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Guo P, Zhou J, Su Y, Wang W, Hua H, Zhao P, Wang Y, Kang S, Liu M. Altered functional connectivity of the default mode network in non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. Brain Commun 2024; 6:fcae186. [PMID: 38873004 PMCID: PMC11170661 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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The functional connectivity of the default mode network is important in understanding the neuro-pathophysiological abnormalities in patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. Independent component analysis can effectively determine within and between network connectivity of different brain components. Therefore, in order to explore the association between the default mode network and other brain regions, we utilized independent component analysis to investigate the alteration of functional connectivity of the default mode network. Thirty-one patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy and 31 healthy controls, matched for age, sex and years of education, were recruited. For patients and healthy controls, functional connectivity within and between the default mode network and other brain regions were evaluated by independent component analysis. Compared with healthy controls, patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy showed reduced functional connectivity within the default mode network in the right cerebellar tonsil and left cerebellum posterior lobe and increased functional connectivity in the left inferior temporal and right middle frontal gyri. Furthermore, patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy showed reduced functional connectivity between the default mode network and other brain regions in the left cerebellar tonsil and increased functional connectivity in the right putamen, left thalamus, right middle temporal and left middle frontal gyri. In conclusion, negative correlations between several clinical parameters and functional connectivity of the default mode network were observed. The study contributes to understanding the mechanism of functional reorganization in non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy.
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- Pengde Guo
- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, PR China
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Huang H, Wang XY, Wei H, Kang M, Zou J, Ling Q, Xu SH, Huang H, Chen X, Wang YX, Shao Y, Yu Y. Retinal microvascular and microstructural alterations in the diagnosis of meibomian gland dysfunction in severely obese population: a new approach. Int J Ophthalmol 2023; 16:1977-1985. [PMID: 38111945 PMCID: PMC10700072 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2023.12.09] [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: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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AIM To study retinal microvascular and microstructural alterations in meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) in severely obese population using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). METHODS Twelve MGD patients with severely obese population (PAT group; 24 eyes) and 12 healthy controls (HC group; 24 eyes) were recruited. OCTA images were segmented into five [superior (S), nasal (N), inferior (I), temporal (T), and central foveal (C)] or nine [inner superior (IS), outer superior (OS), inner nasal (IN), outer nasal (ON), inner inferior (II), outer inferior (OI), inner temporal (IT), outer temporal (OT), and C] subregions. The superficial vessel density (SVD), retinal thickness (RT), foveal avascular zone (FAZ) parameters, and retinal volume were measured. RESULTS Visual acuity was significantly different between two groups (0.8±0.17 in PAT group vs 0.2±0.06 in HC group). SVD was significantly lower in PATs in N, T, OS, IN, OT, and ON. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for T was 0.961 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.908 to 1.000], for OS was 0.962 (95%CI: 0.915 to 1.000). RT was significantly lower in PATs in IS, OS, OI, OT, ON, IT, IN, and II. AUC for OT was 0.935 (95%CI: 0.870 to 0.999), for IS was 0.915 (95% CI: 0.838 to 0.992). Angiography results showed significantly lower area and perimeter of FAZ, SVD of the inner retina and both retinal volume and the average volume thickness in the PAT group. CONCLUSION Vision may be affected in patients with MGD due to changes in retinal microvessels and microstructures. These changes detected by OCTA may be a potential marker for diagnosing MGD in severe obesity.
