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Pontillo G, Cepas MB, Broeders TAA, Koubiyr I, Schoonheim MM. Network Analysis in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2024; 34:375-384. [PMID: 38942522 DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2024.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, commonly featuring disability and cognitive impairment. The pathologic hallmark of MS lies in demyelination and hence impaired structural and functional neuronal pathways. Recent studies have shown that MS shows extensive structural disconnection of key network hub areas like the thalamus, combined with a functional network reorganization that can mostly be related to poorer clinical functioning. As MS can, therefore, be considered a network disorder, this review outlines recent innovations in the field of network neuroscience in MS.
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- Giuseppe Pontillo
- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Alshehri A, Koussis N, Al-Iedani O, Khormi I, Lea R, Ramadan S, Lechner-Scott J. Improvement of the thalamocortical white matter network in people with stable treated relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis over time. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 37:e5119. [PMID: 38383137 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.5119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Advanced imaging techniques (tractography) enable the mapping of white matter (WM) pathways and the understanding of brain connectivity patterns. We combined tractography with a network-based approach to examine WM microstructure on a network level in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (pw-RRMS) and healthy controls (HCs) over 2 years. Seventy-six pw-RRMS matched with 43 HCs underwent clinical assessments and 3T MRI scans at baseline (BL) and 2-year follow-up (2-YFU). Probabilistic tractography was performed, accounting for the effect of lesions, producing connectomes of 25 million streamlines. Network differences in fibre density across pw-RRMS and HCs at BL and 2-YFU were quantified using network-based statistics (NBS). Longitudinal network differences in fibre density were quantified using NBS in pw-RRMS, and were tested for correlations with disability, cognition and fatigue scores. Widespread network reductions in fibre density were found in pw-RRMS compared with HCs at BL in cortical regions, with more reductions detected at 2-YFU. Pw-RRMS had reduced fibre density at BL in the thalamocortical network compared to 2-YFU. This effect appeared after correction for age, was robust across different thresholds, and did not correlate with lesion volume or disease duration. Pw-RRMS demonstrated a robust and long-distance improvement in the thalamocortical WM network, regardless of age, disease burden, duration or therapy, suggesting a potential locus of neuroplasticity in MS. This network's role over the disease's lifespan and its potential implications in prognosis and treatment warrants further investigation.
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- Abdulaziz Alshehri
- School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
- Department of Radiology, King Fahd University Hospital, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychological Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
- College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
- Department of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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Zhang HQ, Lee JCY, Wang L, Cao P, Chan KH, Mak HKF. Dynamic Changes in Long-Standing Multiple Sclerosis Revealed by Longitudinal Structural Network Analysis Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2024; 45:305-311. [PMID: 38302198 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a8115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE DTI can be used to derive conventional diffusion measurements, which can measure WM abnormalities in multiple sclerosis. DTI can also be used to construct structural brain networks and derive network measurements. However, few studies have compared their sensitivity in detecting brain alterations, especially in longitudinal studies. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine which type of measurement is more sensitive in tracking the dynamic changes over time in MS. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen patients with MS were recruited at baseline and followed up at 6 and 12 months. All patients underwent MR imaging and clinical evaluation at 3 time points. Diffusion and network measurements were derived, and their brain changes were evaluated. RESULTS None of the conventional DTI measurements displayed statistically significant changes during the follow-up period; however, the nodal degree, nodal efficiency, and nodal path length of the left middle frontal gyrus and bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part showed significant longitudinal changes between baseline and at 12 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The nodal degree, nodal efficiency, and nodal path length of the left middle frontal gyrus and bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part may be used to monitor brain changes over time in MS.
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- Hui-Qin Zhang
- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (H.-Q.Z.), National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology (H.-Q.Z., P.C., H.K.-F.M.), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine (J.C.-Y.L., K.-H.C.), Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics (L.W.), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology (H.-Q.Z., P.C., H.K.-F.M.), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine (J.C.-Y.L., K.-H.C.), Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Network (H.K.-F.M., K.-H.C.), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology (H.-Q.Z., P.C., H.K.-F.M.), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Network (H.K.-F.M., K.-H.C.), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (H.K.-F.M.), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wainberg M, Forde NJ, Mansour S, Kerrebijn I, Medland SE, Hawco C, Tripathy SJ. Genetic architecture of the structural connectome. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1962. [PMID: 38438384 PMCID: PMC10912129 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Myelinated axons form long-range connections that enable rapid communication between distant brain regions, but how genetics governs the strength and organization of these connections remains unclear. We perform genome-wide association studies of 206 structural connectivity measures derived from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging tractography of 26,333 UK Biobank participants, each representing the density of myelinated connections within or between a pair of cortical networks, subcortical structures or cortical hemispheres. We identify 30 independent genome-wide significant variants after Bonferroni correction for the number of measures studied (126 variants at nominal genome-wide significance) implicating genes involved in myelination (SEMA3A), neurite elongation and guidance (NUAK1, STRN, DPYSL2, EPHA3, SEMA3A, HGF, SHTN1), neural cell proliferation and differentiation (GMNC, CELF4, HGF), neuronal migration (CCDC88C), cytoskeletal organization (CTTNBP2, MAPT, DAAM1, MYO16, PLEC), and brain metal transport (SLC39A8). These variants have four broad patterns of spatial association with structural connectivity: some have disproportionately strong associations with corticothalamic connectivity, interhemispheric connectivity, or both, while others are more spatially diffuse. Structural connectivity measures are highly polygenic, with a median of 9.1 percent of common variants estimated to have non-zero effects on each measure, and exhibited signatures of negative selection. Structural connectivity measures have significant genetic correlations with a variety of neuropsychiatric and cognitive traits, indicating that connectivity-altering variants tend to influence brain health and cognitive function. Heritability is enriched in regions with increased chromatin accessibility in adult oligodendrocytes (as well as microglia, inhibitory neurons and astrocytes) and multiple fetal cell types, suggesting that genetic control of structural connectivity is partially mediated by effects on myelination and early brain development. Our results indicate pervasive, pleiotropic, and spatially structured genetic control of white-matter structural connectivity via diverse neurodevelopmental pathways, and support the relevance of this genetic control to healthy brain function.
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- Michael Wainberg
- Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Prosserman Centre for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Prosserman Centre for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Liang X, Sun L, Liao X, Lei T, Xia M, Duan D, Zeng Z, Li Q, Xu Z, Men W, Wang Y, Tan S, Gao JH, Qin S, Tao S, Dong Q, Zhao T, He Y. Structural connectome architecture shapes the maturation of cortical morphology from childhood to adolescence. Nat Commun 2024; 15:784. [PMID: 38278807 PMCID: PMC10817914 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44863-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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Cortical thinning is an important hallmark of the maturation of brain morphology during childhood and adolescence. However, the connectome-based wiring mechanism that underlies cortical maturation remains unclear. Here, we show cortical thinning patterns primarily located in the lateral frontal and parietal heteromodal nodes during childhood and adolescence, which are structurally constrained by white matter network architecture and are particularly represented using a network-based diffusion model. Furthermore, connectome-based constraints are regionally heterogeneous, with the largest constraints residing in frontoparietal nodes, and are associated with gene expression signatures of microstructural neurodevelopmental events. These results are highly reproducible in another independent dataset. These findings advance our understanding of network-level mechanisms and the associated genetic basis that underlies the maturational process of cortical morphology during childhood and adolescence.
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- Xinyuan Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Beijing City Key Laboratory for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Huilongguan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, 100096, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Beijing City Key Laboratory for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Li LL, Wu JJ, Ma J, Li YL, Xue X, Li KP, Jin J, Hua XY, Zheng MX, Xu JG. White matter fiber integrity and structural brain network topology: implications for balance function in postischemic stroke patients. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhad452. [PMID: 38037387 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that ischemic stroke can result in white matter fiber injury and modifications in the structural brain network. However, the relationship with balance function scores remains insufficiently explored. Therefore, this study aims to explore the alterations in the microstructural properties of brain white matter and the topological characteristics of the structural brain network in postischemic stroke patients and their potential correlations with balance function. We enrolled 21 postischemic stroke patients and 21 age, sex, and education-matched healthy controls (HC). All participants underwent balance function assessment and brain diffusion tensor imaging. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were used to compare the fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity of white matter fibers between the two groups. The white matter structural brain network was constructed based on the automated anatomical labeling atlas, and we conducted a graph theory-based analysis of its topological properties, including global network properties and local node properties. Additionally, the correlation between the significant structural differences and balance function score was analyzed. The TBSS results showed that in comparison to the HC, postischemic stroke patients exhibited extensive damage to their whole-brain white matter fiber tracts (P < 0.05). Graph theory analysis showed that in comparison to the HC, postischemic stroke patients exhibited statistically significant reductions in the values of global efficiency, local efficiency, and clustering coefficient, as well as an increase in characteristic path length (P < 0.05). In addition, the degree centrality and nodal efficiency of some nodes in postischemic stroke patients were significantly reduced (P < 0.05). The white matter fibers of the entire brain in postischemic stroke patients are extensively damaged, and the topological properties of the structural brain network are altered, which are closely related to balance function. This study is helpful in further understanding the neural mechanism of balance function after ischemic stroke from the white matter fiber and structural brain network topological properties.
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- Ling-Ling Li
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
- School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Engineering Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Intelligent Rehabilitation, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201203, China
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Ai H, Yang C, Lu M, Ren J, Li Z, Zhang Y. Abnormal white matter structural network topological property in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14414. [PMID: 37622409 PMCID: PMC10805448 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have demonstrated white matter (WM) abnormalities in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, alterations in the topological properties of the WM structural network in patients with TLE remain unclear. Graph theoretical analysis provides a new perspective for evaluating the connectivity of WM structural networks. METHODS DTI was used to map the structural networks of 18 patients with TLE (10 males and 8 females) and 29 (17 males and 12 females) age- and gender-matched normal controls (NC). Graph theory was used to analyze the whole-brain networks and their topological properties between the two groups. Finally, partial correlation analyses were performed on the weighted network properties and clinical characteristics, namely, duration of epilepsy, verbal intelligence quotient (IQ), and performance IQ. RESULTS Patients with TLE exhibited reduced global efficiency and increased characteristic path length. A total of 31 regions with nodal efficiency alterations were detected in the fractional anisotropy_ weighted network of the patients. Communication hubs, such as the middle temporal gyrus, right inferior temporal gyrus, left calcarine, and right superior parietal gyrus, were also differently distributed in the patients compared with the NC. Several node regions showed close relationships with duration of epilepsy, verbal IQ, and performance IQ. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate the disruption of the WM structural network in TLE patients. This study may contribute to the further understanding of the pathological mechanism of TLE.
