Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Epilepsia, 05/18/2012
Pittau F et al. – In unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), amygdala and hippocampus on the affected and to a lesser extent on the healthy side are less connected, and are also less connected with the dopaminergic mesolimbic and the default mode network (DMN). Changes in functional connectivity between mesial temporal lobe structures and these structures may explain cognitive and psychiatric impairments often found in patients with MTLE.