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- Hai Huang
- Nanchang Aier Eye Hospital, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- The First Clinical Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6200MA, Limburg Province, Netherlands
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- School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF244HQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Disease, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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Liu P, Luo B, Feng Y, Chen L, Zhao YL, Wang QX, Liang SP, Wu HY, Yuan G, Jiang GH, Zhang J. Aberrant spontaneous brain activity in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy with and without optic neuropathy: a resting-state functional MRI study. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:7981-7991. [PMID: 37410107 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-09829-0] [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: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the brain functional alterations in dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) by evaluating spontaneous neural activity, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with regional homogeneity (ReHo), and its relationship with ophthalmologic performance. METHODS Forty-seven patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO; 20 with DON, 27 with non-DON) and 33 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent fMRI. ReHo values were compared using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with post hoc pairwise comparisons (voxel-level p < 0.01, Gaussian random field correction, cluster-level p < 0.05). Correlations between ReHo values and ophthalmological metrics were assessed for DONs, with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons (p < 0.004). ROC curves were applied to evaluate the diagnostic performance of ReHo metrics. RESULTS ReHo values were significantly lower in the left insula and right superior temporal gyrus, and higher in the left posterior cingulate cortex (LPCC), of DON than of non-DON patients. ReHo values were also significantly lower in the right middle temporal, left insula, and left precentral gyrus in DON than in HCs. Meanwhile, ReHo values were higher in LPCC in non-DON than in HCs. ReHo values correlated with ophthalmic examinations to varying degrees in DON. For distinguishing DON, the ReHo values in LPCC showed optimal individually (AUC = 0.843), the combination of the ReHo in both the left insula and LPCC performed better (AUC = 0.915). CONCLUSION Spontaneous brain activity differed between TAO with and without DON, which may reflect the underlying pathological mechanism of DON. The ReHo index can be considered a diagnostic biomarker. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT Spontaneous brain activity in DON differed from that in TAO without DON, which may reflect the underlying pathological mechanism of DON. The ReHo index can be considered a diagnostic biomarker for early detection of DON. KEY POINTS • Dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) affects brain activity, which contributes in the understanding of its visual dysfunction. • Regional homogeneity values differ between thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy with and without DON in various brain regions. • Regional homogeneity values can be used as a biomarker in the differential diagnosis of DON.
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- Ping Liu
- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, #1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, #1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, #1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, #1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, #1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, #1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
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Liao X, Li CQ, Ge QM, Tang LY, Su T, Li QY, Pan YC, Shu HY, Zhang LJ, Shao Y. Investigation of Altered Spontaneous Brain Activity Patterns in Herpes Zoster Keratitis Using the Percent Amplitude of Fluctuation Method: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2023; 19:1781-1789. [PMID: 37601824 PMCID: PMC10439783 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s412516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to use the percent amplitude of fluctuation (PerAF) to study the changes in brain activity and nerve function of herpes zoster keratitis (HZK) patients. Methods We recruited 20 HZK patients and 20 healthy controls (HCs). Each of these groups included ten males and ten females and were matched in weight and age. All participants underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). The percent amplitude of fluctuation (PerAF) method was used for analysis and detected differences between the two groups in the neurological function of brain areas. We also applied the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to analyze the two groups and did a correlation analysis between the PerAF value, anxiety and depression score, and visual acuity. Results The PerAF signal at the right putamen and right precentral gyrus was significantly higher in patients than in HCs. However, the PerAF value of the left inferior temporal was lower in patients than in HCs. In addition, the HZK patients' anxiety and depression score (HADS) and visual acuity (V.A.) Log MAR negatively correlated with the PerAF value at the left inferior temporal gyrus. Conclusion HZK patients had some changes in brain regions, and the changes were also related to their mood and visual acuity. These findings might contribute to other studies on the potential pathological mechanism, disease development, prognosis, and brain function in HZK patients.
