of life. These findings might support the position that functional network analysis could hold clinical relevance for epilepsy. Significance: Focal epilepsy is accompanied by global and local functional network aberrancies which might be implied in the sustenance of non-seizure symptoms. (c) 2021 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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