María A García-Pallero, Cristina V Torres Díaz, Concepción González Hernando, Pilar Martín Plasencia, Rafael Manzanares, Laura Esteban García, Marta Navas, Paloma Pulido, Juan Delgado-Fernández, José I Aragón Rubio, Rafael G Sola
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship between cognitive performance and white matter integrity in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) to establish radiologic criteria to help with patient selection for surgery. METHODS: The study included 19 adults with temporal lobe epilepsy. A tractography analysis of fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity (MD) of the following fascicles was performed: arcuate fascicle, cingulum, fornix, inferior fronto-occipital fascicle, inferior longitudinal fascicle, parahippocampal fibers of the cingulum, and uncinate fascicle...
July 2020: World Neurosurgery