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- Xulin Liao
- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361004, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China
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Tan SW, Cai GQ, Li QY, Guo Y, Pan YC, Zhang LJ, Ge QM, Shu HY, Zeng XJ, Shao Y. Altered Brain Activity in Strabismic Amblyopic Children as Determined by Regional Homogeneity: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:879253. [PMID: 35720698 PMCID: PMC9201242 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.879253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective Earlier research has determined that amblyopia or strabismus may cause remarkable brain anatomical and functional variations. Nonetheless, thus far, the spontaneous changes in brain activity in children with strabismus amblyopia (SA) remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between abnormal brain activity in children with SA and its behavioral manifestations. Patients and Methods ?A total of 24 children with SA (10 male and 14 female children) as well as 24 healthy controls (HCs), including 10 male and 14 female children were closely matched in sex and age, and examined using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The regional homogeneity (ReHo) technique was applied to evaluate spontaneous cerebral activity variations in children with SA and HCs. Moreover, associations between altered ReHo values in distinct cerebral areas and the degree of strabismus were assessed using Pearson correlation analysis. Results Remarkably increased ReHo values were observed in the right lingual, right superior frontal medial, bilateral superior parietal, and right inferior parietal gyri of children with SA compared with HCs. In contrast, mean ReHo values in children with SA were lower in the right cerebellum, left superior frontal gyrus, and left putamen nucleus. Furthermore, esotropia showed a positive correlation with ReHo values of the left putamen. Conclusion The anomalous spontaneous activity changes in several brain areas that are caused by SA may indicate neuropathologic mechanisms of visual deficits and oculomotor disorders in children with SA.
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- Si-Wen Tan
- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- The First Clinical Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Liu QY, Pan YC, Shu HY, Zhang LJ, Li QY, Ge QM, Shao Y, Zhou Q. Brain Activity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients From the Perspective of Regional Homogeneity: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:865430. [PMID: 35615597 PMCID: PMC9124803 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.865430] [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: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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ObjectiveIn this study, the regional homogeneity (ReHo) method was used to investigate levels of cerebral homogeneity in individuals with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with the aim of exploring whether these measures are associated with clinical characteristics.Materials and MethodsPatients with AMD and healthy controls attending the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University were invited to participate. Resting state functional magnetic resonance images were recorded in each participant and levels of synchronous neural activity were evaluated using ReHo. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of this method.ResultsEighteen patients with AMD (9 males and 9 females) and 15 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. The two groups were approximately matched in age, gender and weight. Compared with controls, the ReHo values were significantly higher in the AMD group at the limbic lobe and parahippocampal gyrus, and were significantly reduced at the cingulate gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule, and precentral gyrus. Mean ReHo values at the cingulate gyrus and the superior frontal gyrus were negatively correlated with clinical symptoms.ConclusionBrain neural homogeneity dysfunction is a manifestation of visual pathways in AMD patients, and may be one of the pathological mechanisms of chronic vision loss, anxiety and depression in AMD patients. In addition, the ReHo data may be useful for early screening for AMD.
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Saba T, Rehman A, Shahzad MN, Latif R, Bahaj SA, Alyami J. Machine learning for post-traumatic stress disorder identification utilizing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Microsc Res Tech 2022; 85:2083-2094. [PMID: 35088496 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Early detection of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is essential for proper treatment of the patients to recover from this disorder. The aligned purpose of this study was to investigate the performance deviations in regions of interest (ROI) of PTSD than the healthy brain regions, to assess interregional functional connectivity and applications of machine learning techniques to identify PTSD and healthy control using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). The rs-fMRI data of 10 ROI was extracted from 14 approved PTSD subjects and 14 healthy controls. The rs-fMRI data of the selected ROI were used in ANOVA to measure performance level and Pearson's correlation to investigate the interregional functional connectivity in PTSD brains. In machine learning approaches, the logistic regression, K-nearest neighbor (KNN), support vector machine (SVM) with linear, radial basis function, and polynomial kernels were used to classify the PTSD and control subjects. The performance level in brain regions of PTSD deviated as compared to the regions in the healthy brain. In addition, significant positive or negative functional connectivity was observed among ROI in PTSD brains. The rs-fMRI data have been distributed in training, validation, and testing group for maturity, implementation of machine learning techniques. The KNN and SVM with radial basis function kernel were outperformed for classification among other methods with high accuracies (96.6%, 94.8%, 98.5%) and (93.7%, 95.2%, 99.2%) to train, validate, and test datasets, respectively. The study's findings may provide a guideline to observe performance and functional connectivity of the brain regions in PTSD and to discriminate PTSD subject using only the suggested algorithms.
