Decreased uncinate fasciculus integrity in functional seizures following traumatic brain injury
© 2024 The Authors. Epilepsia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International League Against Epilepsy..
OBJECTIVE: The uncinate fasciculus (UF) has been implicated previously in contributing to the pathophysiology of functional (nonepileptic) seizures (FS). FS are frequently preceded by adverse life events (ALEs) and present with comorbid psychiatric symptoms, yet neurobiological correlates of these factors remain unclear. To address this gap, using advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI), UF tracts in a large cohort of patients with FS and pre-existing traumatic brain injury (TBI + FS) were compared to those in patients with TBI without FS (TBI-only). We hypothesized that dMRI measures in UF structural connectivity would reveal UF differences when controlling for TBI status. Partial correlation tests assessed the potential relationships with psychiatric symptom severity measures.
METHODS: Participants with TBI-only (N = 46) and TBI + FS (N = 55) completed a series of symptom questionnaires and MRI scanning. Deterministic tractography via diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) was implemented in DSI studio (https://dsi-studio.labsolver.org) with q-space diffeomorphic reconstruction (QSDR), streamline production, and manual segmentation to assess bilateral UF integrity. Fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (RD), streamline counts, and their respective asymmetry indices (AIs) served as estimates of white matter integrity.
RESULTS: Compared to TBI-only, TBI + FS participants demonstrated decreased left hemisphere FA and RD asymmetry index (AI) for UF tracts (both p < .05, false discovery rate [FDR] corrected). Additionally, TBI + FS reported higher symptom severity in depression, anxiety, and PTSD measures (all p < .01). Correlation tests comparing UF white matter integrity differences to psychiatric symptom severity failed to reach criteria for significance (all p > .05, FDR corrected).
SIGNIFICANCE: In a large, well-characterized sample, participants with FS had decreased white matter health after controlling for the history of TBI. Planned follow-up analysis found no evidence to suggest that UF connectivity measures are a feature of group differences in mood or anxiety comorbidities for FS. These findings suggest that frontolimbic structural connectivity may play a role in FS symptomology, after accounting for prior ALEs and comorbid psychopathology severity.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65 |
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Epilepsia - 65(2024), 4 vom: 19. Apr., Seite 1060-1071 |
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Byington, Caroline G [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 16.04.2024 Date Revised 16.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a OBJECTIVE: The uncinate fasciculus (UF) has been implicated previously in contributing to the pathophysiology of functional (nonepileptic) seizures (FS). FS are frequently preceded by adverse life events (ALEs) and present with comorbid psychiatric symptoms, yet neurobiological correlates of these factors remain unclear. To address this gap, using advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI), UF tracts in a large cohort of patients with FS and pre-existing traumatic brain injury (TBI + FS) were compared to those in patients with TBI without FS (TBI-only). We hypothesized that dMRI measures in UF structural connectivity would reveal UF differences when controlling for TBI status. Partial correlation tests assessed the potential relationships with psychiatric symptom severity measures | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Participants with TBI-only (N = 46) and TBI + FS (N = 55) completed a series of symptom questionnaires and MRI scanning. Deterministic tractography via diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) was implemented in DSI studio (https://dsi-studio.labsolver.org) with q-space diffeomorphic reconstruction (QSDR), streamline production, and manual segmentation to assess bilateral UF integrity. Fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (RD), streamline counts, and their respective asymmetry indices (AIs) served as estimates of white matter integrity | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Compared to TBI-only, TBI + FS participants demonstrated decreased left hemisphere FA and RD asymmetry index (AI) for UF tracts (both p < .05, false discovery rate [FDR] corrected). Additionally, TBI + FS reported higher symptom severity in depression, anxiety, and PTSD measures (all p < .01). Correlation tests comparing UF white matter integrity differences to psychiatric symptom severity failed to reach criteria for significance (all p > .05, FDR corrected) | ||
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