PMID- 28359223 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180503 LR - 20180503 IS - 1793-6462 (Electronic) IS - 0129-0657 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 7 DP - 2017 Nov TI - Epileptic Discharge Related Functional Connectivity Within and Between Networks in Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes. PG - 1750018 LID - 10.1142/S0129065717500186 [doi] AB - Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is a common childhood epilepsy syndrome associated with abnormalities in neurocognitive domains, particularly during interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs). Here, we investigated the effects of IEDs on brain's intrinsic connectivity networks in 43 BECTS patients and 28 matched healthy controls (HCs). Patients were further divided into IED and non-IED subgroups based on simultaneous EEG-fMRI recordings. Functional connectivity within and between five networks, corresponding to seizure origination and cognitive processes, were analyzed to measure IED effects. We found that patients exhibited increased connectivity within the auditory network (AN) and the somato-motor network (SMN), and decreased connectivity within the basal ganglia network and the dorsal attention network, suggesting that both transient and chronic seizure activity may disturb normal network organization. The IED group showed decreased functional connectivity within the default mode network (DMN) compared with the non-IED group and HCs, implying that the DMN was selectively impaired during epileptiform discharges associated with altered self-referential cognitive functions. Moreover, the IED group exhibited increased positive correlations between the AN and the SMN, which suggests a possible excessive influence of centrotemporal spiking on information processing in the auditory system. The association between epileptic activity and network dysfunctions highlights their importance in investigating the pathological mechanism underlying BECTS. FAU - Li, Rong AU - Li R AD - * Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of Ministry of Education, Center for Information in BioMedicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China. FAU - Ji, Gong-Jun AU - Ji GJ AD - dagger Laboratory of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Department of Medical Psychology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, P. R. China. FAU - Yu, Yangyang AU - Yu Y AD - * Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of Ministry of Education, Center for Information in BioMedicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China. FAU - Yu, Yang AU - Yu Y AD - double dagger Department of Psychiatry, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Medial College, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310009, P. R. China. FAU - Ding, Mei-Ping AU - Ding MP AD - section sign Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Medial College, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310009, P. R. China. FAU - Tang, Ye-Lei AU - Tang YL AD - section sign Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Medial College, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310009, P. R. China. FAU - Chen, Huafu AU - Chen H AD - * Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of Ministry of Education, Center for Information in BioMedicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China. FAU - Liao, Wei AU - Liao W AD - * Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of Ministry of Education, Center for Information in BioMedicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170110 PL - Singapore TA - Int J Neural Syst JT - International journal of neural systems JID - 9100527 RN - 0 (Anticonvulsants) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use MH - Brain/*physiopathology MH - *Brain Mapping MH - Brain Waves/*physiology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Child MH - Computer Simulation MH - Electroencephalography MH - Epilepsy, Rolandic/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy/*pathology/*physiopathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Male MH - Models, Neurological MH - Neural Pathways/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - Oxygen/blood MH - Statistics, Nonparametric OTO - NOTNLM OT - Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes OT - EEG-fMRI OT - independent component analysis OT - interictal epileptiform discharges OT - intrinsic connectivity networks EDAT- 2017/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/04 06:00 CRDT- 2017/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1142/S0129065717500186 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Neural Syst. 2017 Nov;27(7):1750018. doi: 10.1142/S0129065717500186. Epub 2017 Jan 10.