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- Tanzila Saba
- Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics Lab (AIDA), CCIS, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, 11586, Saudi Arabia
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- Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics Lab (AIDA), CCIS, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, 11586, Saudi Arabia
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- Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics Lab (AIDA), CCIS, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, 11586, Saudi Arabia
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- MIS Department College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.,Imaging Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Hu JJ, Jiang N, Chen J, Ying P, Kang M, Xu SH, Zou J, Wei H, Ling Q, Shao Y. Altered Regional Homogeneity in Patients With Congenital Blindness: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:925412. [PMID: 35815017 PMCID: PMC9256957 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.925412] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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In patients with congenital blindness (CB), the lack of any visual experience may affect brain development resulting in functional, structural, or even psychological changes. Few studies to date have addressed or focused on the synchronicity of regional brain activity in patients with CB. Our study aimed to investigate regional brain activity in patients with CB in a resting state and try to explain the possible causes and effects of any anomalies. Twenty-three CB patients and 23 healthy control (HC) volunteers agreed to undergo resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans. After the fMRI data were preprocessed, regional homogeneity (ReHo) analysis was conducted to assess the differences in brain activity synchronicity between the two groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to explore whether the brain areas with statistically significant ReHo differences have diagnostic and identification values for CB. All CB patients were also required to complete the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to evaluate their anxiety and depression levels. The results showed that in CB patients mean ReHo values were significantly lower than in HCs in the right orbital part of the middle frontal gyrus (MFGorb), bilateral middle occipital gyrus (MOG), and the right dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus (SFGdl), but significantly higher in the left paracentral lobule (PCL), right insula and bilateral thalamus. The ReHo value of MFGorb showed a negative linear correlation with both the anxiety score and the depression score of the HADS. ROC curve analysis revealed that the mean ReHo values which differed significantly between the groups have excellent diagnostic accuracy for CB (especially in the left PCL and right SFGdl regions). Patients with CB show abnormalities of ReHo values in several specific brain regions, suggesting potential regional structural changes, functional reorganization, or even psychological effects in these patients. FMRI ReHo analysis may find use as an objective method to confirm CB for medical or legal purposes.
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- Jiong-Jiong Hu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Guo L, Wang H, Zhou J, Tang W, Wang R, Xiao Z, Wu L, Wang J, Li L, Lei Y, Sun X, Tang Z. Magnetic resonance imaging investigations reveal that PM 2.5 exposure triggers visual dysfunction in mice. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 227:112866. [PMID: 34634599 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate how PM2.5 exposure affects the microstructure, metabolites or functions of the visual system. METHODS C57BL/6J mice were randomly assigned to groups exposed to the filtered air (the control group) or the concentrated ambient PM2.5 (the PM2.5 group). Visual evoked potentials (VEP), electroretinograms (ERG), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) and resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI) were performed. Parameters were obtained and compared between the two groups, including latencies and amplitudes of the P1 wave, N1 wave and P2 wave from VEP, latencies and amplitudes of the a wave and b wave from ERG, fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusion (MD), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) from DTI, visual cortex (VC) metabolites from 1H-MRS, and regional homogeneity (ReHo) from rsfMRI. RESULTS Compared with the values of the control group, the PM2.5 group showed a prolonged N1 latency (43.11 ± 7.94 ms vs. 38.75 ± 4.60 ms) and lowered P1 amplitude (5.62 ± 4.38 μV vs. 8.56 ± 5.92 μV) on VEP (all p < 0.05). On ERG, the amplitude of the a wave was lowered (- 91.39 ± 56.29 μV vs. - 138.68 ± 89.05 μV), the amplitude of the b wave was lowered (194.38 ± 126.27 μV vs. 284.72 ± 170.99 μV), and the latency of the b wave was prolonged (37.78 ± 10.72 ms vs. 33.01 ± 4.34 ms) than the values of the control group (all p < 0.05). DTI indicated FA increase in the bilateral piriform cortex (Pir), FA decrease in the bilateral somatosensory cortex (S) and the bilateral striatum (Stri), AD decrease in the bilateral VC, the right S and the bilateral Pir, MD decrease in the bilateral Pir, and RD decrease in the bilateral Pir in the PM2.5 mice (all p < 0.05, Alphasim corrected). 1H-MRS showed Glutamate (Glu) increase and Phosphocholine (PCh) increase in the VC of the PM2.5 group than those of the control group (PCh 1.63 ± 0.25 vs. 1.50 ± 0.25; PCh/total creatine(tCr) 0.19 ± 0.03 vs. 0.18 ± 0.03; Glu 10.46 ± 1.50 vs. 9.60 ± 1.19; Glu/tcr 1.23 ± 0.11 vs. 1.12 ± 0.11) (all p < 0.05). rsfMRI showed higher ReHo in the PM2.5 mice in the left superior colliculus, the left motor cortex, the hippocampus, the periaqueductal gray and the right mesencephalic reticular formation (all p < 0.01, AlphaSim corrected). CONCLUSIONS This study revealed that PM2.5 exposure triggered visual dysfunction, and altered microstructure, metabolite and function in the retina and visual brain areas along the visual system.
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- Linying Guo
- Department of Radiology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Typhoon Institute, CMA, Shanghai 200030, China; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 22, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Department of Ear, Nose & Throat, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
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Huang H, Li SY, Shi L, Huang X, Wang J. Altered spontaneous brain activity in patients with asthma: a resting-state functional MRI study using regional homogeneity analysis. Neuroreport 2021; 32:1403-1407. [PMID: 34743166 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Studies have shown that patients with asthma have changes in brain function activities, but the specific relationship is still unknown. This study aims to investigate the potential regional homogeneity (ReHo) brain activity changes in patients with asthma and healthy controls. METHODS Thirty-one patients with asthma and 31 healthy controls closely matched in age, sex, and weight underwent resting-state functional MRI scans, respectively. The ReHo method was applied to evaluate synchronous neural activity changes. Receiver operating characteristic curve was used to show high test-retest stability and a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS Compared with the healthy controls, asthma patients had significantly increased ReHo values in left cerebellum posterior lobe and left superior frontal gyrus, and decreased ReHo values of right middle temporal gyrus, right Putamen, right inferior temporal gyrus, right inferior middle frontal gyrus, left middle occipital gyrus, and right precentral/middle frontal gyrus. CONCLUSION Patients with asthma have different functional changes in different brain regions, mainly including the cerebellum, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, and occipital lobe, which provides important pieces of evidence to support the role of brain networks in the pathophysiology of asthma and offers an entirely new target for potential therapeutic intervention in asthma.
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- Hui Huang
- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
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- The Second Department of Respiratory Disease, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, P.R. China
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Dong WJ, Su T, Li CQ, Shu YQ, Shi WQ, Min YL, Yuan Q, Zhu PW, Liu KC, Yi JL, Shao Y. Altered brain network centrality in patients with retinal vein occlusion: a resting-state fMRI study. Int J Ophthalmol 2021; 14:1741-1747. [PMID: 34804865 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2021.11.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM To explore the intrinsic brain activity variations in retinal vein occlusion (RVO) subjects by using the voxel-wise degree centrality (DC) technique. METHODS Twenty-one subjects with RVO and twenty-one healthy controls (HCs) were enlisted and underwent the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) examination. The spontaneous cerebrum activity variations were inspected using the DC technology. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was implemented to distinguish the DC values of RVOs from HCs. The relationships between DC signal of definite regions of interest and the clinical characteristics in RVO group were evaluated by Pearson's correlation analysis. RESULTS RVOs showed notably higher DC signals in right superior parietal lobule, middle frontal gyrus and left precuneus, but decreased DC signals in left middle temporal gyrus and bilateral anterior cingulated (BAC) when comparing with HCs. The mean DC value of RVOs in the BAC were negatively correlated with the anxiety and depression scale. CONCLUSION RVO is associated aberrant intrinsic brain activity patterns in several brain areas including pain-related as well as visual-related regions, which might assist to reveal the latent neural mechanisms.
