Atypical connectome topography and signal flow in temporal lobe epilepsy

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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common pharmaco-resistant epilepsy in adults. While primarily associated with mesiotemporal pathology, recent evidence suggests that brain alterations in TLE extend beyond the paralimbic epicenter and impact macroscale function and cognitive functions, particularly memory. Using connectome-wide manifold learning and generative models of effective connectivity, we examined functional topography and directional signal flow patterns between large-scale neural circuits in TLE at rest. Studying a multisite cohort of 95 patients with TLE and 95 healthy controls, we observed atypical functional topographies in the former group, characterized by reduced differentiation between sensory and transmodal association cortices, with most marked effects in bilateral temporo-limbic and ventromedial prefrontal cortices. These findings were consistent across all study sites, present in left and right lateralized patients, and validated in a subgroup of patients with histopathological validation of mesiotemporal sclerosis and post-surgical seizure freedom. Moreover, they were replicated in an independent cohort of 30 TLE patients and 40 healthy controls. Further analyses demonstrated that reduced differentiation related to decreased functional signal flow into and out of temporolimbic cortical systems and other brain networks. Parallel analyses of structural and diffusion-weighted MRI data revealed that topographic alterations were independent of TLE-related cortical thinning but partially mediated by white matter microstructural changes that radiated away from paralimbic circuits. Finally, we found a strong association between the degree of functional alterations and behavioral markers of memory dysfunction. Our work illustrates the complex landscape of macroscale functional imbalances in TLE, which can serve as intermediate markers bridging microstructural changes and cognitive impairment.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 May 24;:. - PMID 37292996

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:236

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Progress in neurobiology - 236(2024) vom: 10. Apr., Seite 102604

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xie, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Royer, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Larivière, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Cruces, Raul [VerfasserIn]
Frässle, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Cabalo, Donna Gift [VerfasserIn]
Ngo, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
DeKraker, Jordan [VerfasserIn]
Auer, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Tavakol, Shahin [VerfasserIn]
Weng, Yifei [VerfasserIn]
Abdallah, Chifaou [VerfasserIn]
Arafat, Thaera [VerfasserIn]
Horwood, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Frauscher, Birgit [VerfasserIn]
Caciagli, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Bernasconi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Bernasconi, Neda [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Concha, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Bernhardt, Boris C [VerfasserIn]

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Effectivity connectivity
Gradient
Journal Article
Memory
Multi-site
Multimodal
Temporal lobe epilepsy

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Date Revised 22.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 May 24;:. - PMID 37292996

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10.1016/j.pneurobio.2024.102604

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NLM370939034