Resting-state functional MRI of the default mode network in epilepsy

Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Oct:111:107308. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107308. Epub 2020 Jul 19.

Abstract

The default mode network (DMN) is a major neuronal network that deactivates during goal-directed tasks. Recent advances in neuroimaging have shed light on its structure and function. Alterations in the DMN are increasingly recognized in a range of neurological and psychiatric conditions including epilepsy. This review first describes the current understanding of the DMN in health, normal aging, and disease as it is acquired via resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), before focusing on how it is affected in various types of focal and generalized epilepsy. These findings support the potential use of DMN parameters as future biomarkers in epilepsy research, diagnosis, and management.

Keywords: Default mode network; Epilepsy; Functional connectivity; Resting-state fMRI.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Brain Mapping / methods
  • Default Mode Network / diagnostic imaging*
  • Default Mode Network / physiopathology
  • Epilepsy / diagnostic imaging*
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Nerve Net / diagnostic imaging
  • Nerve Net / physiopathology
  • Rest* / physiology