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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy shows increased posterior theta, and reduced sensorimotor beta resting connectivity

Routley, Bethany, Shaw, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5741-7526, Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-3920, Singh, Krish ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3094-2475 and Hamandi, Khalid 2020. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy shows increased posterior theta, and reduced sensorimotor beta resting connectivity. Epilepsy Research 163 , 106324. 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106324

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Abstract

Background Widespread structural and functional brain network changes have been shown in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) despite normal clinical neuroimaging. We sought to better define these changes using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and source space connectivity analysis for optimal neurophysiological and anatomical localisation. Methods We consecutively recruited 26 patients with JME who underwent resting state MEG recording, along with 26 age-and-sex matched controls. Whole brain connectivity was determined through correlation of Automated Anatomical Labelling (AAL) atlas source space MEG timeseries in conventional frequency bands of interest delta (1-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (8-13 Hz), beta (13-30 Hz) and gamma (40-60 Hz). We used a Linearly Constrained Minimum Variance (LCMV) beamformer to extract voxel wise time series of ‘virtual sensors’ for the desired frequency bands, followed by connectivity analysis using correlation between frequency- and node-specific power fluctuations, for the voxel maxima in each AAL atlas label, correcting for noise, potentially spurious connections and multiple comparisons. Results We found increased connectivity in the theta band in posterior brain regions, surviving statistical correction for multiple comparisons (corrected p < 0.05), and decreased connectivity in the beta band in sensorimotor cortex, between right pre- and post- central gyrus (p < 0.05) in JME compared to controls. Conclusions Altered resting-state MEG connectivity in JME comprised increased connectivity in posterior theta – the frequency band associated with long range connections affecting attention and arousal - and decreased beta-band sensorimotor connectivity. These findings likely relate to altered regulation of the sensorimotor network and seizure prone states in JME.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0920-1211
Funders: MRC, Wellcome Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 8 April 2020
Date of Acceptance: 26 March 2020
Last Modified: 05 May 2023 16:07
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130898

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