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Impaired Functional Homotopy and Topological Properties Within the Default Mode Network of Children With Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures: A Resting-State fMRI Study
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Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022-06, Vol.16, p.833837-833837
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Frontiers Media S.A
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
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Introduction
The aim of the present study was to examine interhemispheric functional connectivity (FC) and topological organization within the default-mode network (DMN) in children with generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS).
Methods
Resting-state functional MRI was collected in 24 children with GTCS and 34 age-matched typically developing children (TDC). Between-group differences in interhemispheric FC were examined by an automated voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) method. The topological properties within the DMN were also analyzed using graph theoretical approaches. Consistent results were detected and the VMHC values were extracted as features in machine learning for subject classification.
Results
Children with GTCS showed a significant decrease in VMHC in the DMN, including the hippocampal formation (HF), lateral temporal cortex (LTC), and angular and middle frontal gyrus. Although the patients exhibited efficient small-world properties of the DMN similar to the TDC, significant changes in regional topological organization were found in the patients, involving the areas of the bilateral temporal parietal junction, bilateral LTC, left temporal pole, and HF. Within the DMN, disrupted interhemispheric FC was found between the bilateral HF and LTC, which was consistent with the VMHC results. The VMHC values in bilateral HF and LTC were significantly correlated with clinical information in patients. Support vector machine analysis using average VMHC information in the bilateral HF and LTC as features achieved a correct classification rate of 89.34% for the classification.
Conclusion
These results indicate that decreased homotopic coordination in the DMN can be used as an effective biomarker to reflect seizure effects and to distinguish children with GTCSs from TDC.