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Network Analysis of the Default Mode Network Using Functional Connectivity MRI in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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Episodic memory network connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy.

Marine Fleury^1,2, Sarah Buck^1,2, Lawrence P Binding^1,2,3

¹Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

|July 18, 2022

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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) disrupts memory networks, showing altered connectivity. Disease burden impacts these memory networks, affecting cognitive function in TLE patients.

Keywords:

connectivity epilepsy memory network psychophysiological interaction

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Epilepsy Research
Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is characterized by disruptions in brain networks, often leading to impaired episodic memory.
While functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have identified local functional reorganizations, network-level alterations in TLE memory systems remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the functional anatomy of memory networks in TLE using memory fMRI.
To determine the relationship between memory network alterations and memory function in TLE patients.

Main Methods:

Ninety TLE patients and 29 controls underwent fMRI during a memory encoding task (faces/words) followed by a recognition test.
Psychophysiological interaction analysis examined task-associated functional connectivity changes seeded from mesial temporal lobes (MTLs).
Correlations were assessed between connectivity, memory performance, epilepsy duration, and disease burden (e.g., hippocampal sclerosis).

Main Results:

TLE patients exhibited decreased connectivity between bilateral MTLs and frontal lobes, alongside increased local anterior MTL connectivity compared to controls.
Enhanced intrinsic connectivity within bilateral MTLs correlated with better memory performance in TLE.
Increased epilepsy duration and seizure frequency were linked to reduced connectivity between MTLs and orbitofrontal cortex/insula, crucial for memory functions.

Conclusions:

TLE is associated with significant temporal and extratemporal memory network reorganization.
Increased functional connectivity within the MTL and to the orbitofrontal cortex/insula is linked to efficient memory function but is compromised by disease burden in TLE.