Nuclear imaging for localization and surgical outcome prediction in epilepsy: A review of latest discoveries and future perspectives

C Sukprakun, S Tepmongkol - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. Approximately, one-
third of patients with epilepsy have seizures refractory to antiepileptic drugs and further …

Cortical abnormalities of synaptic vesicle protein 2A in focal cortical dysplasia type II identified in vivo with 18F-SynVesT-1 positron emission tomography imaging

Y Tang, J Yu, M Zhou, J Li, T Long, Y Li, L Feng… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The loss of synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) is well established as the major
correlate of epileptogenesis in focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCD II), but this has not been …

Detection of changes in synaptic density in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients using 18F‐SynVesT‐1 positron emission tomography

Y Tang, P Liu, W Li, Z Liu, M Zhou, J Li… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Synaptic loss is well established as the major correlate of
characteristic and consistent pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We aimed to …

Individual brain metabolic connectome indicator based on jensen-shannon divergence similarity estimation predicts seizure outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy

Z Zhu, Z Zhang, X Gao, L Feng, D Chen… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective: We aimed to use an individual metabolic connectome method, the Jensen-
Shannon Divergence Similarity Estimation (JSSE), to characterize the aberrant connectivity …

Machine learning-derived multimodal neuroimaging of presurgical target area to predict individual's seizure outcomes after epilepsy surgery

Y Tang, W Li, L Tao, J Li, T Long, Y Li… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Half of the patients who have tailored resection of the suspected epileptogenic
zone for drug-resistant epilepsy have recurrent postoperative seizures. Although …

Identifying important factors for successful surgery in patients with lateral temporal lobe epilepsy

JR Kim, H Jo, B Park, YH Park, YH Chung, YM Shon… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objective Lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (LTLE) has been diagnosed in only a small number
of patients; therefore, its surgical outcome is not as well-known as that of mesial temporal …

Metabolic connectivity is associated with seizure outcome in surgically treated temporal lobe epilepsies: A 18F-FDG PET seed correlation analysis

M Doyen, MB Chawki, S Heyer, E Guedj, V Roch… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 18 F-FDG PET provides high sensitivity for the pre-surgical assessment of drug-
resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, little is known about the metabolic …

A PET-based radiomics nomogram for individualized predictions of seizure outcomes after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

H Wu, K Liao, Z Tan, C Zeng, B Wu, Z Zhou… - … : European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To establish and validate a novel nomogram based on clinical characteristics and
[18 F] FDG PET radiomics for the prediction of postsurgical seizure freedom in patients with …

Metabolic connectivity as a predictor of surgical outcome in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

O Strýček, P Říha, M Kojan, Z Řehák… - Epilepsia Open, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The study investigated metabolic connectivity (MC) differences between patients
with unilateral drug‐resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with hippocampal …

White matter alterations in MR-negative temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy using fixel-based analysis

M Bartoňová, JD Tournier, M Bartoň, P Říha… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study focuses on white matter alterations in pharmacoresistant epilepsy patients with no
visible lesions in the temporal and frontal lobes on clinical MRI (ie MR-negative) with lesions …