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- Haiming Ai
- Faculty of Science and TechnologyBeijing Open UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Life Science and BioengineeringBeijing University of TechnologyBeijingChina
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- College of Life Science and BioengineeringBeijing University of TechnologyBeijingChina
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- Beijing Tiantan HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Beijing Tiantan HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of EquipmentBaoding first Central HospitalBaodingChina
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Gajwani M, Oldham S, Pang JC, Arnatkevičiūtė A, Tiego J, Bellgrove MA, Fornito A. Can hubs of the human connectome be identified consistently with diffusion MRI? Netw Neurosci 2023; 7:1326-1350. [PMID: 38144690 PMCID: PMC10631793 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent years have seen a surge in the use of diffusion MRI to map connectomes in humans, paralleled by a similar increase in processing and analysis choices. Yet these different steps and their effects are rarely compared systematically. Here, in a healthy young adult population (n = 294), we characterized the impact of a range of analysis pipelines on one widely studied property of the human connectome: its degree distribution. We evaluated the effects of 40 pipelines (comparing common choices of parcellation, streamline seeding, tractography algorithm, and streamline propagation constraint) and 44 group-representative connectome reconstruction schemes on highly connected hub regions. We found that hub location is highly variable between pipelines. The choice of parcellation has a major influence on hub architecture, and hub connectivity is highly correlated with regional surface area in most of the assessed pipelines (ρ > 0.70 in 69% of the pipelines), particularly when using weighted networks. Overall, our results demonstrate the need for prudent decision-making when processing diffusion MRI data, and for carefully considering how different processing choices can influence connectome organization.
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- Mehul Gajwani
- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
- Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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Cao HL, Wei W, Meng YJ, Deng W, Li T, Li ML, Guo WJ. Disrupted white matter structural networks in individuals with alcohol dependence. J Psychiatr Res 2023; 168:13-21. [PMID: 37871461 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Previous diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have demonstrated widespread white matter microstructure damage in individuals with alcoholism. However, very little is known about the alterations in the topological architecture of white matter structural networks in alcohol dependence (AD). This study included 67 AD patients and 69 controls. The graph theoretical analysis method was applied to examine the topological organization of the white matter structural networks, and network-based statistics (NBS) were employed to detect structural connectivity alterations. Compared to controls, AD patients exhibited abnormal global network properties characterized by increased small-worldness, normalized clustering coefficient, clustering coefficient, and shortest path length; and decreased global efficiency and local efficiency. Further analyses revealed decreased nodal efficiency and degree centrality in AD patients mainly located in the default mode network (DMN), including the precuneus, anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyrus, median cingulate and paracingulate gyrus, posterior cingulate gyrus, and medial part of the superior frontal gyrus. Furthermore, based on NBS approaches, patients displayed weaker subnetwork connectivity mainly located in the region of the DMN. Additionally, altered network metrics were correlated with intelligence quotient (IQ) scores and global assessment function (GAF) scores. Our results may reveal the disruption of whole-brain white matter structural networks in AD individuals, which may contribute to our comprehension of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of alcohol addiction at the level of white matter structural networks.
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- Hai-Ling Cao
- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Affiliated Mental Health Center & Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Affiliated Mental Health Center & Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Affiliated Mental Health Center & Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China; Department of Neurobiology, Affiliated Mental Health Center & Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Liangzhu Laboratory, MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain-machine Integration, State Key Laboratory of Brain-machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, 1369 West Wenyi Road, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
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Shahbodaghy F, Shafaghi L, Rostampour M, Rostampour A, Kolivand P, Gharaylou Z. Symmetry differences of structural connectivity in multiple sclerosis and healthy state. Brain Res Bull 2023; 205:110816. [PMID: 37972899 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
Abstract
Focal and diffuse cerebral damages occur in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that promotes profound shifts in local and global structural connectivity parameters, mainly derived from diffusion tensor imaging. Most of the reconstruction analyses have applied conventional tracking algorithms largely based on the controversial streamline count. For a more credible explanation of the diffusion MRI signal, we used convex optimization modeling for the microstructure-informed tractography2 (COMMIT2) framework. All multi-shell diffusion data from 40 healthy controls (HCs) and 40 relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients were transformed into COMMIT2-weighted matrices based on the Schefer-200 parcels atlas (7 networks) and 14 bilateral subcortical regions. The success of the classification process between MS and healthy state was efficiently predicted by the left DMN-related structures and visual network-associated pathways. Additionally, the lesion volume and age of onset were remarkably correlated with the components of the left DMN. Using complementary approaches such as global metrics revealed differences in WM microstructural integrity between MS and HCs (efficiency, strength). Our findings demonstrated that the cutting-edge diffusion MRI biomarkers could hold the potential for interpreting brain abnormalities in a more distinctive way.
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- Fatemeh Shahbodaghy
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Economics, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Li Q, Dong F, Gai Q, Che K, Ma H, Zhao F, Chu T, Mao N, Wang P. Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder Using Machine Learning Based on Multisequence MRI Neuroimaging Features. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023; 58:1420-1430. [PMID: 36797655 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have found qualitative structural and functional brain changes in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients. However, most studies ignored the complementarity of multisequence MRI neuroimaging features and cannot determine accurate biomarkers. PURPOSE To evaluate machine-learning models combined with multisequence MRI neuroimaging features to diagnose patients with MDD. STUDY TYPE Prospective. SUBJECTS A training cohort including 111 patients and 90 healthy controls (HCs) and a test cohort including 28 patients and 22 HCs. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE A 3.0 T/T1-weighted imaging, resting-state functional MRI with echo-planar sequence, and single-shot echo-planar diffusion tensor imaging. ASSESSMENT Recruitment and integration were used to reflect the dynamic changes of functional networks, while gray matter volume and fractional anisotropy were used to reflect the changes in the morphological and anatomical network. We then fused features with significant differences in functional, morphological, and anatomical networks to evaluate a random forest (RF) classifier to diagnose patients with MDD. Furthermore, a support vector machine (SVM) classifier was used to verify the stability of neuroimaging features. Linear regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relationships among multisequence neuroimaging features and the suicide risk of patients. STATISTICAL TESTS The comparison of functional network attributes between patients and controls by two-sample t-test. Network-based statistical analysis was used to identify structural and anatomical connectivity changes between MDD and HCs. The performance of the model was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. RESULTS The performance of the RF model integrating multisequence neuroimaging features in the diagnosis of depression was significantly improved, with an AUC of 93.6%. In addition, we found that multisequence neuroimaging features could accurately predict suicide risk in patients with MDD (r = 0.691). DATA CONCLUSION The RF model fusing functional, morphological, and anatomical network features performed well in diagnosing patients with MDD and provided important insights into the pathological mechanisms of MDD. EVIDENCE LEVEL 1. TECHNICAL EFFICACY Stage 2.
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- Qinghe Li
- Department of Radiology, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Medical Imaging, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Compute Science and Technology, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Chen YH, Chang CY, Yen NS, Tsai SY. Brain plasticity of structural connectivity networks and topological properties in baseball players with different levels of expertise. Brain Cogn 2023; 166:105943. [PMID: 36621186 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2022.105943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Brain plasticity in structural connectivity networks along the development of expertise has remained largely unknown. To address this, we recruited individuals with three different levels of baseball-playing experience: skilled batters (SB), intermediate batters (IB), and healthy controls (HC). We constructed their structural connectivity networks using diffusion tractography and compared their region-to-region structural connections and the topological characteristics of the constructed networks using graph-theoretical analysis. The group differences were detected in 35 connections predominantly involving sensorimotor and visual systems; the intergroup changes could be depicted either in a stepwise (HC < / = IB < / = SB) or a U-/inverted U-shaped manner as experience increased (IB < SB and/or HC, or opposite). All groups showed small-world topology in their constructed networks, but SB had increased global and local network efficiency than IB and/or HC. Furthermore, although the number and cortical regions identified as hubs of the networks in the three groups were highly similar, SB exhibited higher nodal global efficiency in both the dorsolateral and medial parts of the bilateral superior frontal gyri than IB. Our findings add new evidence of topological reorganization in brain networks associated with sensorimotor experience in sports. Interestingly, these changes do not necessarily increase as a function of experience as previously suggested in literature.
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- Yin-Hua Chen
- Graduate Institute of Athletics and Coaching Science, National Taiwan Sport University, No. 250, Wenhua 1st Rd, Guishan, Taoyuan 33301, Taiwan
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- Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, 162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd, Taipei 10610, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Mind, Brain, and Learning, National Chengchi University, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-Nan Rd, Wen-Shan District, Taipei 11605, Taiwan; Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-Nan Rd, Wen-Shan District, Taipei 11605, Taiwan.
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- Research Center for Mind, Brain, and Learning, National Chengchi University, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-Nan Rd, Wen-Shan District, Taipei 11605, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Applied Physics, National Chengchi University, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-Nan Rd, Wen-Shan District, Taipei 11605, Taiwan.
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Hejazi S, Karwowski W, Farahani FV, Marek T, Hancock PA. Graph-Based Analysis of Brain Connectivity in Multiple Sclerosis Using Functional MRI: A Systematic Review. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13020246. [PMID: 36831789 PMCID: PMC9953947 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13020246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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(1) Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune system disease in which myelin in the nervous system is affected. This abnormal immune system mechanism causes physical disabilities and cognitive impairment. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a common neuroimaging technique used in studying MS. Computational methods have recently been applied for disease detection, notably graph theory, which helps researchers understand the entire brain network and functional connectivity. (2) Methods: Relevant databases were searched to identify articles published since 2000 that applied graph theory to study functional brain connectivity in patients with MS based on fMRI. (3) Results: A total of 24 articles were included in the review. In recent years, the application of graph theory in the MS field received increased attention from computational scientists. The graph-theoretical approach was frequently combined with fMRI in studies of functional brain connectivity in MS. Lower EDSSs of MS stage were the criteria for most of the studies (4) Conclusions: This review provides insights into the role of graph theory as a computational method for studying functional brain connectivity in MS. Graph theory is useful in the detection and prediction of MS and can play a significant role in identifying cognitive impairment associated with MS.
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- Sara Hejazi
- Computational Neuroergonomics Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
- Correspondence:
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- Computational Neuroergonomics Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
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Abdolalizadeh A, Ohadi MAD, Ershadi ASB, Aarabi MH. Graph theoretical approach to brain remodeling in multiple sclerosis. Netw Neurosci 2023; 7:148-159. [PMID: 37334009 PMCID: PMC10270718 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory disorder damaging structural connectivity. Natural remodeling processes of the nervous system can, to some extent, restore the damage caused. However, there is a lack of biomarkers to evaluate remodeling in MS. Our objective is to evaluate graph theory metrics (especially modularity) as a biomarker of remodeling and cognition in MS. We recruited 60 relapsing-remitting MS and 26 healthy controls. Structural and diffusion MRI, plus cognitive and disability evaluations, were done. We calculated modularity and global efficiency from the tractography-derived connectivity matrices. Association of graph metrics with T2 lesion load, cognition, and disability was evaluated using general linear models adjusting for age, gender, and disease duration wherever applicable. We showed that MS subjects had higher modularity and lower global efficiency compared with controls. In the MS group, modularity was inversely associated with cognitive performance but positively associated with T2 lesion load. Our results indicate that modularity increase is due to the disruption of intermodular connections in MS because of the lesions, with no improvement or preserving of cognitive functions.
