Diffusion Tensor Fiber Tracking of Human Brain Connectivity to Localize Intractable Seizures in Epileptic Patients
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Introduction Epilepsy is a disorder in which the nerve cells of the brain produce abnormal electrical impulses causing transient paroxysmal disturbances in the nervous system function known as seizures (1). Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common type of partial epilepsy in adults and is commonly characterized by hippocampal sclerosis. Hippocampal sclerosis is manifested in a pattern of neuronal loss and gliosis with secondary atrophy within the hippocampus. When the amygdala and parahippocampal gyrus are also involved, the disorder is termed mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) (2).
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