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Carr, Sarah J. A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6641-4415, Gershon, Arthur, Shafiabadi, Nassim, Lhatoo, Samden D., Tatsuoka, Curtis and Sahoo, Satya S.
(2021)
An Integrative Approach to Study Structural and Functional Network Connectivity in Epilepsy Using Imaging and Signal Data.
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience.
ISSN 1662-5145
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Abstract
A key area of research in epilepsy neurological disorder is the characterization of epileptic networks as they form and evolve during seizure events. In this paper, we describe the development and application of an integrative workflow to analyze functional and structural connectivity measures during seizure events using stereotactic electroencephalogram (SEEG) and diffusion weighted imaging data (DWI). We computed structural connectivity measures using electrode locations involved in recording SEEG signal data as reference points to filter fiber tracts. We used a new workflow-based tool to compute functional connectivity measures based on non-linear correlation coefficient, which allows the derivation of directed graph structures to represent coupling between signal data. We applied a hierarchical clustering based network analysis method over the functional connectivity data to characterize the organization of brain network into modules using data from 27 events across 8 seizures in a patient with refractory left insula epilepsy. The visualization of hierarchical clustering values as dendrograms shows the formation of connected clusters first within each insulae followed by merging of clusters across the two insula; however, there are clear differences between the network structures and clusters formed across the 8 seizures of the patient. The analysis of structural connectivity measures showed strong connections between contacts of certain electrodes within the same brain hemisphere with higher prevalence in the perisylvian/opercular areas. The combination of imaging and signal modalities for connectivity analysis provides information about a patient-specific dynamical functional network and examines the underlying structural connections that potentially influences the properties of the epileptic network. We also performed statistical analysis of the absolute changes in correlation values across all 8 seizures during a baseline normative time period and different seizure events, which showed decreased correlation values during seizure onset; however, the changes during ictal phases were varied.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Data availability statement: The datasets generated for this study are available on request to the corresponding author. |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2026 15:23 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2026 15:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/104251 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fnint.2020.491403 |
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