title: Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals changes in language localization in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.
abstract: In children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, centrotemporal spikes may cause language dysfunction via disruption of underlying functional neuroanatomy. Fifteen patients with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes and 15 healthy controls completed 3 functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) language paradigms; standardized cognitive and language assessments were also performed. For all paradigms, children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes showed specific regional differences in activation compared to controls. Children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes also differed from controls on neuropsychological testing. They did not differ in general intelligence, but children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes scored significantly lower than controls on tests of language, visuomotor integration, and processing speed. These results extend previous findings of lower language and cognitive skills in patients with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, and suggest epilepsy-related remodeling of language networks that may underlie these observed differences.
authors: Pediatric Neuroimaging Research Consortium, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. Jennifer.Vannest@cchmc.org
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Vannest
authors: Jerzy P
authors: JP
authors: Szaflarski
authors: Kenneth P
authors: KP
authors: Eaton
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Henkel
authors: Diego
authors: D
authors: Morita
authors: Tracy A
authors: TA
authors: Glauser
authors: Anna W
authors: AW
authors: Byars
authors: Krishna
authors: K
authors: Patel
authors: Scott K
authors: SK
authors: Holland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010100:Oxygen; D012660:Semantics
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen