Abstract
ObjectiveTo clarify whether preoperative language magnetoencephalography (MEG) predicts postoperative verbal memory (VM) changes in left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (LMTLE). MethodsWe reviewed 18 right-handed patients with LMTLE who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy or selective amygdala hippocampectomy, 12 with (HS+) and 6 without hippocampal sclerosis (HS−). Patients underwent neuropsychological assessment before and after surgery. MEG was measured with an auditory verbal learning task in patients preoperatively and in 15 right-handed controls. Dynamic statistical parametric mapping (dSPM) was used for source imaging of task-related activity. Language laterality index (LI) was calculated by z-score of dSPM in language-related regions. LI in the region of HS+ and HS− was compared to controls. The correlation between LI and postoperative VM change was assessed in HS+ and HS−. ResultsPreoperative LI in supramarginal gyrus showed greater right-shifted lateralization in both HS+ and HS− than in controls. Right-shifted LI in supramarginal gyrus was correlated with postoperative VM increase in HS+ (p = 0.019), but not in HS−. ConclusionsRight-shifted language lateralization in dSPM of MEG signals may predict favorable VM outcome in HS+ of LMTLE. SignificanceFindings warrant further investigation of the relation between regional language laterality index and postoperative verbal memory changes.
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