Functional MRI study of neurovascular coupling in patients with non-lesional epilepsy.

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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-01-22 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2024.1517565

Zhisen Li, Xiaoxia Hou, Yanli Lu, Huimin Zhao, Meixia Wang, Qian Gui, Guanhui Wu, Qinrong Xu, Xiaofeng Dong, Qingzhang Cheng, Xiaowen Xu, Hongxuan Feng

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Abstract

Objective: The diagnosis of patients with non-lesional epilepsy (NLE) is relatively challenging because of the absence of a clear focus on imaging, and the underlying pathological mechanism remains unclear. The neuronal activity and functional connectivity of NLE patients are significantly abnormal, and the neuronal activity of epilepsy patients is closely related to cerebral blood flow (CBF). Neurovascular coupling (NVC) offers insights into the relationship between neuronal activity and CBF. Hence, we intend to explore the alterations of NVC in NLE patients and their influences on cognitive function.

Methods: Clinical data of 24 patients with NLE (15 female; age range 19-40 years; median age 30.5 years) and 39 healthy controls (27 female; age range 19-40 years; median age 30 years) were collected, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and 3D arterial spin labeling (ASL) were performed. The imaging indexes of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and CBF were calculated, respectively, by post-processing analysis. The differences in CBF, ALFF and CBF/ALFF ratio between the two groups were analyzed, along with correlation with clinical data of NLE patients.

Results: Compared with the healthy controls, the CBF of the right parahippocampal gyrus was significantly decreased, and the CBF/ALFF ratio of the right inferior parietal, but supramarginal and angular gyri was significantly increased in NLE patients (p < 0.001). Moreover, the CBF/ALFF ratio was positively correlated with epilepsy depression score (r = 0.546, p = 0.006).

Conclusion: NLE patients showed abnormal local NVC, which was associated with the severity of depression. The combined application of rs-fMRI and ASL can comprehensively evaluate the neuronal activity and cerebral blood perfusion in patients with NLE. The abnormal NVC is of great significance for us to explore the central mechanism of the occurrence and development of NLE.

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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 医学-神经科学

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4.70

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6.90%

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830

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2-4 weeks

期刊介绍： Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is a first-tier electronic journal devoted to understanding the brain mechanisms supporting cognitive and social behavior in humans, and how these mechanisms might be altered in disease states. The last 25 years have seen an explosive growth in both the methods and the theoretical constructs available to study the human brain. Advances in electrophysiological, neuroimaging, neuropsychological, psychophysical, neuropharmacological and computational approaches have provided key insights into the mechanisms of a broad range of human behaviors in both health and disease. Work in human neuroscience ranges from the cognitive domain, including areas such as memory, attention, language and perception to the social domain, with this last subject addressing topics, such as interpersonal interactions, social discourse and emotional regulation. How these processes unfold during development, mature in adulthood and often decline in aging, and how they are altered in a host of developmental, neurological and psychiatric disorders, has become increasingly amenable to human neuroscience research approaches. Work in human neuroscience has influenced many areas of inquiry ranging from social and cognitive psychology to economics, law and public policy. Accordingly, our journal will provide a forum for human research spanning all areas of human cognitive, social, developmental and translational neuroscience using any research approach.