Widely Impaired White Matter Integrity and Altered Structural Brain Networks in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures.

Widely Impaired White Matter Integrity and Altered Structural Brain Networks in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures.

Sone, Daichi;Sato, Noriko;Ota, Miho;Kimura, Yukio;Matsuda, Hiroshi;
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 2019 Vol. 15 pp. 3549-3555
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The underlying neural correlates of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are still unknown and their identification would be helpful for clinicians and patients. This study aimed to reveal details of white matter microstructure and alterations in brain structural networks in patients with PNES by using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and graph theoretical connectivity analysis.Seventeen patients with PNES and 26 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled. All participants underwent DTI on a 3.0-T MRI scanner, and fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) maps were compared by tract-based spatial statistics. Additionally, the structural networks derived from DTI data were analyzed using graph theory and two different parcellation schemes.Patients with PNES showed widespread decreases in FA and increases in MD, particularly in the deep white matter. In addition, graph theoretical analysis revealed impaired brain networks in PNES, including increased path length, decreased network efficiency, altered nodal topology, and reduced regional connectivity in the right posterior areas.We found widely impaired white matter integrity and impaired brain structural networks in Japanese patients with PNES. These findings contribute to the accumulation of evidence on PNES and may improve understanding of this condition.

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