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- Wen-Jia Dong
- Affiliated Eye Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Affiliated Eye Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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Zhao P, Lv H, Guo P, Su Y, Liu M, Wang Y, Hua H, Kang S. Altered Brain Functional Connectivity at Resting-State in Patients With Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:712256. [PMID: 34658763 PMCID: PMC8517223 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.712256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose: To investigate the possible changes in functional connectivity (FC) in patients with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) using resting-state functional MRI (fMRI). Methods: Thirty-one NAION patients and 31 healthy controls were recruited and underwent resting-state fMRI scans. Regions of interest (ROIs) were defined as bilateral Brodmann’s area 17 (BA17). FC analysis was performed between the ROIs and the rest of the brain regions, and the between group comparisons of FC were performed. We conducted correlation analysis between the FC changes and the clinical variables in NAION patients. Results: Compared with healthy controls, patients with NAION showed significantly decreased FC between the left BA17 and the right inferior frontal gyrus, left caudate nucleus. As for the right BA17, patients exhibited significantly increased FC with the left olfactory gyrus and decreased FC with the right superior frontal gyrus (SFG), right insula. Moreover, FC values between the right insula and the right BA17 were positively correlated with the right side of mean sensitivity in the central visual field (r = 0.52, P < 0.01) and negatively correlated with the right side of mean defect in the central visual field (r = −0.55, P < 0.01). Conclusion: Our study indicated that patients with NAION showed significantly abnormal functional reorganization between the primary visual cortex and several other brain regions not directly related to visual function, which supports that NAION may not only be an ophthalmic disease but also a neuro-ophthalmological disease.
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- Pengbo Zhao
- Department of Ophthalmology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Yu K, Guo Y, Ge QM, Su T, Shi WQ, Zhang LJ, Shu HY, Pan YC, Liang RB, Li QY, Shao Y. Altered spontaneous activity in the frontal gyrus in dry eye: a resting-state functional MRI study. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12943. [PMID: 34155240 PMCID: PMC8217547 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92199-8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study investigated neurologic changes in patients with dry eye (DE) by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and to used regional homogeneity (ReHo) analysis to clarify the relationship between these changes and clinical features of DE. A total of 28 patients with DE and 28 matched healthy control (HC) subjects (10 males and 18 females in each group) were enrolled. fMRI scans were performed in both groups. We carried out ReHo analysis to assess differences in neural activity between the 2 groups, and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis was performed to evaluate the performance of ReHo values of specific brain areas in distinguishing DE patients from HCs. The relationship between average ReHo values and clinical characteristics was assessed by correlation analysis. ReHo values of the middle frontal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, and superior frontal gyrus were significantly lower in DE patients compared to HCs. The ROC analysis showed that ReHo value had high accuracy in distinguishing between DE patients and HCs (P < 0.0001). The ReHo values of the middle frontal gyrus and dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus were correlated to disease duration (P < 0.05). Symptoms of ocular surface injury in DE patients are associated with dysfunction in specific brain regions, which may underlie the cognitive impairment, psychiatric symptoms, and depressive mood observed in DE patients. The decreased ReHo values of some brain gyri in this study may provide a reference for clinical diagnosis and determination of treatment efficacy.
