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Electroencephalography Network Effects of Corpus Callosotomy in Patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Authors
 Jun-Ge Liang  ;  Dongpyo Lee  ;  Song Ee Youn  ;  Heung Dong Kim  ;  Nam-Young Kim 
Citation
 FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, Vol.8 : 456, 2017 
Journal Title
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
Issue Date
2017
Keywords
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome ; corpus callosotomy ; electroencephalographic ; functional connectivity ; functional network effects ; small-world structure
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the functional network effects of corpus callosotomy (CC), a well-recognized palliative surgical therapy for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Specifically, we sought to gain insight into the effects of CC on LGS remission, based on brain networks in LGS by calculating network metrics and evaluating by network measures before and after surgery.

METHODS: Electroencephalographic recordings made during preoperative and 3-month postoperative states in 14 patients with LGS who had undergone successful CC were retrospectively analyzed. First, undirected correlation matrices were constituted for the mathematical expression of functional networks. Then, we plotted these networks to analyze the effects of CC on connectivity. In addition, conventional local and global network measures were applied to evaluate differences in network topology between preoperative and postoperative states.

RESULTS: In the preoperative state, hubs were mainly distributed around the paramedian regions. After CC, the hubs moved from the paramedian regions to the dual-hemisphere and even the lateral regions. Thus, the general connectivity state became more homogeneous, which was verified by network plots and statistical analysis of local measures. The results of global network measures indicated a decreased clustering coefficient in the delta band, decreased characteristic path length in both the delta and gamma bands, and increased global efficiency in the gamma band.

CONCLUSION: Our results showed a consistent variation in the global brain network that converted to a small-world topology with an optimal balance of functional integration and segregation of the network. Such changes were positively correlated with satisfactory surgery results, which could be interpreted as being indicative of LGS recovery process after CC. For patients with refractory LGS along with no focal epileptogenic zone findings, which were not suitable for the resective surgical therapy, our results verified that CC could work as an effective surgical treatment option.
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DOI
10.3389/fneur.2017.00456
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pediatrics (소아과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Heung Dong(김흥동) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8031-7336
Youn, Song Ee(윤송이)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/161132
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