Thalamic arousal network disturbances in temporal lobe epilepsy and improvement after surgery.

Hernán F J GonzálezSrijata ChakravortiSarah E GoodaleKanupriya GuptaDaniel O ClaassenBenoit DawantVictoria L MorganDario J Englot

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2019)

Overall, patients with TLE demonstrate impaired connectivity in thalamic arousal networks that may be involved in visuospatial attention, but these disturbances may partially recover after successful epilepsy surgery. Thalamic arousal network dysfunction may contribute to morbidity in TLE.

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