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- AmirHussein Abdolalizadeh
- Students’ Scientific Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Students’ Scientific Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Students’ Scientific Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neuroscience, Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Wang M, Xu B, Hou X, Shi Q, Zhao H, Gui Q, Wu G, Dong X, Xu Q, Shen M, Cheng Q, Feng H. Altered brain networks and connections in chronic heart failure patients complicated with cognitive impairment. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 15:1153496. [PMID: 37122379 PMCID: PMC10140296 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1153496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Objective Accumulating evidence shows that cognitive impairment (CI) in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients is related to brain network dysfunction. This study investigated brain network structure and rich-club organization in chronic heart failure patients with cognitive impairment based on graph analysis of diffusion tensor imaging data. Methods The brain structure networks of 30 CHF patients without CI and 30 CHF patients with CI were constructed. Using graph theory analysis and rich-club analysis, changes in global and local characteristics of the subjects' brain network and rich-club organization were quantitatively calculated, and the correlation with cognitive function was analyzed. Results Compared to the CHF patients in the group without CI group, the CHF patients in the group with CI group had lower global efficiency, local efficiency, clustering coefficient, the small-world attribute, and increased shortest path length. The CHF patients with CI group showed lower nodal degree centrality in the fusiform gyrus on the right (FFG.R) and nodal efficiency in the orbital superior frontal gyrus on the left (ORB sup. L), the orbital inferior frontal gyrus on the left (ORB inf. L), and the posterior cingulate gyrus on the right (PCG.R) compared with CHF patients without CI group. The CHF patients with CI group showed a smaller fiber number of edges in specific regions. In CHF patients with CI, global efficiency, local efficiency and the connected edge of the orbital superior frontal gyrus on the right (ORB sup. R) to the orbital middle frontal gyrus on the right (ORB mid. R) were positively correlated with Visuospatial/Executive function. The connected edge of the orbital superior frontal gyrus on the right to the orbital inferior frontal gyrus on the right (ORB inf. R) is positively correlated to attention/calculation. Compared with the CHF patients without CI group, the connection strength of feeder connection and local connection in CHF patients with CI group was significantly reduced, although the strength of rich-club connection in CHF patients complicated with CI group was decreased compared with the control, there was no statistical difference. In addition, the rich-club connection strength was related to the orientation (direction force) of the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) scale, and the feeder and local connection strength was related to Visuospatial/Executive function of MoCA scale in the CHF patients with CI. Conclusion Chronic heart failure patients with CI exhibited lower global and local brain network properties, reduced white matter fiber connectivity, as well as a decreased strength in local and feeder connections in key brain regions. The disrupted brain network characteristics and connectivity was associated with cognitive impairment in CHF patients. Our findings suggest that impaired brain network properties and decreased connectivity, a feature of progressive disruption of brain networks, predict the development of cognitive impairment in patients with chronic heart failure.
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Wang M, Cheng X, Shi Q, Xu B, Hou X, Zhao H, Gui Q, Wu G, Dong X, Xu Q, Shen M, Cheng Q, Xue S, Feng H, Ding Z. Brain diffusion tensor imaging reveals altered connections and networks in epilepsy patients. Front Hum Neurosci 2023; 17:1142408. [PMID: 37033907 PMCID: PMC10073437 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1142408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Accumulating evidence shows that epilepsy is a disease caused by brain network dysfunction. This study explored changes in brain network structure in epilepsy patients based on graph analysis of diffusion tensor imaging data. Methods The brain structure networks of 42 healthy control individuals and 26 epilepsy patients were constructed. Using graph theory analysis, global and local network topology parameters of the brain structure network were calculated, and changes in global and local characteristics of the brain network in epilepsy patients were quantitatively analyzed. Results Compared with the healthy control group, the epilepsy patient group showed lower global efficiency, local efficiency, clustering coefficient, and a longer shortest path length. Both healthy control individuals and epilepsy patients showed small-world attributes, with no significant difference between groups. The epilepsy patient group showed lower nodal local efficiency and nodal clustering coefficient in the right olfactory cortex and right rectus and lower nodal degree centrality in the right olfactory cortex and the left paracentral lobular compared with the healthy control group. In addition, the epilepsy patient group showed a smaller fiber number of edges in specific regions of the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, and default mode network, indicating reduced connection strength. Discussion Epilepsy patients exhibited lower global and local brain network properties as well as reduced white matter fiber connectivity in key brain regions. These findings further support the idea that epilepsy is a brain network disorder.
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- Meixia Wang
- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Hongxuan Feng,
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China
- Zhiliang Ding,
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Zhang HQ, Chau ACM, Shea YF, Chiu PKC, Bao YW, Cao P, Mak HKF. Disrupted Structural White Matter Network in Alzheimer's Disease Continuum, Vascular Dementia, and Mixed Dementia: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 94:1487-1502. [PMID: 37424470 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Dementia presents a significant burden to patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Early and accurate diagnosis, as well as differential diagnosis of various types of dementia, are crucial for timely intervention and management. However, there is currently a lack of clinical tools for accurately distinguishing between these types. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the differences in the structural white matter (WM) network among different types of cognitive impairment/dementia using diffusion tensor imaging, and to explore the clinical relevance of the structural network. METHODS A total of 21 normal control, 13 subjective cognitive decline (SCD), 40 mild cognitive impairment (MCI), 22 Alzheimer's disease (AD), 13 mixed dementia (MixD), and 17 vascular dementia (VaD) participants were recruited. Graph theory was utilized to construct the brain network. RESULTS Our findings revealed a monotonic trend of disruption in the brain WM network (VaD > MixD > AD > MCI > SCD) in terms of decreased global efficiency, local efficiency, and average clustering coefficient, as well as increased characteristic path length. These network measurements were significantly associated with the clinical cognition index in each disease group separately. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that structural WM network measurements can be utilized to differentiate between different types of cognitive impairment/dementia, and these measurements can provide valuable cognition-related information.
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- Hui-Qin Zhang
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Medical Radiation Science, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
- Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition, and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Medical Imaging Center, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Network, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Alves PN, Forkel SJ, Corbetta M, Thiebaut de Schotten M. The subcortical and neurochemical organization of the ventral and dorsal attention networks. Commun Biol 2022; 5:1343. [PMID: 36477440 PMCID: PMC9729227 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04281-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Attention is a core cognitive function that filters and selects behaviourally relevant information in the environment. The cortical mapping of attentional systems identified two segregated networks that mediate stimulus-driven and goal-driven processes, the Ventral and the Dorsal Attention Networks (VAN, DAN). Deep brain electrophysiological recordings, behavioral data from phylogenetic distant species, and observations from human brain pathologies challenge purely corticocentric models. Here, we used advanced methods of functional alignment applied to resting-state functional connectivity analyses to map the subcortical architecture of the Ventral and Dorsal Attention Networks. Our investigations revealed the involvement of the pulvinar, the superior colliculi, the head of caudate nuclei, and a cluster of brainstem nuclei relevant to both networks. These nuclei are densely connected structural network hubs, as revealed by diffusion-weighted imaging tractography. Their projections establish interrelations with the acetylcholine nicotinic receptor as well as dopamine and serotonin transporters, as demonstrated in a spatial correlation analysis with a normative atlas of neurotransmitter systems. This convergence of functional, structural, and neurochemical evidence provides a comprehensive framework to understand the neural basis of attention across different species and brain diseases.
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- Pedro Nascimento Alves
- grid.9983.b0000 0001 2181 4263Laboratório de Estudos de Linguagem, Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal ,grid.411265.50000 0001 2295 9747Serviço de Neurologia, Departmento de Neurociências e Saúde Mental, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisboa, Portugal
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- grid.462844.80000 0001 2308 1657Brain Connectivity and Behaviour Laboratory, Sorbonne University, Paris, France ,grid.5590.90000000122931605Donders Institute for Brain Cognition Behaviour, Radboud University, Thomas van Aquinostraat 4, 6525GD Nijmegen, the Netherlands ,grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK ,grid.6936.a0000000123222966Departments of Neurosurgery, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5608.b0000 0004 1757 3470Clinica Neurologica, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy ,grid.5608.b0000 0004 1757 3470Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC), University of Padova, Padova, Italy ,grid.428736.cVenetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, VIMM, Padova, Italy ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Neurology, Radiology, Neuroscience Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, MO USA
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- grid.462844.80000 0001 2308 1657Brain Connectivity and Behaviour Laboratory, Sorbonne University, Paris, France ,grid.412041.20000 0001 2106 639XGroupe d’Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives-UMR 5293, CNRS, CEA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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He W, Liu W, Mao M, Cui X, Yan T, Xiang J, Wang B, Li D. Reduced Modular Segregation of White Matter Brain Networks in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. J Atten Disord 2022; 26:1591-1604. [PMID: 35373644 DOI: 10.1177/10870547221085505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Despite studies reporting alterations in the brain networks of patients with ADHD, alterations in the modularity of white matter (WM) networks are still unclear. METHOD Based on the results of module division by generalized Louvain algorithm, the modularity of ADHD was evaluated. The correlation between the modular changes of ADHD and its clinical characteristics was analyzed. RESULTS The participation coefficient and the connectivity between modules of ADHD increased, and the modularity coefficient decreased. Provincial hubs of ADHD did not change, and the number of connector hubs increased. All results showed that the modular segregation of WM networks of ADHD decreased. Modules with reduced modular segregation are mainly responsible for language and motor functions. Moreover, modularity showed evident correlation with the symptoms of ADHD. CONCLUSION The modularity changes in WM network provided a novel insight into the understanding of brain cognitive alterations in ADHD.
