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Research progress of magnetic resonance imaging in epileptic thalamus
XIA Shuyuan  WANG Wen  REN Qingfa  LIU Yuwei  GONG He  LIU Miaomiao  LI Xianglin 

Cite this article as: XIA S Y, WANG W, REN Q F, et al. Research progress of magnetic resonance imaging in epileptic thalamus[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(12): 165-170. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.12.025.


[Abstract] Epilepsy is a chronic nervous system disease caused by abnormal discharge of brain neurons. The main clinical symptoms include convulsions, loss of consciousness, myoclonus, decreased muscle tone and prolonged muscle contraction duration. The thalamus is a key hub in the epilepsy neural network, which is involved in the onset, transmission and other important stages of epilepsy. MRI technology can explore the changes of brain structure, functional activity and neural metabolites, which provides an important non-invasive tool for the study of nervous system diseases, and is of great significance for the study of neurological changes in patients with epilepsy. Therefore, this paper reviews the research status of multimodal MRI techniques in the thalamus of epileptic patients, aiming to further understand the pathological mechanism of epilepsy and develop diagnosis and treatment strategies.
[Keywords] epilepsy；thalamus；structural magnetic resonance imaging；magnetic resonance spectroscopy；magnetic resonance imaging；blood oxygenation level dependent

XIA Shuyuan1, 2   WANG Wen1   REN Qingfa1   LIU Yuwei2   GONG He2   LIU Miaomiao2   LI Xianglin1*  

1 Department of Radiology, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou256600, China

2 School of Medical Imaging, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai264003, China

Corresponding author: LI X L, E-mail: xlli@bzmc.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2024-09-20
Accepted  2024-12-10
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.12.025
Cite this article as: XIA S Y, WANG W, REN Q F, et al. Research progress of magnetic resonance imaging in epileptic thalamus[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(12): 165-170. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.12.025.

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