Focke, Niels K.

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","246"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Epilepsy Research"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","254"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","95"],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Powell, Rob"],["dc.contributor.author","Thompson, Pamela J."],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Stretton, Jason"],["dc.contributor.author","Vollmar, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, Mark R."],["dc.contributor.author","Price, Cathy J."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.contributor.author","Koepp, Matthias J."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:53:33Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:53:33Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","Purpose: In patients with left temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) due to hippocampal sclerosis (HS) decreased naming ability is common, suggesting a critical role for the medial left temporal lobe in this task. We investigated the integrity of language networks with functional MRI (fMRI) in controls and TLE patients. Experimental design: We performed an fMRI verbal fluency paradigm in 22 controls and 66 patients with unilateral mesial TLE (37 left HS, 29 right HS). Verbal fluency and naming ability were investigated as part of the standard presurgical neuropsychological assessment. Naming ability was assessed using a visual confrontation naming test. Results: Left TLE patients had significantly tower naming scores than controls and those with right TLE. Right TLE patients performed less well than controls, but better than those with left TLE. Left TLE had significantly lower scores for verbal fluency than controls. In controls and right TLE, left hippocampal activation during the verbal fluency task was significantly correlated with naming, characterised by higher scores in subjects with greater hippocampal fMRI activation. In left TLE no correlation with naming scores was seen in the left hippocampus, but there was a significant correlation in the left middle and inferior frontal gyri, not observed in controls and right TLE. In left and right TLE, out of scanner verbal fluency scores significantly correlated with fMRI activation for verbal fluency in the left middle and inferior frontal gyri. Conclusion: Good confrontation naming ability depends on the integrity of the hippocampus and the connecting fronto-temporal networks. Functional MRI activation in the left hippocampus during verbal fluency is associated with naming function in healthy controls and patients with right TLE. In left TLE, there was evidence of involvement of the left frontal lobe when naming was more proficient, most likely reflecting a compensatory response due to the ongoing epileptic activity and/or underlying pathology. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.04.007"],["dc.identifier.isi","000293727600009"],["dc.identifier.pmid","21592730"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11299"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/22438"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Bv"],["dc.relation.issn","0920-1211"],["dc.rights","CC BY 3.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"],["dc.title","Hippocampal activation correlates with visual confrontation naming: fMRI findings in controls and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1653"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Epilepsia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1664"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","58"],["dc.contributor.author","Martin, Pascal"],["dc.contributor.author","Winston, Gavin P."],["dc.contributor.author","Bartlett, Philippa"],["dc.contributor.author","de Tisi, Jane"],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-12-16T15:44:53Z"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-10-27T13:21:57Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-12-16T15:44:53Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-10-27T13:21:57Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","OBJECTIVE: Although the general utility of voxel-based processing of structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for detecting occult lesions in focal epilepsy is established, many differences exist among studies, and it is unclear which processing method is preferable. The aim of this study was to compare the ability of commonly used methods to detect epileptogenic lesions in magnetic resonance MRI-positive and MRI-negative patients, and to estimate their diagnostic yield. METHODS: We identified 144 presurgical focal epilepsy patients, 15 of whom had a histopathologically proven and MRI-visible focal cortical dysplasia; 129 patients were MRI negative with a clinical hypothesis of seizure origin, 27 of whom had resections. We applied four types of voxel-based morphometry (VBM), three based on T1 images (gray matter volume, gray matter concentration, junction map [JM]) and one based on normalized fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (nFSI). Specificity was derived from analysis of 50 healthy controls. RESULTS: The four maps had different sensitivity and specificity profiles. All maps showed detection rates for focal cortical dysplasia patients (MRI positive and negative) of >30% at a strict threshold of p < 0.05 (family-wise error) and >60% with a liberal threshold of p < 0.0001 (uncorrected), except for gray matter volume (14% and 27% detection rate). All maps except nFSI showed poor specificity, with high rates of false-positive findings in controls. In the MRI-negative patients, absolute detection rates were lower. A concordant nFSI finding had a significant positive odds ratio of 7.33 for a favorable postsurgical outcome in the MRI-negative group. Spatial colocalization of JM and nFSI was rare, yet showed good specificity throughout the thresholds. SIGNIFICANCE: All VBM variants had specific diagnostic properties that need to be considered for an adequate interpretation of the results. Overall, structural postprocessing can be a useful tool in presurgical diagnostics, but the low specificity of some maps has to be taken into consideration."