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- Wenbo He
- Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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Huang W, Hu W, Zhang P, Wang J, Jiang Y, Ma L, Zheng Y, Zhang J. Early Changes in the White Matter Microstructure and Connectome Underlie Cognitive Deficit and Depression Symptoms After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Neurol 2022; 13:880902. [PMID: 35847204 PMCID: PMC9279564 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.880902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cognitive and emotional impairments are frequent among patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and may reflect alterations in the brain structural properties. The relationship between microstructural changes and cognitive and emotional deficits remains unclear in patients with mTBI at the acute stage. The purpose of this study was to analyze the alterations in white matter microstructure and connectome of patients with mTBI within 7 days after injury and investigate whether they are related to the clinical questionnaires. A total of 79 subjects (42 mTBI and 37 healthy controls) underwent neuropsychological assessment and diffusion-tensor MRI scan. The microstructure and connectome of white matter were characterized by tract-based spatial statistics (TBSSs) and graph theory approaches, respectively. Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) were used to evaluate the cognitive function and depressive symptoms of all the subjects. Patients with mTBI revealed early increases of fractional anisotropy in most areas compared with the healthy controls. Graph theory analyses showed that patients with mTBI had increased nodal shortest path length, along with decreased nodal degree centrality and nodal efficiency, mainly located in the bilateral temporal lobe and right middle occipital gyrus. Moreover, lower nodal shortest path length and higher nodal efficiency of the right middle occipital gyrus were associated with higher SDS scores. Significantly, the strength of the rich club connection in the mTBI group decreased and was associated with the MMSE. Our study demonstrated that the neuroanatomical alterations of mTBI in the acute stage might be an initial step of damage leading to cognitive deficits and depression symptoms, and arguably, these occur due to distinct mechanisms.
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- Wenjing Huang
- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jing Zhang
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Ayala OD, Banta D, Hovhannisyan M, Duarte L, Lozano A, García JR, Montañés P, Davis SW, De Brigard F. Episodic Past, Future, and counterfactual thinking in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple sclerosis. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 34:103033. [PMID: 35561552 PMCID: PMC9112031 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Performance in episodic past, future or counterfactual thinking in relapsing-remitting MS and controls was explored. Behavioral and diffusion weighted imaging were used to evaluate associations between white matter integrity and group differences in performance. Relative to controls, MS patients showed reductions in episodic details across all three simulations. Reduced white matter integrity in three association tracts predicted this reduction in episodic details during counterfactual simulations.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive disease characterized by widespread white matter lesions in the brain and spinal cord. In addition to well-characterized motor deficits, MS results in cognitive impairments in several domains, notably in episodic autobiographical memory. Recent studies have also revealed that patients with MS exhibit deficits in episodic future thinking, i.e., our capacity to imagine possible events that may occur in our personal future. Both episodic memory and episodic future thinking have been shown to share cognitive and neural mechanisms with a related kind of hypothetical simulation known as episodic counterfactual thinking: our capacity to imagine alternative ways in which past personal events could have occurred but did not. However, the extent to which episodic counterfactual thinking is affected in MS is still unknown. The current study sought to explore this issue by comparing performance in mental simulation tasks involving either past, future or counterfactual thoughts in relapsing-remitting MS. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) measures were also extracted to determine whether changes in structural pathways connecting the brain’s default mode network (DMN) would be associated with group differences in task performance. Relative to controls, patients showed marked reductions in the number of internal details across all mental simulations, but no differences in the number of external and semantic-based details. It was also found that, relative to controls, patients with relapsing-remitting MS reported reduced composition ratings for episodic simulations depicting counterfactual events, but not so for actual past or possible future episodes. Additionally, three DWI measures of white matter integrity—fractional anisotropy, radial diffusivity and streamline counts—showed reliable differences between patients with relapsing-remitting MS and matched healthy controls. Importantly, DWI measures associated with reduced white matter integrity in three association tracts on the DMN—the right superior longitudinal fasciculus, the left hippocampal portion of the cingulum and the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus—predicted reductions in the number of internal details during episodic counterfactual simulations. Taken together, these results help to illuminate impairments in episodic simulation in relapsing-remitting MS and show, for the first time, a differential association between white matter integrity and deficits in episodic counterfactual thinking in individuals with relapsing-remitting MS.
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- Oscar Daniel Ayala
- Department of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; Clínica de Marly, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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Interleukin-6-white matter network differences explained the susceptibility to depression after stressful life events. J Affect Disord 2022; 305:122-132. [PMID: 35271870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stressful life events (SLEs) are well-established proximal predictors of the onset of depression. However, the fundamental causes of interindividual differences in depression outcomes are poorly understood. This study addressed this depression susceptibility mechanism using a well-powered sample of adults living in China. METHODS Healthy participants with SLEs (n = 185; mean = 47.51 years, 49.73% female), drawn from a longitudinal study on the development of depression, underwent diffusion tensor imaging, interleukin-6 (IL-6) level measurement, and trimonthly standardized clinical and scale evaluations within a two-year period. RESULTS Receiver operating characteristic analyses indicated that reduced feeder connection and HIP.R nodal efficiency improved the predictive accuracy of post-SLEs depression (ORfeeder = 0.623, AUC = 0.869, P < 0.001; ORHIP = 0.459, AUC = 0.855, P < 0.001). The successfully established path analysis model confirmed the significant partial effect of SLEs-IL-6-white matter (WM) network differences-depression (onset and severity) (x2/8 = 1.453, goodness-of-fit [GFI] = 0.935, standard root-mean-square error of approximation [SRMR] = 0.024). Females, individuals with lower exercise frequency (EF) or annual household income (AHI) were more likely to have higher IL-6 level after SLEs (βint-female⁎SLEs = -0.420, P < 0.001; βint-exercise⁎SLEs = -0.412, P < 0.001; βint-income⁎SLEs = -0.302, P = 0.005). LIMITATIONS The sample size was restricted due to the limited incidence rate and prospective follow-up design. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that among healthy adults after SLEs, those who exhibited abnormal IL-6-WM differences were susceptible to developing depression. Females, lower AHI or EF might account for an increased risk of developing these abnormal IL-6-WM differences.
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Topologic Reorganization of White Matter Connectivity Networks in Early-Blind Adolescents. Neural Plast 2022; 2022:8034757. [PMID: 35529452 PMCID: PMC9072039 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8034757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Blindness studies are important models for the comprehension of human brain development and reorganization, after visual deprivation early in life. To investigate the global and local topologic alterations and to identify specific reorganized neural patterns in early-blind adolescents (EBAs), we applied diffusion tensor tractography and graph theory to establish and analyze the white matter connectivity networks in 21 EBAs and 22 age- and sex-matched normal-sighted controls (NSCs). The network profiles were compared between the groups using a linear regression model, and the associations between clinical variables and network profiles were analyzed. Graph theory analysis revealed “small-world” attributes in the structural connection networks of both EBA and NSC cohorts. The EBA cohort exhibited significant lower network density and global and local efficiency, as well as significantly elevated shortest path length, compared to the NSC group. The network efficiencies were markedly reduced in the EBA cohort, with the largest alterations in the default-mode, visual, and limbic areas. Moreover, decreased regional efficiency and increased nodal path length in some visual and default-mode areas were strongly associated with the period of blindness in EBA cohort, suggesting that the function of these areas would gradually weaken in the early-blind brains. Additionally, the differences in hub distribution between the two groups were mainly within the occipital and frontal areas, suggesting that neural reorganization occurred in these brain regions after early visual deprivation during adolescence. This study revealed that the EBA brain structural network undergoes both convergent and divergent topologic reorganizations to circumvent early visual deprivation. Our research will add to the growing knowledge of underlying neural mechanisms that govern brain reorganization and development, under conditions of early visual deprivation.
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Zhang F, Daducci A, He Y, Schiavi S, Seguin C, Smith RE, Yeh CH, Zhao T, O'Donnell LJ. Quantitative mapping of the brain's structural connectivity using diffusion MRI tractography: A review. Neuroimage 2022; 249:118870. [PMID: 34979249 PMCID: PMC9257891 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) tractography is an advanced imaging technique that enables in vivo reconstruction of the brain's white matter connections at macro scale. It provides an important tool for quantitative mapping of the brain's structural connectivity using measures of connectivity or tissue microstructure. Over the last two decades, the study of brain connectivity using dMRI tractography has played a prominent role in the neuroimaging research landscape. In this paper, we provide a high-level overview of how tractography is used to enable quantitative analysis of the brain's structural connectivity in health and disease. We focus on two types of quantitative analyses of tractography, including: 1) tract-specific analysis that refers to research that is typically hypothesis-driven and studies particular anatomical fiber tracts, and 2) connectome-based analysis that refers to research that is more data-driven and generally studies the structural connectivity of the entire brain. We first provide a review of methodology involved in three main processing steps that are common across most approaches for quantitative analysis of tractography, including methods for tractography correction, segmentation and quantification. For each step, we aim to describe methodological choices, their popularity, and potential pros and cons. We then review studies that have used quantitative tractography approaches to study the brain's white matter, focusing on applications in neurodevelopment, aging, neurological disorders, mental disorders, and neurosurgery. We conclude that, while there have been considerable advancements in methodological technologies and breadth of applications, there nevertheless remains no consensus about the "best" methodology in quantitative analysis of tractography, and researchers should remain cautious when interpreting results in research and clinical applications.
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- Fan Zhang
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; The University of Sydney, School of Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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van der Weijden CWJ, Pitombeira MS, Haveman YRA, Sanchez-Catasus CA, Campanholo KR, Kolinger GD, Rimkus CM, Buchpiguel CA, Dierckx RAJO, Renken RJ, Meilof JF, de Vries EFJ, de Paula Faria D. The effect of lesion filling on brain network analysis in multiple sclerosis using structural magnetic resonance imaging. Insights Imaging 2022; 13:63. [PMID: 35347460 PMCID: PMC8960512 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-022-01198-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Graph theoretical network analysis with structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients can be used to assess subtle changes in brain networks. However, the presence of multiple focal brain lesions might impair the accuracy of automatic tissue segmentation methods, and hamper the performance of graph theoretical network analysis. Applying “lesion filling” by substituting the voxel intensities of a lesion with the voxel intensities of nearby voxels, thus creating an image devoid of lesions, might improve segmentation and graph theoretical network analysis. This study aims to determine if brain networks are different between MS subtypes and healthy controls (HC) and if the assessment of these differences is affected by lesion filling. Methods The study included 49 MS patients and 19 HC that underwent a T1w, and T2w-FLAIR MRI scan. Graph theoretical network analysis was performed from grey matter fractions extracted from the original T1w-images and T1w-images after lesion filling. Results Artefacts in lesion-filled T1w images correlated positively with total lesion volume (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) and had a major impact on grey matter segmentation accuracy. Differences in sensitivity for network alterations were observed between original T1w data and after application of lesion filling: graph theoretical network analysis obtained from lesion-filled T1w images produced more differences in network organization in MS patients. Conclusion Lesion filling might reduce variability across subjects resulting in an increased detection rate of network alterations in MS, but also induces significant artefacts, and therefore should be applied cautiously especially in individuals with higher lesions loads. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13244-022-01198-4.
