Properties of functional brain networks correlate with frequency of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Publications
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Titre
Properties of functional brain networks correlate with frequency of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
Périodique
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Barzegaran E., Joudaki A., Jalili M., Rossetti A.O., Frackowiak R.S., Knyazeva M.G.
ISSN
1662-5161 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1662-5161
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
6
Numéro
335
Pages
1-13
Langue
anglais
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Abnormalities in the topology of brain networks may be an important feature and etiological factor for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). To explore this possibility, we applied a graph theoretical approach to functional networks based on resting state EEGs from 13 PNES patients and 13 age- and gender-matched controls. The networks were extracted from Laplacian-transformed time-series by a cross-correlation method. PNES patients showed close to normal local and global connectivity and small-world structure, estimated with clustering coefficient, modularity, global efficiency, and small-worldness (SW) metrics, respectively. Yet the number of PNES attacks per month correlated with a weakness of local connectedness and a skewed balance between local and global connectedness quantified with SW, all in EEG alpha band. In beta band, patients demonstrated above-normal resiliency, measured with assortativity coefficient, which also correlated with the frequency of PNES attacks. This interictal EEG phenotype may help improve differentiation between PNES and epilepsy. The results also suggest that local connectivity could be a target for therapeutic interventions in PNES. Selective modulation (strengthening) of local connectivity might improve the skewed balance between local and global connectivity and so prevent PNES events.
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Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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