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- Kang Yu
- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.12955.3a0000 0001 2264 7233Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Medical College of Xiamen University, Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 Fujian Province China ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412604.50000 0004 1758 4073Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Jiangxi Center of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No 17, YongWaiZheng Street, DongHu District, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi People’s Republic of China
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Yan H, Shan X, Wei S, Liu F, Li W, Lei Y, Guo W, Luo S. Abnormal Spontaneous Brain Activities of Limbic-Cortical Circuits in Patients With Dry Eye Disease. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 14:574758. [PMID: 33304254 PMCID: PMC7693447 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.574758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Whether brain function is altered in patients with dry eye disease (DED) remains unclear. Twenty patients with DED and 23 healthy controls (HCs) were scanned using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Regional homogeneity (ReHo) and support vector machine (SVM) were used to analyze the imaging data. Relative to the HCs, the patients with DED showed significantly increased ReHo values in the left inferior occipital gyrus (IOG), left superior temporal gyrus, and right superior medial prefrontal cortex, and significantly decreased ReHo values in the right superior frontal gyrus/middle frontal gyrus and bilateral middle cingulum (MC). SVM results indicated that the combination of ReHo values in the left MC and the left IOG in distinguishing patients with DED from HCs had a sensitivity of 95.00%, a specificity of 91.30%, and an accuracy of 93.02%. The present study found that the patients with DED had abnormal ReHo values in the limbic-cortical circuits. A combination of ReHo values in the left MC and the left IOG could be applied as a potential imaging biomarker to distinguish patients with DED from HCs. The dysfunction of limbic-cortical circuits may play an important role in the pathophysiology of DED.
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- Haohao Yan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Zhang YQ, Zhu FY, Tang LY, Li B, Zhu PW, Shi WQ, Lin Q, Min YL, Shao Y, Zhou Q. Altered regional homogeneity in patients with diabetic vitreous hemorrhage. World J Diabetes 2020; 11:501-513. [PMID: 33269062 PMCID: PMC7672795 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v11.i11.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diabetic vitreous hemorrhage (DVH) is a common complication of diabetes. While the diagnostic methods nowadays only concentrate on the eye injury in DVH patients, whether DVH leads to abnormalities of other visual systems, including the eye, the visual cortex, and other brain regions, remains unknown.
AIM To explore the potential changes of brain activity in DVH using regional homogeneity (ReHo) and their relationships with clinical features.
METHODS Thirty-one DVH patients and 31 matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. All subjects were examined by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The neural homogeneity in the brain region was estimated by ReHo method. Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationships between average ReHo values and clinical manifestations in DVH patients.
RESULTS Compared with HCs, the ReHo values in the bilateral cerebellar posterior lobes, right superior (RS)/middle occipital gyrus (MOG), and bilateral superior frontal gyrus were significantly increased. In contrast, in the right insula, bilateral medial frontal gyri, and right middle frontal gyrus, the ReHo values were significantly decreased. Furthermore, we found that best-corrected visual acuity of the contralateral eye in patients with DVH presented a positive correlation with the mean ReHo value of the RS/MOG. We also found that depression score of the DVH group presented a negative correlation with the mean ReHo values of the right insula, bilateral medial frontal gyrus, and right middle frontal gyrus.
CONCLUSION We found that DVH may cause dysfunction in multiple brain areas, which may benefit the exploration of pathologic mechanisms in DVH patients.
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- Yu-Qing Zhang
- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361101, Fujian Province, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jiangxi Province Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
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Pan P, Wei S, Ou Y, Liu F, Li H, Jiang W, Li W, Lei Y, Guo W, Luo S. Reduced Global-Brain Functional Connectivity of the Cerebello-Thalamo-Cortical Network in Patients With Dry Eye Disease. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 14:572693. [PMID: 33100998 PMCID: PMC7546321 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.572693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background: The pathophysiology of patients with dry eye disease (DED) is associated with abnormal functional connectivity (FC). The present study aims to probe alterations of voxel-wise brain-wide FC in patient with DED at rest in an unbiased way. Method: A total of 20 patients with DED and 23 controls matched by age, sex, and years of education underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans. Global-brain FC (GFC) was adopted to analyze the images. Support vector machine (SVM) was utilized to differentiate the patients from the controls. Results: Compared with the controls, patients with DED exhibited decreased GFC in the right cerebellum lobule VIII/inferior semi-lunar lobule and left thalamus that belonged to the cerebello-thalamo-cortical network. The GFC values in the left thalamus were positively correlated to the illness duration (r = 0.589, p = 0.006) in the patients. Decreased GFC values in the left thalamus could be used to discriminate the patients from the controls with optimal accuracy, sensitivity and specificity (88.37, 85.00, and 91.30%). Conclusions: Our findings indicate that decreased GFC in the brain regions associated with cerebello-thalamo-cortical network may provide a new insight for understanding the pathological changes of FC in DED. GFC values in the left thalamus may be utilized as a potential biomarker to identify the patients from the controls.