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Disrupted structural network of inferomedial temporal regions in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis compared with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5152. [PMID: 35338192 PMCID: PMC8956623 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09065-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) are two representative chronic inflammatory demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system. We aimed to determine and compare the alterations of white matter (WM) connectivity between MS, NMOSD, and healthy controls (HC). This study included 68 patients with relapsing–remitting MS, 50 with NMOSD, and 26 HC. A network-based statistics method was used to assess disrupted patterns in WM networks. Topological characteristics of the three groups were compared and their associations with clinical parameters were examined. WM network analysis indicated that the MS and NMOSD groups had lower total strength, clustering coefficient, global efficiency, and local efficiency and had longer characteristic path length than HC, but there were no differences between the MS and NMOSD groups. At the nodal level, the MS group had more brain regions with altered network topologies than did the NMOSD group when compared with the HC group. Network alterations were correlated with Expanded Disability Status Scale score and disease duration in both MS and NMOSD groups. Two distinct subnetworks that characterized the disease groups were also identified. When compared with NMOSD, the most discriminative connectivity changes in MS were located between the thalamus, hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, amygdala, fusiform gyrus, and inferior and superior temporal gyri. In conclusion, MS patients had greater network dysfunction compared to NMOSD and altered short connections within the thalamus and inferomedial temporal regions were relatively spared in NMOSD compared with MS.
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Frieske J, Pareto D, García-Vidal A, Cuypers K, Meesen RL, Alonso J, Arévalo MJ, Galán I, Renom M, Vidal-Jordana Á, Auger C, Montalban X, Rovira À, Sastre-Garriga J. Can cognitive training reignite compensatory mechanisms in advanced multiple sclerosis patients? An explorative morphological network approach. Neuroscience 2022; 495:86-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ravano V, Andelova M, Fartaria MJ, Mahdi MFAW, Maréchal B, Meuli R, Uher T, Krasensky J, Vaneckova M, Horakova D, Kober T, Richiardi J. Validating atlas-based lesion disconnectomics in multiple sclerosis: A retrospective multi-centric study. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 32:102817. [PMID: 34500427 PMCID: PMC8429972 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Structural disconnectomes can be modelled without diffusion using tractography atlases. Atlas-based and DTI-derived disconnectome topological metrics correlate strongly. MS patient disconnectomes relate to clinical scores.
The translational potential of MR-based connectivity modelling is limited by the need for advanced diffusion imaging, which is not part of clinical protocols for many diseases. In addition, where diffusion data is available, brain connectivity analyses rely on tractography algorithms which imply two major limitations. First, tracking algorithms are known to be sensitive to the presence of white matter lesions and therefore leading to interpretation pitfalls and poor inter-subject comparability in clinical applications such as multiple sclerosis. Second, tractography quality is highly dependent on the acquisition parameters of diffusion sequences, leading to a trade-off between acquisition time and tractography precision. Here, we propose an atlas-based approach to study the interplay between structural disconnectivity and lesions without requiring individual diffusion imaging. In a multi-centric setting involving three distinct multiple sclerosis datasets (containing both 1.5 T and 3 T data), we compare our atlas-based structural disconnectome computation pipeline to disconnectomes extracted from individual tractography and explore its clinical utility for reducing the gap between radiological findings and clinical symptoms in multiple sclerosis. Results using topological graph properties showed that overall, our atlas-based disconnectomes were suitable approximations of individual disconnectomes from diffusion imaging. Small-worldness was found to decrease for larger total lesion volumes thereby suggesting a loss of efficiency in brain connectivity of MS patients. Finally, the global efficiency of the created brain graph, combined with total lesion volume, allowed to stratify patients into subgroups with different clinical scores in all three cohorts.
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- Veronica Ravano
- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; LTS5, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; LTS5, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; LTS5, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- MR unit, Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- MR unit, Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; LTS5, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Cherkasova MV, Fu JF, Jarrett M, Johnson P, Abel S, Tam R, Rauscher A, Sossi V, Kolind S, Li DKB, Sadovnick AD, Machan L, Girard JM, Emond F, Vosoughi R, Traboulsee A, Stoessl AJ. Cortical morphology predicts placebo response in multiple sclerosis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:732. [PMID: 35031632 PMCID: PMC8760243 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04462-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite significant insights into the neural mechanisms of acute placebo responses, less is known about longer-term placebo responses, such as those seen in clinical trials, or their interactions with brain disease. We examined brain correlates of placebo responses in a randomized trial of a then controversial and now disproved endovascular treatment for multiple sclerosis. Patients received either balloon or sham extracranial venoplasty and were followed for 48 weeks. Venoplasty had no therapeutic effect, but a subset of both venoplasty- and sham-treated patients reported a transient improvement in health-related quality of life, suggesting a placebo response. Placebo responders did not differ from non-responders in total MRI T2 lesion load, count or location, nor were there differences in normalized brain volume, regional grey or white matter volume or cortical thickness (CT). However, responders had higher lesion activity. Graph theoretical analysis of CT covariance showed that non-responders had a more small-world-like CT architecture. In non-responders, lesion load was inversely associated with CT in somatosensory, motor and association areas, precuneus, and insula, primarily in the right hemisphere. In responders, lesion load was unrelated to CT. The neuropathological process in MS may produce in some a cortical configuration less capable of generating sustained placebo responses.
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- Mariya V Cherkasova
- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. .,Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, 2128 Life Science Building, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Population Data BC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Depatment of Pediatrics (Division of Neurology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Hôpital de L'Enfant-Jésus, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Neurology), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Xu SX, Deng WF, Qu YY, Lai WT, Huang TY, Rong H, Xie XH. The integrated understanding of structural and functional connectomes in depression: A multimodal meta-analysis of graph metrics. J Affect Disord 2021; 295:759-770. [PMID: 34517250 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND From the perspective of information processing, an integrated understanding of the structural and functional connectomes in depression patients is important, a multimodal meta-analysis is required to detect the robust alterations in graph metrics across studies. METHODS Following a systematic search, 952 depression patients and 1447 controls in nine diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) and twelve rest state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) studies with high methodological quality met the inclusion criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. RESULTS Regarding the dMRI results, no significant differences of meta-analytic metrics were found; regarding the rs-fMRI results, the modularity and local efficiency were found to be significantly lower in the depression group than in the controls (Hedge's g = -0.330 and -0.349, respectively). CONCLUSION Our findings suggested a lower modularity and network efficiency in the rs-fMRI network in depression patients, indicating that the pathological imbalances in brain connectomes needs further exploration. LIMITATIONS Included number of trials was low and heterogeneity should be noted.
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- Shu-Xian Xu
- Brain Function and Psychosomatic Medicine Institute, Second People's Hospital of Huizhou, Huizhou, Guangdong, China; Department of Psychiatry, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Huizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Huizhou, Guangdong, China
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- Center of Acute Psychiatry Service, Second People's Hospital of Huizhou, Huizhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Second People's Hospital of Huizhou, Huizhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; Affiliated Shenzhen Clinical College of Psychiatry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China
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- Brain Function and Psychosomatic Medicine Institute, Second People's Hospital of Huizhou, Huizhou, Guangdong, China; Department of Psychiatry, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; Center of Acute Psychiatry Service, Second People's Hospital of Huizhou, Huizhou, Guangdong, China.
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Tozlu C, Jamison K, Gu Z, Gauthier SA, Kuceyeski A. Estimated connectivity networks outperform observed connectivity networks when classifying people with multiple sclerosis into disability groups. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 32:102827. [PMID: 34601310 PMCID: PMC8488753 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disease, causing lesions that disrupt the brain's anatomical and physiological connectivity networks, resulting in cognitive, visual and/or motor disabilities. Advanced imaging techniques like diffusion and functional MRI allow measurement of the brain's structural connectivity (SC) and functional connectivity (FC) networks, and can enable a better understanding of how their disruptions cause disability in people with MS (pwMS). However, advanced MRI techniques are used mainly for research purposes as they are expensive, time-consuming and require high-level expertise to acquire and process. As an alternative, the Network Modification (NeMo) Tool can be used to estimate SC and FC using lesion masks derived from pwMS and a reference set of controls' connectivity networks. OBJECTIVE Here, we test the hypothesis that estimated SC and FC (eSC and eFC) from the NeMo Tool, based only on an individual's lesion masks, can be used to classify pwMS into disability categories just as well as SC and FC extracted from advanced MRI directly in pwMS. We also aim to find the connections most important for differentiating between no disability vs evidence of disability groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred pwMS (age:45.5 ± 11.4 years, 66% female, disease duration: 12.97 ± 8.07 years) were included in this study. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) was used to assess disability, 67 pwMS had no disability (EDSS < 2). Observed SC and FC were extracted from diffusion and functional MRI directly in pwMS, respectively. The NeMo Tool was used to estimate the remaining structural connectome (eSC), by removing streamlines in a reference set of tractograms that intersected the lesion mask. The NeMo Tool's eSC was used then as input to a deep neural network to estimate the corresponding FC (eFC). Logistic regression with ridge regularization was used to classify pwMS into disability categories (no disability vs evidence of disability), based on demographics/clinical information (sex, age, race, disease duration, clinical phenotype, and spinal lesion burden) and either pairwise entries or regional summaries from one of the following matrices: SC, FC, eSC, and eFC. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was used to assess the classification performance. Both univariate statistics and parameter coefficients from the classification models were used to identify features important to differentiating between the groups. RESULTS The regional eSC and eFC models outperformed their observed FC and SC counterparts (p-value < 0.05), while the pairwise eSC and SC performed similarly (p = 0.10). Regional eSC and eFC models had higher AUC (0.66-0.68) than the pairwise models (0.60-0.65), with regional eFC having highest classification accuracy across all models. Ridge regression coefficients for the regional eFC and regional observed FC models were significantly correlated (Pearson's r = 0.52, p-value < 10e-7). Decreased estimated SC node strength in default mode and ventral attention networks and increased eFC node strength in visual networks was associated with evidence of disability. DISCUSSION Here, for the first time, we use clinically acquired lesion masks to estimate both structural and functional connectomes in patient populations to better understand brain lesion-dysfunction mapping in pwMS. Models based on the NeMo Tool's estimates of SC and FC better classified pwMS by disability level than SC and FC observed directly in the individual using advanced MRI. This work provides a viable alternative to performing high-cost, advanced MRI in patient populations, bringing the connectome one step closer to the clinic.
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- Ceren Tozlu
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Cornell University, Ithaca 14850, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Bosticardo S, Schiavi S, Schaedelin S, Lu PJ, Barakovic M, Weigel M, Kappos L, Kuhle J, Daducci A, Granziera C. Microstructure-Weighted Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Connect 2021; 12:6-17. [PMID: 34210167 PMCID: PMC8867108 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2021.0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Introduction: Graph theory has been applied to study the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) since it provides global and focal measures of brain network properties that are affected by MS. Typically, the connection strength and, consequently, the network properties are computed by counting the number of streamlines (NOS) connecting couples of gray matter regions. However, recent studies have shown that this method is not quantitative. Methods: We evaluated diffusion-based microstructural measures extracted from three different models to assess the network properties in a group of 66 MS patients and 64 healthy subjects. Besides, we assessed their correlation with patients' disability and with a biological measure of neuroaxonal damage. Results: Graph metrics extracted from connectomes weighted by intra-axonal microstructural components were the most sensitive to MS pathology and the most related to clinical disability. In contrast, measures of network segregation extracted from the connectomes weighted by maps describing extracellular diffusivity were the most related to serum concentration of neurofilament light chain. Network properties assessed with NOS were neither sensitive to MS pathology nor correlated with clinical and pathological measures of disease impact in MS patients. Conclusion: Using tractometry-derived graph measures in MS patients, we identified a set of metrics based on microstructural components that are highly sensitive to the disease and that provide sensitive correlates of clinical and biological deterioration in MS patients.