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/epi.13851"],["dc.identifier.isbn","28745400"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/16969"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/92057"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Migrated from goescholar"],["dc.relation.issn","0013-9580"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Universitätsmedizin Göttingen"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.subject.ddc","610"],["dc.title","Voxel-based magnetic resonance image postprocessing in epilepsy"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1656"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Brain"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1668"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","132"],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Cercignani, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Acheson, J."],["dc.contributor.author","Parker, G. J. M."],["dc.contributor.author","Alexander, Daniel C."],["dc.contributor.author","McEvoy, A. W."],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, Mark R."],["dc.contributor.author","Koepp, Matthias J."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:28:58Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:28:58Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.description.abstract","Anterior temporal lobe resection is often complicated by superior quadrantic visual field deficits (VFDs). In some cases this can be severe enough to prohibit driving, even if a patient is free of seizures. These deficits are caused by damage to Meyers loop of the optic radiation, which shows considerable heterogeneity in its anterior extent. This structure cannot be distinguished using clinical magnetic resonance imaging sequences. Diffusion tensor tractography is an advanced magnetic resonance imaging technique that enables the parcellation of white matter. Using seed voxels antero-lateral to the lateral geniculate nucleus, we applied this technique to 20 control subjects, and 21 postoperative patients. All patients had visual fields assessed with Goldmann perimetry at least three months after surgery. We measured the distance from the tip of Meyers loop to the temporal pole and horn in all subjects. In addition, we measured the size of temporal lobe resection using postoperative T-1-weighted images, and quantified VFDs. Nine patients suffered VFDs ranging from 22 to 87 of the contralateral superior quadrant. In patients, the range of distance from the tip of Meyers loop to the temporal pole was 2443 mm (mean 34 mm), and the range of distance from the tip of Meyers loop to the temporal horn was 15 to 9 mm (mean 0 mm). In controls the range of distance from the tip of Meyers loop to the temporal pole was 2447 mm (mean 35 mm), and the range of distance from the tip of Meyers loop to the temporal horn was 11 to 9 mm (mean 0 mm). Both quantitative and qualitative results were in accord with recent dissections of cadaveric brains, and analysis of postoperative VFDs and resection volumes. By applying a linear regression analysis we showed that both distance from the tip of Meyers loop to the temporal pole and the size of resection were significant predictors of the postoperative VFDs. We conclude that there is considerable variation in the anterior extent of Meyers loop. In view of this, diffusion tensor tractography of the optic radiation is a potentially useful method to assess an individual patients risk of postoperative VFDs following anterior temporal lobe resection."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1093/brain/awp114"],["dc.identifier.isi","000266498400031"],["dc.identifier.pmid","19460796"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/13540"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/16542"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Oxford Univ Press"],["dc.relation.issn","1460-2156"],["dc.relation.issn","0006-8950"],["dc.rights","CC BY-NC 2.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/byby-nc/2.0"],["dc.title","Defining Meyers looptemporal lobe resections, visual field deficits and diffusion tensor tractography"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1484"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","6"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Epilepsia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1490"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","50"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","Scott, Catherine"],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, Mark R."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:29:07Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:29:07Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.description.abstract","Background: Patients with focal epilepsy that is refractory to medical treatment are often considered candidates for resective surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a very important role in the presurgical work-up of these patients, but is unremarkable in about one-third of cases. These patients are often deferred from surgery or have a less positive outcome if surgery is eventually undertaken. The aim of this study was to evaluate our recently described voxel-based technique using routine T2-FLAIR (fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery) scans in MRI-negative patients and to compare the results with video-EEG (electroencephalography) telemetry (VT) findings. Methods: We identified 70 epilepsy patients with refractory focal seizures who underwent VT and had a normal routine MRI. T2-FLAIR scans were bias-corrected, and intensity and spatially normalized (nFSI) using Statistical Parametric Mapping 5 (SPM5) as previously described. Individual scans were then compared against a set of 25 normal controls using a voxel-based method. Results: SPM5 identified 10 patients with suprathreshold clusters (14.3%). In 50% of these there was concordance between the lobe of the most significant cluster and the presumed lobe of seizure onset, as defined by VT. All cases were concordant with respect to lateralization of the putative focus. Conclusion: Using nFSI we identified focal structural cerebral abnormalities in 11.4% of patients with refractory focal seizures, and normal conventional MRI, that were fully or partially concordant with scalp VT. This voxel-based analysis of FLAIR scans, which are widely available, could provide a useful tool in the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy patients. Ongoing work is to compare these imaging findings with the results of intracranial EEG and histology of surgical resections."