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Research article summary:
In vivo hippocampal metabolic dysfunction in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
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BACKGROUND: The nature of functional metabolic disturbances in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: To compare in vivo measures of hippocampal metabolic abnormalities in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, as acquired with ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Dec
in Journal: Arch Neurol
(Language : eng)
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2002 Dec;59(12):1882-6
In vivo hippocampal metabolic dysfunction in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
Knowlton RC, Abou-Khalil B, Sawrie SM, Martin RC, Faught RE, Kuzniecky RI
UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 35294-0021, USA. knowlton@uab.edu
BACKGROUND: The nature of functional metabolic disturbances in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: To compare in vivo measures of hippocampal metabolic abnormalities in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, as acquired with fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, and to determine the relationship between N-acetylaspartate (NAA) disturbances and well-established derangements of glucose metabolism. DESIGN: Measures of hippocampal glucose metabolism from fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography were normalized to whole brain counts to provide a glucose uptake metabolic index. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging was performed at 4.1 T, and measures of creatinine/NAA ratio were made from mostly hippocampal-only voxels. Direct comparisons and correlation analysis of measures were performed. SETTING: Presurgical evaluations for treatment of intractable epilepsy. PATIENTS: Twenty-nine patients between July 1994 and June 1996 who were candidates for anterior-medial temporal lobectomy at the epilepsy centers of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Vanderbilt University schools of medicine were studied. RESULTS: The mean ipsilateral hippocampal glucose metabolic index (0.85) was normal, while the contralateral metabolic index (0.95) was nearly significant for an abnormally elevated measure. The mean ipsilateral hippocampal creatinine/NAA (1.26) was abnormally elevated; the mean contralateral creatinine/NAA (0.88) was normal. Hippocampal glucose and creatinine/NAA measures did not correlate; asymmetry measures also did not correlate. CONCLUSIONS: Hippocampal metabolic disturbances in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy as measured by fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography vs proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging reflect different mechanisms of biochemical dysfunction. This lack of correlation is hypothesized to reflect a differential effect of varying degrees of disturbed cellular energy metabolism on mechanisms of glucose use and biosynthesis of NAA.
PMID : 12470175 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Robert C | Knowlton | RC |
| Bassel | Abou-Khalil | B |
| Stephen M | Sawrie | SM |
| Roy C | Martin | RC |
| R Edward | Faught | RE |
| Ruben I | Kuzniecky | RI |
Affiliation: UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 35294-0021, USA. knowlton@uab.edu
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Category links from this article:- Adolescent
- Adult
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - metabolism, pathology
- Female
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 - diagnostic use
- Hippocampus - metabolism, pathology
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods, statistics & numerical data
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Tomography, Emission-Computed - methods, statistics & numerical data
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