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Background:

  • Left hemispatial neglect is a disorder affecting spatial attention.
  • The underlying structural connectivity disruptions in the spatial attention network remain incompletely understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reconstruct the structural connectivity of the spatial attention network.
  • To identify specific disconnection patterns associated with hemispatial neglect.

Main Methods:

  • Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and probabilistic tractography were used.
  • Voxel-based analysis compared fractional anisotropy maps between neglect and control groups.
  • Lesion path masks were generated to analyze damaged white matter tracts.

Main Results:

  • Damage was identified in the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) I, SLF III/arcuate fasciculus (AF), and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), connecting key regions of the dorsal and ventral attention networks.
  • Thalamic radiations to spatial attention cortices were also found to be damaged.
  • Specific patterns of damage, such as isolated SLF I or combined thalamic radiation damage, correlated with different neglect phenotypes.

Conclusions:

  • Structural disconnection within the spatial attention network, particularly involving SLF I, SLF III/AF, IFOF, and thalamic radiations, underlies hemispatial neglect.
  • Different infarction locations and resulting disconnection patterns contribute to the diverse clinical presentations of neglect.