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EPILEPSIA OPEN
卷 8, 期 3, 页码 1111-1122出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12793
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cognitive impairment; focal epilepsy; magnetic resonance imaging; white matter tracts
In this study, the relationship between hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and white matter structure in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) was investigated. The results showed that the presence and side of HS were associated with white matter abnormalities, with left-HS demonstrating widespread abnormalities and right-HS showing lower fractional anisotropy (FA). No differences in verbal/nonverbal memory performance were found between the groups, but there were associations between higher FA of visual and verbal memory and specific tracts.
ObjectiveTo investigate how the presence/side of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) are related to the white matter structure of cingulum bundle (CB), arcuate fasciculus (AF), and inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). MethodsWe acquired diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from 86 healthy and 71 individuals with MTLE (22 righ-HS; right-HS, 34 left-HS; left-HS, and 15 nonlesional MTLE). We utilized two-tensor tractography and fiber clustering to compare fractional anisotropy (FA) of each side/tract between groups. Additionally, we examined the association between FA and nonverbal (WMS-R) and verbal (WMS-R, RAVLT codification) memory performance for MTLE individuals. ResultsWhite matter abnormalities depended on the side and presence of HS. The left-HS demonstrated widespread abnormalities for all tracts, the right-HS showed lower FA for ipsilateral tracts and the nonlesional MTLE group did not differ from healthy individuals. Results indicate no differences in verbal/nonverbal memory performance between the groups, but trend-level associations between higher FA of visual memory and the left CB (r = 0.286, P = 0.018), verbal memory (RAVLT) and -left CB (r = 0.335, P = 0.005), -right CB (r = 0.286, P = 0.016), and -left AF (r = 0.287, P = 0.017). SignificanceOur results highlight that the presence and side of HS are crucial to understand the pathophysiology of MTLE. Specifically, left-sided HS seems to be related to widespread bilateral white matter abnormalities. Future longitudinal studies should focus on developing diagnostic and treatment strategies dependent on HS's presence/side.
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