Connectivity of the supplementary motor area in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and frontal lobe epilepsy

Purpose:  Subtle structural abnormalities of frontal lobe gray and white matter have been described in cryptogenic frontal lobe and idiopathic generalized epilepsies. The supplementary motor area (SMA) has a role in motor control, and its involvement during frontal lobe epileptic seizures is characterized by a typical asymmetric tonic posturing. Moreover, motor networks are dysfunctional in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). We tested the hypothesis that SMA structural connectivity is altered in focal frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and JME compared to healthy controls.

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