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- Pan Pan
- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Abnormal Regional Spontaneous Neural Activity in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study. Neural Plast 2020; 2020:8826787. [PMID: 32963518 PMCID: PMC7499295 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8826787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Objective To explore altered regional neuronal activity in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and its correlation with clinical performances using the regional homogeneity (ReHo) method, which is based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Method Thirty-one patients with NAION (20 males, 11 females) and 31 age- and sex-matched normal controls (NCs) (20 males, 11 females) were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent ophthalmic examination, including eyesight, intraocular pressure measurement, optimal coherence tomography (OCT), visual field analysis, and fMRI scans. After ReHo was calculated, we investigated group differences in results between the patients and NCs. We analyzed the relationship between ReHo values for different brain regions in patients with NAION and intraocular pressure, visual field analysis, and OCT. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the diagnostic ability of the ReHo method. Results Compared with NCs, patients with NAION exhibited higher ReHo values in the left middle frontal gyrus, left middle cingulate gyrus, left superior temporal gyrus, and left inferior parietal lobule. Additionally, they exhibited lower ReHo values in the right lingual gyrus, left putamen/lentiform nucleus, and left superior parietal lobule. ReHo values in the left superior parietal lobule were negatively correlated with right retinal nerve fiber layer values (r = −0.462, P = 0.01). The area under the ROC curve for each brain region indicated that the ReHo method is a credible means of diagnosing patient with NAION. Conclusion NAION was primarily associated with dysfunction in the default mode network, which may reflect its underlying neural mechanisms.
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Hu SL, Tang LY, Fang JW, Su T, Ge QM, Lin Q, Li B, Shi WQ, Li QY, Liang RB, Shao Y. Altered Intrinsic Functional Connectivity of the Primary Visual Cortex in Patients with Corneal Ulcer: A Resting-State fMRI Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2020; 16:1571-1581. [PMID: 32612359 PMCID: PMC7323573 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s238463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate differences in the functional connectivity (FC) of the primary visual cortex between patients with corneal ulcer (CU) and healthy controls (HCs) using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 30 patients with CU and 30 HCs were closely matched in terms of sex, age, and level of education. Two-sample t-test, receiver operating characteristic curve, and Pearson's correlation coefficient analyses were used to determine the differences in FC between the two groups, the mean FC value of patients with CU and HCs, and the correlation between FC signal values and clinical manifestations in different brain regions of patients. RESULTS The CU group showed significantly elevated FC in the left and right middle frontal gyri and lower FC with the right cuneus compared with the HC group. In addition, the FC of the right cingulate and left superior frontal gyri also increased in the CU group. The receiver operating characteristic curve revealed high diagnostic value in those brain regions. CONCLUSION CU involves aberrant FC of the primary visual cortex in different brain areas, including visual-related and cognitive-related regions. This finding may unveil the underlying neural mechanisms of impaired visual function in CU.
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- Shou-Long Hu
- National Center for Children's Health, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, People's Republic of China.,Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Eye Institute of Xiamen University; Xiamen University School of Medicine, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Eye Institute of Xiamen University; Xiamen University School of Medicine, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Clinical Ophthalmology Institute, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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