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02022.x"],["dc.identifier.isi","000266838100019"],["dc.identifier.pmid","19292759"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/16571"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Wiley-blackwell Publishing, Inc"],["dc.relation.issn","0013-9580"],["dc.title","Automated normalized FLAIR imaging in MRI-negative patients with refractory focal epilepsy"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","182"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Neuroscience Methods"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","189"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","205"],["dc.contributor.author","Lockwood-Estrin, Georgia"],["dc.contributor.author","Thom, Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, Mark R."],["dc.contributor.author","Martinian, Lillian"],["dc.contributor.author","Sisodiya, Sanjay M."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.contributor.author","Eriksson, Sofia H."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:12:06Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:12:06Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","Purpose: To investigate whether specific semi-quantitative 3T MRI parameters are associated with particular histological features in temporal lobe specimens in epilepsy surgery patients whose conventional MRI scan appeared normal. These MRI techniques have the potential to visualise subtle structural abnormalities currently undetected on conventional MRI; but correlation between pre-operative in vivo MRI and histopathology is needed to understand the basis of these MRI abnormalities. Predicting subtle histopathology with semi-quantitative MRI techniques could contribute to pre-surgical evaluation of epilepsy patients. Materials and methods: MRI techniques: normalised FLAIR signal intensity (nFSI), grey matter probability and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were correlated with quantitative histopathological measures: NeuN (neuronal nuclear antigen); GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein) and MBP (myelin basic protein) field fractions and stereological neuronal densities obtained in grey and white matter regions in twenty-four patients who underwent anterior temporal lobe resections. Results: There were no significant correlations between the histopathological measurements and MRI values in grey or white matter in macroscopically normal appearing tissue. Conclusion: Findings suggest that in macroscopically normal appearing tissue, the studied semiquantitative MRI measurements are not significantly related to the measures of gliosis, neuronal loss/gain and myelin used in the current study. Studies of macroscopically abnormal tissue as well as improvements to the MRI techniques may increase the sensitivity of future correlative studies to improve our understanding of the histopathological basis of MRI signal characteristics. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.12.014"],["dc.identifier.isi","000301688600020"],["dc.identifier.pmid","22227441"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/26875"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Bv"],["dc.relation.issn","0165-0270"],["dc.title","Correlating 3T MRI and histopathology in patients undergoing epilepsy surgery"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Epilepsia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","50"],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Parker, G."],["dc.contributor.author","Alexander, Daniel C."],["dc.contributor.author","Thompson, P."],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Koepp, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T11:23:29Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T11:23:29Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.format.extent","131"],["dc.identifier.isi","000270433800474"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/56210"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Wiley-blackwell Publishing, Inc"],["dc.publisher.place","Malden"],["dc.relation.conference","28th International Epilespy Congress"],["dc.relation.eventlocation","Budapest, HUNGARY"],["dc.relation.issn","0013-9580"],["dc.title","TRACTOGRAPHY AND THE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK DAMAGE UNDERLYING MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY"],["dc.type","conference_abstract"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","472"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Epilepsy & Behavior"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","476"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","12"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Thompson, Pamela J."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T11:16:27Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T11:16:27Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008"],["dc.description.abstract","Material-specific memory dysfunction is a feature of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) and has lateralizing potential. We used voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and partial regression analysis of whole-brain tissue class volumes to test if there are correlations between material-specific cognitive dysfunction and localized gray matter loss. In a cohort of 89 patients with mTLE and hippocampal sclerosis (HS), we found correlations between global gray matter and cerebrospinal fluid volume and cognitive test scores in the group with left HS. These findings, however, were poorly anatomically localized; no global changes were detected in the group with right HS. Thus, correlations between gray matter loss and cognitive dysfunction were present and suggested the involvement of widespread neural networks. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Medical Research Council [G9805989]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.12.011"],["dc.identifier.isi","000254553900016"],["dc.identifier.pmid","18226962"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/54594"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1525-5050"],["dc.title","Correlation of cognitive functions with voxel-based morphometry in patients with hippocampal sclerosis"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","728"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","NeuroImage"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","737"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","40"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Bartlett, Philippa A."],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, Mark R."