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- Sara Bosticardo
- Diffusion Imaging and Connectivity Estimation (DICE) Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Diffusion Imaging and Connectivity Estimation (DICE) Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Neurology Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB) Basel, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB) Basel, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB) Basel, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Radiological Physics, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB) Basel, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Neurology Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB) Basel, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Diffusion Imaging and Connectivity Estimation (DICE) Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Neurology Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB) Basel, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Address correspondence to: Cristina Granziera, Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 16, 4123 Allschwil, BL, Switzerland
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Xiong Y, Tian T, Fan Y, Yang S, Xiong X, Zhang Q, Zhu W. Diffusion Tensor Imaging Reveals Altered Topological Efficiency of Structural Networks in Type-2 Diabetes Patients With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Magn Reson Imaging 2021; 55:917-927. [PMID: 34382716 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Some patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) progress towards mild cognitive impairment (MCI), while some patients can always maintain normal cognitive function. Network topologic alterations at global and nodal levels between T2DM individuals with and without cognitive impairment may underlie the difference. PURPOSE To investigate the topological alterations of the whole-brain white matter (WM) structural connectome in T2DM patients with and without MCI and characterize its relationship with disease severity. STUDY TYPE Cross-sectional and prospective study. SUBJECTS Forty-four (63.6% females) T2DM patients, 22 with mild cognitive impairment (DM-MCI) and 22 with normal cognition (DM-NC), and 34 (58.8% females) healthy controls (HC). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3 T/diffusion tensor imaging. ASSESSMENT Graph theoretical analysis was used to investigate the topological organization of the structural networks. The global topological properties and nodal efficiency were investigated and compared. Relationship between network metrics and clinical measurements was characterized. STATISTICAL TESTS Student's t-test, chi-square test, ANOVA, partial correlation analyses, and multiple comparisons correction. RESULTS The global topological organization of WM networks was significantly disrupted in T2DM patients with cognitive impairment (reduced global and local efficiency and increased shortest path length) but not in those with normal cognition, compared with controls. The DM-MCI group had significantly decreased network efficiency compared with the DM-NC group. Compared with controls, decreased nodal efficiency was detected in three regions in DM-NC group. More regions with decreased nodal efficiency were found in the DM-MCI group. Altered global network properties and nodal efficiency of some regions were correlated with diabetic duration, HbA1c levels, and cognitive assessment scores. DATA CONCLUSION The more disrupted WM connections and weaker organized network are found in DM-MCI patients relative to DM-NC patients and controls. Network analyses provide information for the neuropathology of cognitive decline in T2DM patients. Altered nodal efficiency may act as potential markers for early detection of T2DM-related MCI. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 1 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 2.
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- Ying Xiong
- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Beijing Intelligent Brain Cloud Inc., Beijing, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Psychiatry and Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Cao X, Wang Z, Chen X, Liu Y, Wang W, Abdoulaye IA, Ju S, Yang X, Wang Y, Guo Y. White matter degeneration in remote brain areas of stroke patients with motor impairment due to basal ganglia lesions. Hum Brain Mapp 2021; 42:4750-4761. [PMID: 34232552 PMCID: PMC8410521 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have revealed distinct white matter (WM) characteristics of the brain following diseases. Beyond the lesion‐symptom maps, stroke is characterized by extensive structural and functional alterations of brain areas remote to local lesions. Here, we further investigated the structural changes over a global level by using DTI data of 10 ischemic stroke patients showing motor impairment due to basal ganglia lesions and 11 healthy controls. DTI data were processed to obtain fractional anisotropy (FA) maps, and multivariate pattern analysis was used to explore brain regions that play an important role in classification based on FA maps. The WM structural network was constructed by the deterministic fiber‐tracking approach. In comparison with the controls, the stroke patients showed FA reductions in the perilesional basal ganglia, brainstem, and bilateral frontal lobes. Using network‐based statistics, we found a significant reduction in the WM subnetwork in stroke patients. We identified the patterns of WM degeneration affecting brain areas remote to the lesions, revealing the abnormal organization of the structural network in stroke patients, which may be helpful in understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying hemiplegia.
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- Xuejin Cao
- Department of Neurology, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Neurology, Lishui People's Hospital, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital Lishui Branch, Nanjing, China
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Qian L, Li Y, Wang Y, Wang Y, Cheng X, Li C, Cui X, Jiao G, Ke X. Shared and Distinct Topologically Structural Connectivity Patterns in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:664363. [PMID: 34177449 PMCID: PMC8226092 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.664363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Previous neuroimaging studies have described shared and distinct neurobiological mechanisms between autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, little is known about the similarities and differences in topologically structural connectivity patterns between the two disorders. Methods Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and deterministic tractography were used to construct the brain white matter (WM) structural networks of children and adolescents (age range, 6–16 years); 31 had ASD, 34 had ADHD, and 30 were age- and sex-matched typically developing (TD) individuals. Then, graph theoretical analysis was performed to investigate the alterations in the global and node-based properties of the WM structural networks in these groups. Next, measures of ASD traits [Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS)] and ADHD traits (Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham, version IV scale, SNAP-IV) were correlated with the alterations to determine the functional significance of such changes. Results First, there were no significant differences in the global network properties among the three groups; moreover, compared with that of the TD group, nodal degree (Ki) of the right amygdala (AMYG.R) and right parahippocampal gyrus (PHG.R) were found in both the ASD and ADHD groups. Also, the ASD and ADHD groups shared four additional hubs, including the left middle temporal gyrus (MTG.L), left superior temporal gyrus (STG.L), left postcentral gyrus (PoCG.L), and right middle frontal gyrus (MFG.R) compared with the TD group. Moreover, the ASD and ADHD groups exhibited no significant differences regarding regional connectivity characteristics. Second, the ADHD group showed significantly increased nodal betweenness centrality (Bi) of the left hippocampus (HIP.L) compared with the ASD group; also, compared with the ADHD group, the ASD group lacked the left anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG.L) as a hub. Last, decreased nodal efficiency (Enodal) of the AMYG.R, Ki of the AMYG.R, and Ki of the PHG.R were associated with higher SRS scores in the ASD group. Decreased Ki of the PHG.R was associated with higher SRS scores in the full sample, whereas decreased Bi of the PHG.R was associated with lower oppositional defiance subscale scores of the SNAP-IV in the ADHD group, and decreased Bi of the HIP.L was associated with lower inattention subscale scores of the SNAP-IV in the full sample. Conclusion From the perspective of the topological properties of brain WM structural networks, ADHD and ASD have both shared and distinct features. More interestingly, some shared and distinct topological properties of WM structures are related to the core symptoms of these disorders.
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- Lu Qian
- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Wuxi Mental Health Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Child Mental Health Research Center, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Chen H, Li W, Sheng X, Ye Q, Zhao H, Xu Y, Bai F. Machine learning based on the multimodal connectome can predict the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease: a preliminary study. Eur Radiol 2021; 32:448-459. [PMID: 34109489 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-08080-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be a preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neuroimaging studies suggest that abnormal brain connectivity plays an important role in the pathophysiology of SCD. However, most previous studies focused on single modalities only. Multimodal combinations can more effectively utilize various information and little is known about their diagnostic value in SCD. METHODS One hundred ten SCD individuals and well-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited in this study (the primary sample: 35 SCD and 36 HC; the validation sample: 21 SCD and 18 HC). Multimodal imaging data were used to construct functional, anatomical, and morphological networks, respectively. These networks were used in combination with a multiple kernel learning-support vector machine to predict SCD individuals. We validated our model on another independent sample. Multiple linear regression (MLR) analyses were conducted to investigate the relationships among network metrics, cognition, and pathological biomarkers. RESULTS We found that the characteristics identified from the multimodal network were primarily located in the default mode network (DMN) and salience network (SN), achieving an accuracy of 88.73% (an accuracy of 79.49% for an independent sample) based on the integration of the three modalities. MLR analyses showed that increased AV45 SUVRs were significantly associated with impaired memory function, the enhanced functional connectivity, and the decreased morphological connectivity. CONCLUSION This study suggests that abnormal multimodal connections within DMN and SN can be used as effective biomarkers to identify SCD and provide insight into understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying SCD. KEY POINTS • Multimodal brain networks improve the detection accuracy of SCD. • Abnormal connections within DMN and SN can be used as effective biomarkers for the identification of SCD.
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- Haifeng Chen
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School and The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School and The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School and The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School and The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School and The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School and The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China. .,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. .,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China. .,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China.
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Liu X, He C, Fan D, Zhu Y, Zang F, Wang Q, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Xie C. Disrupted rich-club network organization and individualized identification of patients with major depressive disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 108:110074. [PMID: 32818534 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Altered structural and functional brain networks have been extensively studied in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients. However, whether the differential connectivity patterns in the rich-club organization, assessed from structural brain network analyses, and the associated connections of these regions are particularly susceptible to depression remain unclear. METHODS We acquired resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (R-fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) from 31 unmedicated MDD patients and 32 cognitively normal (CN) subjects and completed a series of neuropsychological tests. Rich-club organization, network properties, and coupling between structural and functional connectivity (SC-FC) were explored. Furthermore, whether these indices could potentially deliver effective clinical predictive value for MDD patients were examined. RESULTS The MDD patients showed disrupted structural rich-club organization and modularity, as well as a distinct correlation pattern between global efficiency and rich-club organization. Importantly, reduced SC-FC coupling, reflecting a decreased agreement in the integrity of the networks, was significantly associated with the strength of structural rich-club connections in the MDD patients. Furthermore, the disrupted structural rich-club organization, which was primarily located in the default mode network (DMN) and executive control network (ECN), emerged as a valuable indicator to distinguish between MDD and CN. CONCLUSIONS Findings of this study identified that the disrupted rich-club structural organization significantly influenced brain structural network modularity and integrity and could serve as a promising biological marker for the identification of MDD patients.
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- Xinyi Liu
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Psychology School of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China; Xinxiang Key Laboratory of Multimodal Brain Imaging, Henan Provincial Mental Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 45300, China; Department of Psychiatry, Henan Provincial Mental Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 45300, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China; Neuropsychiatric Institute, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Psychology School of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China; Xinxiang Key Laboratory of Multimodal Brain Imaging, Henan Provincial Mental Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 45300, China; Department of Psychiatry, Henan Provincial Mental Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 45300, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China; Neuropsychiatric Institute, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China.
