Journal
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 513-517Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.003
Keywords
Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Attention network test; Alerting; Orienting; Executive control network
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30670706, 30870766]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2005CB522800]
- First Hospital of Anhui Medical University [2009kj14]
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Attention deficit is one of the most frequent symptoms in children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). However, it is unknown whether this is a global attention deficit or a deficit in a specific attention network. We used the attention network test (ANT) in children with ICE, who were not being treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), to determine the efficiencies of three independent attention networks (alerting, orienting, and executive control). Children with IGE showed a significant deficit in their executive control network and in overall reaction time. However, they did not show any deficit in their alerting or orienting networks. These results suggest that IGE specifically affects the executive control network. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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