Fig. 5
From: Functional brain network mechanism of executive control dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy
Functional connectivity strengths among the 4 brain regions during the EC tasks. a Connectivity matrices among the four brain regions in the EC network in the HCs. The matrices show how much each brain region interacts one another. Each node represents a brain region. The scaled colors represent the FC strengths from transverse brain region to vertical brain region. b Connectivity matrices among the 4 brain regions in the EC_effects in the TLE group. The connectives in the frontal region clearly increased both in HCs and TLE patients. The DTF of the frontal region in the HCs were definitely higher than those in TLE group. c Comparison of the FC strengths from the frontal region outflow between the two groups. The DTF from frontal region to frontal region in the HCs was significant higher than that in the TLE group (t-test, p < 0.05). d Comparison of the FC strengths from the frontal region inflow between the two groups. The DTF from parietal region to frontal region in the HCs was significant higher than that in the TLE group (t-test, p < 0.05). Error bars indicate SEM