https://www.selleckchem.com/products/gm6001.html Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is an important tool for understanding cerebral perfusion in epilepsy patients. The aim of this study was to explore patterns of change in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and CBF connectivity in patients with focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS). High-resolution three-dimensional (3-D) T1-weighted and 3-D pseudo-continuous ASL magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was collected from 32 patients with FBTCS and 16 healthy volunteers using a 3.0 T MRI scanner. Cerebral blood flow and its connectivity were compared between the FBTCS and control group. Correlation analysis was used to explore relationships of CBF and its connectivity changes with clinical parameters. Cerebral blood flow data of spatial standardization and normalization were used to improve statistical power. Patients with FBTCS exhibited increased CBF in the bilateral thalamus, caudate nucleus, olfactory cortex, and gyrus rectus, but decreased CBF in the bilateral supplementary motor areas (SMA) and middle cingulate cortex (MCC). Patients with FBTCS showed significant positive correlation between CBF and gray matter volume (GMV) in bilateral SMA and MCC. No significant correlations between CBF and clinical parameters were found among FBTCS patients. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) showed positive CBF connectivity with the bilateral SMA and MCC, and these CBF connectivity measures differed significantly between groups (cluster-level, FWE-corrected, P  less then  0.001). These findings suggest that patients with FBTCS have changes in cerebral CBF and CBF connectivity, which may relate to the underlying neuropathology of FBTCS. Knowledge of comorbid disorders is important to optimize therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), but data are limited. The aim of this study was to assess comorbidity in persons with MS living in Nordland County on January 1, 2017. Data were retrieved fromthe Norwegian Patient Registry (2008-2017) and val