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T11:16:47Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T11:16:47Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008"],["dc.description.abstract","Background: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) with hippocampus sclerosis (HS) is an important cause for focal epilepsy. In this study, we explored the integrity of connecting networks using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and two whole-brain voxel-based methods: statistical parametric mapping (SPM) and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS). Methods: Thirty-three consecutive patients with mTLE and HS undergoing presurgical evaluation were scanned at 3 T, a DTI data set was acquired and parametric maps of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) were calculated. Twenty-one patients had left hippocampal sclerosis (LHS) and 12 patients had right HS (RHS). These groups were compared to 37 normal control subjects using both SPM5 and TBSS. Results: The ipsilateral temporal lobe showed widespread FA reduction in both groups. The limbic system was clearly abnormal in the LHS group, also involving the arcuate fasciculus. In RHS, changes were more restricted but also showed involvement of the contralateral temporal and inferior frontal lobe. Increased MD was found in the ipsilateral hippocampus by SPM that was only marginally detected by TBSS. In white matter regions, however, TBSS was more sensitive to changes than SPM. Conclusion: DT1 detects extensive changes in mTLE with HS. The affected networks were principally in the ipsilateral temporal lobe and the limbic system but also the arcuate fasciculus. SPM and TBSS gave complementary information with higher sensitivity to FA changes using TBSS. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Medical Research Council [G9805989]; Wellcome Trust [, 067176]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.12.031"],["dc.identifier.isi","000254627700033"],["dc.identifier.pmid","18261930"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/54673"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1053-8119"],["dc.title","Voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","11"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","81"],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","McEvoy, Andrew W."],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.contributor.author","Koepp, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Thompson, P."],["dc.contributor.author","Vollmar, Christian"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:37:38Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:37:38Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.format.extent","E24"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1136/jnnp.2010.226340.29"],["dc.identifier.isi","000283354800030"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/18583"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","B M J Publishing Group"],["dc.publisher.place","London"],["dc.relation.conference","Annual Meeting of the Association-of-British-Neurologists"],["dc.relation.eventlocation","Bournemouth, ENGLAND"],["dc.relation.issn","0022-3050"],["dc.title","STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY OF WHITE MATTER NETWORKS FOLLOWING ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE RESECTION"],["dc.type","conference_abstract"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","2348"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Brain"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2364"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","133"],["dc.contributor.author","Yogarajah, Mahinda"],["dc.contributor.author","Focke, Niels K."],["dc.contributor.author","Bonelli, Silvia B."],["dc.contributor.author","Thompson, Pamela J."],["dc.contributor.author","Vollmar, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","McEvoy, Andrew W."],["dc.contributor.author","Alexander, Daniel C."],["dc.contributor.author","Symms, Mark R."],["dc.contributor.author","Koepp, Matthias J."],["dc.contributor.author","Duncan, John S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:40:38Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:40:38Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","Anterior temporal lobe resection is an effective treatment for refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. The structural consequences of such surgery in the white matter, and how these relate to language function after surgery remain unknown. We carried out a longitudinal study with diffusion tensor imaging in 26 left and 20 right temporal lobe epilepsy patients before and a mean of 4.5 months after anterior temporal lobe resection. The whole-brain analysis technique tract-based spatial statistics was used to compare pre- and postoperative data in the left and right temporal lobe epilepsy groups separately. We observed widespread, significant, mean 7%, decreases in fractional anisotropy in white matter networks connected to the area of resection, following both left and right temporal lobe resections. However, we also observed a widespread, mean 8%, increase in fractional anisotropy after left anterior temporal lobe resection in the ipsilateral external capsule and posterior limb of the internal capsule, and corona radiata. These findings were confirmed on analysis of the native clusters and hand drawn regions of interest. Postoperative tractography seeded from this area suggests that this cluster is part of the ventro-medial language network. The mean pre- and postoperative fractional anisotropy and parallel diffusivity in this cluster were significantly correlated with postoperative verbal fluency and naming test scores. In addition, the percentage change in parallel diffusivity in this cluster was correlated with the percentage change in verbal fluency after anterior temporal lobe resection, such that the bigger the increase in parallel diffusivity, the smaller the fall in language proficiency after surgery. We suggest that the findings of increased fractional anisotropy in this ventro-medial language network represent structural reorganization in response to the anterior temporal lobe resection, which may damage the more susceptible dorso-lateral language pathway. These findings have important implications for our understanding of brain injury and rehabilitation, and may also prove useful in the prediction and minimization of postoperative language deficits."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1093/brain/awq175"],["dc.identifier.isi","000280982700016"],["dc.identifier.pmid","20826432"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/13538"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/19278"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Oxford Univ Press"],["dc.relation.issn","0006-8950"],["dc.rights","CC BY-NC 2.5"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5"],["dc.title","The structural plasticity of white matter networks following anterior temporal lobe resection"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]