Table 4.
Comparison of PSI-related FC between ECTS patients and controls
Functional connectivity | ECTS (n = 28) | Controls (n = 20) | P value | |
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Region 1 | Region 2 | |||
Left thalamus | Left superior temporal | − 0.101 | − 0.274 | 0.034 |
Left thalamus | Right middle temporal | − 0.116 | − 0.292 | 0.024 |
Left caudate | Left postcentral | − 0.185 | − 0.409 | 0.004 |
Right thalamus | Right caudate | 0.487 | 0.844 | 0.006 |
Right thalamus | Left middle temporal | − 0.138 | − 0.301 | 0.026 |
Right thalamus | Left superior temporal | − 0.110 | − 0.316 | 0.009 |
Right thalamus | Left frontal pole | − 0.021 | − 0.198 | 0.007 |
Right thalamus | Right middle temporal | − 0.081 | − 0.274 | 0.029 |
Right thalamus | Right frontal pole | 0.000 | − 0.155 | 0.047 |
Right caudate | Left postcentral | − 0.196 | − 0.422 | 0.005 |
Right caudate | Right postcentral | − 0.146 | − 0.383 | 0.004 |
Right caudate | Right precentral | − 0.141 | − 0.310 | 0.029 |
Left nucleus accumbens | Left middle temporal | 0.049 | − 0.123 | 0.009 |
Left postcentral | Right postcentral | 0.863 | 1.138 | 0.011 |
Left postcentral | Right precentral | 0.456 | 0.767 | 0.002 |
Left precentral | Right isthmus cingulate | − 0.229 | − 0.342 | 0.018 |
Left precentral | Right postcentral | 0.530 | 0.736 | 0.034 |
Left precentral | Right precentral | 0.623 | 0.837 | 0.028 |
Left precuneus | Right isthmus cingulate | 0.509 | 0.725 | 0.019 |
Right isthmus cingulate | Right precuneus | 0.516 | 0.767 | 0.001 |
ECTS, epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; FC, functional connectivity; PSI, processing speed index