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Background  Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common form of focal epilepsy, which is frequently characterized by hippocampal sclerosis (HS). Accumulating studies have suggested widespread cortico-cortical connections related to MTLE. The role of subcortical structures involved in general epilepsy has been extensively investigated, but it is still limited in MTLE. Our purpose was to determine the specific morphological correlation between sclerotic hippocampal and thalamic sub-regions, using quantitative analysis, in MTLE.    Methods  In this study, 23 MTLE patients with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis and 24 healthy controls were examined with three-dimensional T1 MRI. Volume quantitative analysis in the hippocampus and thalamus was conducted and group-related volumetric difference was assessed. Moreover, vertex analysis was further performed using automated software to delineate detailed morphological patterns of the hippocampus and thalamus. The correlation was used to examine whether there is a relationship between volume changes of two subcortical structures and clinical characteristics.    Results  The patients had a significant volume decrease in the sclerotic hippocampus ( p  < 0.001). Compared to controls, obvious atrophic patterns were observed in the bilateral hippocampus in MTLE ( p  < 0.05). Only small patches of shrinkage were noted in the bilateral thalamus ( p  < 0.05). Moreover, the volume change of the hippocampus had a significant positive correlation with that of the thalamus ( P  < 0.001). Intriguingly, volume changes of the hippocampus and thalamus were correlated with the duration of epilepsy (hippocampus:  P  = 0.024; thalamus:  P  = 0.022). However, only volume changes of thalamus possibly differentiated between two prognostic groups in patients ( P  = 0.026).    Conclusions  We demonstrated the morphological characteristics of the hippocampus and thalamus in MTLE, providing new insights into the interrelated mechanisms between the hippocampus and thalamus, which have potential clinical significance for refining neuromodulated targets.

The morphological characteristics of hippocampus and thalamus in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy