Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight

JW Vogel, N Corriveau-Lecavalier… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are the most common cause of dementia. Although their
underlying molecular pathologies have been identified, there is substantial heterogeneity in …

Wheels within wheels: theory and practice of epileptic networks

KA Davis, VK Jirsa, CA Schevon - Epilepsy Currents, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The concept of an epileptic network is based on the longstanding clinical observation that
ictal electroencephalography (EEG) patterns cannot be easily explained by the traditional …

Neural fragility as an EEG marker of the seizure onset zone

A Li, C Huynh, Z Fitzgerald, I Cajigas, D Brusko… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Over 15 million patients with epilepsy worldwide do not respond to drugs. Successful
surgical treatment requires complete removal or disconnection of the seizure onset zone …

Source-sink connectivity: A novel interictal EEG marker for seizure localization

KM Gunnarsdottir, A Li, RJ Smith, JY Kang… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Over 15 million epilepsy patients worldwide have drug-resistant epilepsy. Successful
surgery is a standard of care treatment but can only be achieved through complete resection …

Passive and active markers of cortical excitability in epilepsy

G Ramantani, MB Westover, S Gliske, J Sarnthein… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electroencephalography (EEG) has been the primary diagnostic tool in clinical epilepsy for
nearly a century. Its review is performed using qualitative clinical methods that have …

Control theory illustrates the energy efficiency in the dynamic reconfiguration of functional connectivity

S Deng, J Li, BT Thomas Yeo, S Gu - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
The brain's functional connectivity fluctuates over time instead of remaining steady in a
stationary mode even during the resting state. This fluctuation establishes the dynamical …

Connectivity within regions characterizes epilepsy duration and treatment outcome

X Chen, Y Wang, SJ Kopetzky… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Finding clear connectome biomarkers for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients, in particular
at early disease stages, remains a challenge. Currently, the whole‐brain structural …

Controllability analysis of functional brain networks

S Deng, S Gu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.08278, 2020 - arxiv.org
Network control theory has recently emerged as a promising approach for understanding
brain function and dynamics. By operationalizing notions of control theory for brain networks …

Neural fragility of the intracranial EEG network decreases after surgical resection of the epileptogenic zone

A Li, P Myers, N Warsi, KM Gunnarsdottir, S Kim… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Over 15 million patients with epilepsy worldwide do not respond to medical therapy and may
benefit from surgical treatment. In cases of focal epilepsy, surgical treatment requires …

[PDF][PDF] Source-sink connectivity: A novel resting-state EEG marker of the epileptogenic zone.

KM Gunnarsdottir, A Li, RJ Smith, JY Kang, NE Crone… - bioRxiv., 2021 - researchgate.net
Over 15 million epilepsy patients worldwide have medically refractory epilepsy (MRE), ie,
they do not respond to anti-epileptic drugs. Successful surgery is a hopeful alternative for …