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Long-term variability of global statistical properties of epileptic brain networks
Authors:Kuhnert Marie-Therese  Elger Christian E  Lehnertz Klaus
Institution:Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. mkuhnert@uni-bonn.de
Abstract:We investigate the influence of various pathophysiologic and physiologic processes on global statistical properties of epileptic brain networks. We construct binary functional networks from long-term, multichannel electroencephalographic data recorded from 13 epilepsy patients, and the average shortest path length and the clustering coefficient serve as global statistical network characteristics. For time-resolved estimates of these characteristics we observe large fluctuations over time, however, with some periodic temporal structure. These fluctuations can--to a large extent--be attributed to daily rhythms while relevant aspects of the epileptic process contribute only marginally. Particularly, we could not observe clear cut changes in network states that can be regarded as predictive of an impending seizure. Our findings are of particular relevance for studies aiming at an improved understanding of the epileptic process with graph-theoretical approaches.
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