title: Functional connectivity abnormalities vary by amygdala subdivision and are associated with psychiatric symptoms in unilateral temporal epilepsy.
abstract: The amygdala has been described as a structure affected by mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Indeed, it is suggested that amygdala abnormalities are related to the co-morbid depression and anxiety reported in MTLE. In this context, we investigated the relation between functional connectivity (FC) emerging from this structure in fMRI and depression and anxiety levels reported in MTLE patients. We focused on resting-state BOLD activity and evaluated whether FC differences emerge from each of three amygdala subdivisions (laterobasal, centromedial and superficial) in left and right MTLE groups, compared with healthy controls. Results revealed significant differences between patient groups and controls. Specifically, the left MTLE group showed abnormal FC for the left-sided seeds only. Furthermore, regardless of the seed, we observed more reliable differences between the right MTLE group and controls. Further analysis of these results revealed correlations between these impaired connectivities and psychiatric symptoms in both MTLE groups. Opposite relations, however, were highlighted: the more depressed or anxious the right MTLE patients, the closer their FC values approached controls; whereas the less anxious the left MTLE patients, the closer their FC values were normative. These results highlight how MTLE alter FC emerging from the limbic system. Overall, our data demonstrate that right TLE has a more maladaptive impact on emotion-related networks, in ways specific to the amygdala region, and the emotion symptom involved, than left TLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University, United States.
authors.forename: Gaëlle E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Doucet
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skidmore
authors.forename: Ashwini D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharan
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: Joseph I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Tracy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Amygdala; Anxiety; Depression; Epilepsy; Resting state functional connectivity
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