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Lipp I, Foster C, Stickland R, Sgarlata E, Tallantyre EC, Davidson AE, Robertson NP, Jones DK, Wise RG, Tomassini V. Predictors of training-related improvement in visuomotor performance in patients with multiple sclerosis: A behavioural and MRI study. Mult Scler 2021; 27:1088-1101. [PMID: 32749927 PMCID: PMC8151554 DOI: 10.1177/1352458520943788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The development of tailored recovery-oriented strategies in multiple sclerosis requires early identification of an individual's potential for functional recovery. OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of visuomotor performance improvements, a proxy of functional recovery, using a predictive statistical model that combines demographic, clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. METHODS Right-handed multiple sclerosis patients underwent baseline disability assessment and MRI of the brain structure, function and vascular health. They subsequently undertook 4 weeks of right upper limb visuomotor practice. Changes in performance with practice were our outcome measure. We identified predictors of improvement in a training set of patients using lasso regression; we calculated the best performing model in a validation set and applied this model to a test set. RESULTS Patients improved their visuomotor performance with practice. Younger age, better visuomotor abilities, less severe disease burden and concurrent use of preventive treatments predicted improvements. Neuroimaging localised outcome-relevant sensory motor regions, the microstructure and activity of which correlated with performance improvements. CONCLUSION Initial characteristics, including age, disease duration, visuo-spatial abilities, hand dexterity, self-evaluated disease impact and the presence of disease-modifying treatments, can predict functional recovery in individual patients, potentially improving their clinical management and stratification in clinical trials. MRI is a correlate of outcome, potentially supporting individual prognosis.
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- Ilona Lipp
- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Helen Durham Centre for Neuroinflammation, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Helen Durham Centre for Neuroinflammation, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK/Helen Durham Centre for Neuroinflammation, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK/Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Baik K, Yang JJ, Jung JH, Lee YH, Chung SJ, Yoo HS, Sohn YH, Lee PH, Lee JM, Ye BS. Structural connectivity networks in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body disease. Brain Behav 2021; 11:e02112. [PMID: 33792194 PMCID: PMC8119831 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated disruption of the white matter (WM) network related with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body disease (LBD), which includes Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. METHODS We consecutively recruited 37 controls and 77 patients with AD-related cognitive impairment (ADCI) and/or LBD-related cognitive impairment (LBCI). Diagnoses of ADCI and LBCI were supported by amyloid PET and dopamine transporter PET, respectively. There were 22 patients with ADCI, 19 patients with LBCI, and 36 patients with mixed ADCI/LBCI. We investigated the relationship between ADCI, LBCI, graph theory-based network measures on diffusion tensor images, and cognitive dysfunction using general linear models after controlling for age, sex, education, deep WM hyperintensities (WMH), periventricular WMH, and intracranial volume. RESULTS LBCI, especially mixed with ADCI, was associated with increased normalized path length and decreased normalized global efficiency. LBCI was related to the decreased nodal degree of left caudate, which was further associated with broad cognitive dysfunction. Decreased left caudate nodal degree was associated with decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) in the brain regions vulnerable to LBD. Compared with the control group, the LBCI group had an increased betweenness centrality in the occipital nodes, which was associated with decreased FA in the WM adjacent to the striatum and visuospatial dysfunction. CONCLUSION Concomitant ADCI and LBCI are associated with the accentuation of LBCI-related WM network disruption centered in the left caudate nucleus. The increase of occipital betweenness centrality could be a characteristic biologic change associated with visuospatial dysfunction in LBCI.
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- Kyoungwon Baik
- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Li D, Tang W, Yan T, Zhang N, Xiang J, Niu Y, Wang B. Abnormalities in hemispheric lateralization of intra- and inter-hemispheric white matter connections in schizophrenia. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:819-832. [PMID: 32767209 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00292-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hemispheric lateralization is a prominent feature of the human brain and is grounded into intra- and inter-hemispheric white matter (WM) connections. However, disruptions in hemispheric lateralization involving both intra- and inter-hemispheric WM connections in schizophrenia is still unclear. Hence, a quantitative measure of the hemispheric lateralization of intra- and inter-hemispheric WM connections could provide new insights into schizophrenia. This work performed diffusion tensor imaging on 50 patients and 58 matched healthy controls. Using graph theory, the global and nodal efficiencies were computed for both intra- and inter-hemispheric networks. We found that patients with schizophrenia showed significantly decrease in both global and nodal efficiency of hemispheric networks relative to healthy controls. Specially, deficits in intra-hemispheric integration and inter-hemispheric communication were revealed in frontal and temporal regions for schizophrenia. We also found disrupted hemispheric asymmetries in brain regions associated with emotion, memory, and visual processes for schizophrenia. Moreover, abnormal hemispheric asymmetry of nodal efficiency was significantly correlated with the symptom of the patients. Our finding indicated that the hemispheric WM lateralization of intra- and inter-hemispheric connections could serve as a potential imaging biomarker for schizophrenia.
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- Dandan Li
- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University at Weihai, Shandong, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China.
- Translational Medicine Research Center, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, China.
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Li C, Li Y, Fu L, Wang Y, Cheng X, Cui X, Jiang J, Xiao T, Ke X, Fang H. The relationships between the topological properties of the whole-brain white matter network and the severity of autism spectrum disorder: A study from monozygotic twins. Neuroscience 2021; 465:60-70. [PMID: 33887385 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Twins provide a valuable perspective for exploring the pathological mechanism of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We aim to analyze differences in the topological properties of the white matter (WM) network between monozygotic twins with ASD (MZCo-ASD) and children with typical development (TD). We enrolled 67 subjects aged 2-9 years. Twenty-three pairs of MZCo-ASD and 21 singleton children with TD completed clinical assessments and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Graph theory was used to compare the topological properties of the WM network between the two groups, and analyzed their correlations with the severity of clinical symptoms. We found that the global efficiency (Eg) of MZCo-ASD is weaker than that of TD children, while the shortest path length (Lp) of MZCo-ASD is longer than that of TD children, and MZCo-ASD have three unique hubs (the bilateral dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus and right insula). Eg and Lp were both correlated with the repetitive behavior scores of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) in the MZCo-ASD group, and the nodal efficiency of the dorsal superior frontal gyrus (SFGdor) was correlated with the ADI-R scores of repetitive behaviors. Left SFGdor nodal efficiency was correlated with Repetitive Behavior and Communication, two core symptoms of autism. The results implicated that MZCo-ASD had atypical brain structural network attributes and node distributions. Using MZCo-ASD, we found that the WM topological properties that correlate with the severity of ASD core symptoms were Eg, Lp, and the nodal efficiency of the SFGdor.
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- Chunyan Li
- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Children's Mental Health Research Center, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing GuangZhou Road 264, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Fu Y, Long Z, Luo Q, Xu Z, Xiang Y, Du W, Cao Y, Cheng X, Du L. Functional and Structural Connectivity Between the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Insula Could Predict the Antidepressant Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:645936. [PMID: 33841087 PMCID: PMC8032871 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.645936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background The efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in depression is nonuniform across patients. This study aims to determine whether baseline neuroimaging characters can provide a pretreatment predictive effect for rTMS. Methods Twenty-seven treatment-naive patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) were enrolled and scanned with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging. Clinical symptoms were assessed pre- and post-rTMS. Functional and structural connectivity between the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and bilateral insula were measured, and the connectivity strength in each modality was then correlated to the clinical efficacy of rTMS. Results When the coordinates of left DLPFC were located as a node in the central executive network, the clinical efficacy of rTMS was significantly correlated with the functional connectivity strength between left DLPFC and bilateral insula (left insula: r = 0.66; right insula: r = 0.65). The structural connectivity strength between the left DLPFC and left insular cortex also had a significantly positive correlation with symptom improvement (rs = 0.458). Conclusion This study provides implications that rTMS might act more effectively when the pretreatment functional and structural connectivity between the insula and left DLPFC is stronger.
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- Yixiao Fu
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Chen Q, Lv X, Zhang S, Lin J, Song J, Cao B, Weng Y, Li L, Huang R. Altered properties of brain white matter structural networks in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 14:2745-2761. [PMID: 31900892 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-019-00224-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Previous neuroimaging studies revealed radiation-induced brain injury in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in the years after radiotherapy (RT). These injuries may be associated with structural and functional alterations. However, differences in the brain structural connectivity of NPC patients at different times after RT, especially in the early-delayed period, remain unclear. We acquired diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data from three groups of NPC patients, 25 in the pre-RT (before RT) group, 22 in the early-delayed (1-6 months) period (post-RT-ED) group, and 33 in the late-delayed (>6 months) period (post-RT-LD) group. Then, we constructed brain white matter (WM) structural networks and used graph theory to compare their between-group differences. The NPC patients in the post-RT-ED group showed decreased global properties when compared with the pre-RT group. We also detected the nodes with between-group differences in nodal parameters. The nodes that differed between the post-RT-ED and pre-RT groups were mainly located in the default mode (DMN) and central executive networks (CEN); those that differed between the post-RT-LD and pre-RT groups were located in the limbic system; and those that differed between the post-RT-LD and post-RT-ED groups were mainly in the DMN. These findings may indicate that radiation-induced brain injury begins in the early-delayed period and that a reorganization strategy begins in the late-delayed period. Our findings may provide new insight into the pathogenesis of radiation-induced brain injury in normal-appearing brain tissue from the network perspective.
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- Qinyuan Chen
- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People's Republic of China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People's Republic of China.
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China.
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Petracca M, Pontillo G, Moccia M, Carotenuto A, Cocozza S, Lanzillo R, Brunetti A, Brescia Morra V. Neuroimaging Correlates of Cognitive Dysfunction in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Sci 2021; 11:346. [PMID: 33803287 PMCID: PMC8000635 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11030346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cognitive impairment is a frequent and meaningful symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS), caused by the accrual of brain structural damage only partially counteracted by effective functional reorganization. As both these aspects can be successfully investigated through the application of advanced neuroimaging, here, we offer an up-to-date overview of the latest findings on structural, functional and metabolic correlates of cognitive impairment in adults with MS, focusing on the mechanisms sustaining damage accrual and on the identification of useful imaging markers of cognitive decline.
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- Maria Petracca
- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (V.B.M.)
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (G.P.); (S.C.); (A.B.)
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (V.B.M.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (V.B.M.)
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (G.P.); (S.C.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (V.B.M.)
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (G.P.); (S.C.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (V.B.M.)
