Network topology in brain tumor patients
... with and without structural epilepsy: a prospective MEG study
Recent publication
Neurosurgeons from St. Pölten University Hospital, together with Austrian and German researchers from other institutions, studied the network structure of the brain in patients with brain tumours or metastases and compared them with healthy control subjects. They also divided the study group into people with and without tumour-related epilepsy. The analysis of the 41 patients shows partially significant results and indicates that brain tumours change the network topology. The work, funded by Austrian Cancer Aid, was published in open access in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders and shows that there is still much to learn about the impact of tumours on the brain's functional network. The exact mechanisms for the altered topology and cancer-induced epilepsy are not yet clear.
Ladisich B, Rampp S, Trinka E, Weisz N, Schwartz C, Kraus T et al. Network topology in brain tumor patients with and without structural epilepsy: a prospective MEG study. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders. 2023 Aug 23;16:17562864231190298. doi: 10.1177/17562864231190298
OÄ Dr. Barbara Ladisich-Michl PhD
Division of Neurosurgery (University Hospital St. Pölten)
Prim. Assoc. Prof. PD Dr. Camillo Sherif
Division of Neurosurgery (University Hospital St. Pölten)
PD Dr. Franz Marhold
Division of Neurosurgery (University Hospital St. Pölten)
