Decreased functional connectivity within a language subnetwork in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.

Key Points Cognitive impairments such as reading disability and speech sound disorder are recognized in both children with BECTS and their siblings The BECTS group had decreased functional connectivity relative to controls within key constituents of the language network A similar decrease was observed for siblings, but this did not reach statistical significance Children with BECTS also had increased connectivity within a frontal subnetwork Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS), or Rolandic epilepsy (RE), is an idiopathic localization‐related (i.e., focal) electroclinical syndrome that has an annual incidence of approximately 21 per 100,000 in children younger than 15 years of age and constitutes approximately 8–25% of all childhood epilepsies. 1 The classic sensorimotor seizures, which affect the lower face, mouth, and vocal tract, are infrequent and typically remit during teenage years.

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