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Chard DT, Alahmadi AAS, Audoin B, Charalambous T, Enzinger C, Hulst HE, Rocca MA, Rovira À, Sastre-Garriga J, Schoonheim MM, Tijms B, Tur C, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Wink AM, Ciccarelli O, Barkhof F. Mind the gap: from neurons to networks to outcomes in multiple sclerosis. Nat Rev Neurol 2021; 17:173-184. [PMID: 33437067 DOI: 10.1038/s41582-020-00439-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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MRI studies have provided valuable insights into the structure and function of neural networks, particularly in health and in classical neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer disease. However, such work is also highly relevant in other diseases of the CNS, including multiple sclerosis (MS). In this Review, we consider the effects of MS pathology on brain networks, as assessed using MRI, and how these changes to brain networks translate into clinical impairments. We also discuss how this knowledge can inform the targeting of MS treatments and the potential future directions for research in this area. Studying MS is challenging as its pathology involves neurodegenerative and focal inflammatory elements, both of which could disrupt neural networks. The disruption of white matter tracts in MS is reflected in changes in network efficiency, an increasingly random grey matter network topology, relative cortical disconnection, and both increases and decreases in connectivity centred around hubs such as the thalamus and the default mode network. The results of initial longitudinal studies suggest that these changes evolve rather than simply increase over time and are linked with clinical features. Studies have also identified a potential role for treatments that functionally modify neural networks as opposed to altering their structure.
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- Declan T Chard
- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK. .,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France.,AP-HM, University Hospital Timone, Department of Neurology, Marseille, France
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Research Unit for Neuronal Repair and Plasticity, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Neurologia/Neuroimmunologia, Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Neurology, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, Luton, UK
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Brain MRI 3T Research Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.,Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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The effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on the whole brain structural connectome in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 104:110037. [PMID: 32682876 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered a first-line treatment for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and it possesses advantages over pharmacological treatments in stronger tolerance to distress, lower rates of drop out and relapse, and no physical "side-effects". Previous studies have reported CBT-related alterations in focal brain regions and connections. However, the effects of CBT on whole-brain structural networks have not yet been elucidated. Here, we collected diffusion MRI data from 34 unmedicated OCD patients before and after 12 weeks of CBT. Fifty healthy controls (HCs) were also scanned twice at matched intervals. We constructed individual brain white matter connectome and performed a graph-theoretical network analysis to investigate the effects of CBT on whole-brain structural topology. We observed significant group-by-time interactions on the global network clustering coefficient and the nodal clustering of the left lingual gyrus, the left middle temporal gyrus, the left precuneus, and the left fusiform gyrus of 26 CBT responders in OCD patients. Further analysis revealed that these CBT responders showed prominently higher global and nodal clustering compared to HCs at baseline and reduced to normal levels after CBT. Such significant changes in the nodal clustering of the left lingual gyrus were also found in 8 CBT non-responders. The pre-to-post decreases in nodal clustering of the left lingual gyrus and the left fusiform gyrus positively correlated with the improvements in obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the CBT-responding patients. These findings indicated that the network segregation of the whole-brain white matter network in OCD patients was abnormally higher and might recover to normal after CBT, which provides mechanistic insights into the CBT response in OCD and potential imaging biomarkers for clinical practice.
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Zheng Q, Chen X, Xie M, Fu J, Han Y, Wang J, Zeng C, Li Y. Altered structural networks in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder related with cognition impairment and clinical features. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2020; 48:102714. [PMID: 33422915 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the topological properties alterations of white matter (WM) network in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) patients and its correlation with clinical and cognitive performance. METHODS Forty-eight NMOSD patients and fifty healthy controls (HC) underwent DTI and 3D-T1 scan on a 3.0 T MRI and clinical data and cognitive scales were collected. Structural networks were constructed and analyzed by using graph theory. The network metrics between-group comparisons were examined by using GRETNA. Differences in network parameters between two groups and grouped patients according to disease duration (DD) were compared to examine the impact of DD on WM network. The relationships between the network characteristics and clinical data and cognitive performances were also analyzed by partial correlation analysis. RESULTS The NMOSD patients exhibited decreased global and local network efficiency and increased characteristic path length, which were pronounced more in long DD patients. Furthermore, altered nodal efficiencies were observed in several brain regions, which were mainly distributed in default mode and visual systems. The Expanded Disability Status Scale was positively related to nodal shortest path. NMOSD patients showed decreased cognitive performance in attention, short-term memory and verbal memory, which were associated with significantly decreased degree centrality, nodal efficiency and increased nodal shortest path of several brain regions (all p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS This study illustrated the relationship between WM disruption and cognitive impairment in NMOSD patients, which advance the understanding of disrupted WM networks and provide insight into subtle WM pathology to cognitive impairment in NMOSD.
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- Qiao Zheng
- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, 120 Longshan Road, Yubei District, Chongqing 401120, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China.
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Lashkari A, Davoodi-Bojd E, Fahmy L, Li L, Nejad-Davarani SP, Chopp M, Jiang Q, Cerghet M. Impairments of white matter tracts and connectivity alterations in five cognitive networks of patients with multiple sclerosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2020; 201:106424. [PMID: 33348120 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION MS is associated with structural and functional brain alterations leading to cognitive impairments across multiple domains including attention, memory, and speed of information processing. Here, we analyzed the white matter damage and topological organization of white matter tracts in specific brain regions responsible for cognition in MS. METHODS Brain DTI, rs-fMRI, T1, T2, and T2-FLAIR were acquired for 22 MS subjects and 22 healthy controls. Automatic brain parcellation was performed on T1-weighted images. Skull-stripped T1-weighted intensity inverted images were co-registered to the b0 image. Diffusion-weighted images were processed to perform whole brain tractography. The rs-fMRI data were processed, and the connectivity matrixes were analyzed to identify significant differences in the network of nodes between the two groups using NBS analysis. In addition, diffusion entropy maps were produced from DTI data sets using in-house software. RESULTS MS subjects exhibited significantly reduced mean FA and entropy in 38 and 34 regions, respectively, out of a total of 54 regions. The connectivity values in both structural and functional analyses were decreased in most regions of the default mode network and in four other cognitive networks in MS subjects compared to healthy controls. MS also induced significant reduction in the normalized hippocampus and corpus callosum volumes; the normalized hippocampus volume was significantly correlated with EDSS scores. CONCLUSION MS subjects have significant white matter damage and reduction of FA and entropy in various brain regions involved in cognitive networks. Structural and functional connectivity within the default mode network and an additional four cognitive networks exhibited significant changes compared with healthy controls.
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- AmirEhsan Lashkari
- Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States; Oakland University, Department of Physics, Rochester, MI, United States; Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States; Oakland University, Department of Physics, Rochester, MI, United States; Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States
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Lopez-Soley E, Solana E, Martínez-Heras E, Andorra M, Radua J, Prats-Uribe A, Montejo C, Sola-Valls N, Sepulveda M, Pulido-Valdeolivas I, Blanco Y, Martinez-Lapiscina EH, Saiz A, Llufriu S. Impact of Cognitive Reserve and Structural Connectivity on Cognitive Performance in Multiple Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2020; 11:581700. [PMID: 33193039 PMCID: PMC7662554 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.581700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background: Cognitive reserve (CR) could attenuate the impact of the brain burden on the cognition in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Objective: To explore the relationship between CR and structural brain connectivity and investigate their role on cognition in PwMS cognitively impaired (PwMS-CI) and cognitively preserved (PwMS-CP). Methods: In this study, 181 PwMS (71% female; 42.9 ± 10.0 years) were evaluated using the Cognitive Reserve Questionnaire (CRQ), Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological tests, and MRI. Brain lesion and gray matter volumes were quantified, as was the structural network connectivity. Patients were classified as PwMS-CI (z scores = −1.5 SD in at least two tests) or PwMS-CP. Linear and multiple regression analyses were run to evaluate the association of CRQ and structural connectivity with cognition in each group. Hedges's effect size was used to compute the strength of associations. Results: We found a very low association between CRQ scores and connectivity metrics in PwMS-CP, while in PwMS-CI, this relation was low to moderate. The multiple regression model, adjusted for age, gender, mood, lesion volume, and graph metrics (local and global efficiency, and transitivity), indicated that the CRQ (β = 0.26, 95% CI: 0.17–0.35) was associated with cognition (adj R2 = 0.34) in PwMS-CP (55%). In PwMS-CI, CRQ (β = 0.18, 95% CI: 0.07–0.29), age, and network global efficiency were independently associated with cognition (adj R2 = 0.55). The age- and gender-adjusted association between CRQ score and global efficiency on having an impaired cognitive status was −0.338 (OR: 0.71, p = 0.036) and −0.531 (OR: 0.59, p = 0.002), respectively. Conclusions: CR seems to have a marginally significant effect on brain structural connectivity, observed in patients with more severe clinical impairment. It protects PwMS from cognitive decline regardless of their cognitive status, yet once cognitive impairment has set in, brain damage and aging are also influencing cognitive performance.
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- Elisabet Lopez-Soley
- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Imaging of Mood- and Anxiety-Related Disorders (IMARD) Group, Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Psychiatric Research and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffiel Department of Orthopeadics, rheumatology and musculoskeletal sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Varma-Doyle AV, Lukiw WJ, Zhao Y, Lovera J, Devier D. A hypothesis-generating scoping review of miRs identified in both multiple sclerosis and dementia, their protein targets, and miR signaling pathways. J Neurol Sci 2020; 420:117202. [PMID: 33183778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Cognitive impairment (CI) is a frequent complication affecting people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The causes of CI in MS are not fully understood. Besides MRI measures, few other biomarkers exist to help us predict the development of CI and understand its biology. MicroRNAs (miRs) are relatively stable, non-coding RNA molecules about 22 nucleotides in length that can serve as biomarkers and possible therapeutic targets in several autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, including the dementias. In this review, we identify dysregulated miRs in MS that overlap with dysregulated miRs in cognitive disorders and dementia and explore how these overlapping miRs play a role in CI in MS. MiR-15, miR-21, miR-128, miR-132, miR-138, miR-142, miR-146a, miR-155, miR-181, miR-572, and let-7 are known to contribute to various forms of dementia and show abnormal expression in MS. These overlapping miRs are involved in pathways related to apoptosis, neuroinflammation, glutamate toxicity, astrocyte activation, microglial burst activity, synaptic dysfunction, and remyelination. The mechanisms of action suggest that these miRs may be related to CI in MS. From our review, we also delineated miRs that could be neuroprotective in MS, namely miR-23a, miR-219, miR-214, and miR-22. Further studies can help clarify if these miRs are responsible for CI in MS, leading to potential therapeutic targets.
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- Aditi Vian Varma-Doyle
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center -New Orleans School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, New Orleans, United States of America
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center -New Orleans School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, New Orleans, United States of America; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Neuroscience Center, United States of America; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Department of Ophthalmology, United States of America
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, United States of America; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Neuroscience Center, United States of America
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center -New Orleans School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, New Orleans, United States of America.
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center -New Orleans School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, New Orleans, United States of America; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, United States of America.
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