Evaluation of cognitive functions of juvenile myoclonic epileptic patients by magnetic resonance spectroscopy and neuropsychiatric cognitive tests concurrently
Tóm tắt
Our aim in this research is investigating the hypothesis of biochemical changes in frontal cortex and thalamocortical pathways in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and the interaction between the biochemical changes and cortical functions. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was applied to 20 JME patients and 20 controls for measuring N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), N-acetyl aspartate to creatine ratio (NAA/Cr), Glutamine and Glutamate (GLX), Glutamine–Glutamate to creatine (GLX/Cr), Choline containing compounds (Cho) and Choline to creatine (Cho/Cr) levels. Neuropsychological cognitive tests for linguistic and visual attention, linguistic and visual memory, visuospatial and executive functions were applied to all participants. NAA and NAA/Cr concentrations were found lower in bilateral frontal and thalamic regions in JME group as compared with the control group (p < 0.05). There was no difference in frontal and thalamic GLX, GLX/Cr, Cho, Cho/Cr levels in between JME patients and controls (p > 0.05). JME patients were found more unsuccessful than the controls in attention, memory, visuospatial function, verbal fluency, Trail B test and executive functions, stroop test, clock drawing test and Trail A test (p < 0.05). Prefrontal NAA/Cr level was positively related to visual attention, memory, stroop test and thalamic NAA/Cr level was positively related to linguistic memory and Wisconsin card sorting test in JME patients. This research highlights regional brain changes and cognitive decline in JME patients and suggests that MRS may be a sensitive technique for showing subclinical cognitive changes.
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