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Abnormal Topological Organization of Structural Covariance Networks in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Comorbid Sleep Disorder.
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ABSTRACT: Objective
The structural covariance network (SCN) alterations in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and comorbid sleep disorder (PWSD) remain poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate changes in SCNs using structural magnetic resonance imaging.Methods
Thirty-four PWSD patients, thirty-three patients with temporal lobe epilepsy without sleep disorder (PWoSD), and seventeen healthy controls underwent high-resolution structural MRI imaging. Subsequently, SCNs were constructed based on gray matter volume and analyzed via graph-theoretical approaches.Results
PWSD exhibited significantly increased clustering coefficients, shortest path lengths, transitivity, and local efficiency. In addition, various distributions and numbers of SCN hubs were identified in PWSD. Furthermore, PWSD networks were less robust to random and target attacks than those of healthy controls and PWoSD patients.Conclusion
This study identifies aberrant SCN changes in PWSD that may be related to the susceptibility of patients with epilepsy to sleep disorders.
SUBMITTER: Yang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10605209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Abnormal Topological Organization of Structural Covariance Networks in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Comorbid Sleep Disorder.
Brain sciences 20231022 10
<h4>Objective</h4>The structural covariance network (SCN) alterations in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and comorbid sleep disorder (PWSD) remain poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate changes in SCNs using structural magnetic resonance imaging.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty-four PWSD patients, thirty-three patients with temporal lobe epilepsy without sleep disorder (PWoSD), and seventeen healthy controls underwent high-resolution structural MRI imaging. Subsequently, SCNs were constru ...[more]