机构:[1]Department of Neurology, XuanWu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China神经内科首都医科大学宣武医院[2]School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China[3]Department of Radiology, XuanWu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China放射科首都医科大学宣武医院[4]Center of Alzheimer’s Disease, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
Network analysis has been widely used in studying Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, how the white matter network changes in cognitive impaired patients with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) (a symptom emerging during early stage of AD) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) (a pre-dementia stage of AD) is still unclear. Here, structural networks were constructed respectively based on FA and FN for 36 normal controls, 21 SCD patients, and 33 aMCI patients by diffusion tensor imaging and graph theory. Significantly lower efficiency was found in aMCI patients than normal controls (NC). Though not significant, the values in those with SCD were intermediate between aMCI and NC. In addition, our results showed significantly altered betweenness centrality located in right precuneus, calcarine, putamen, and left anterior cingulate in aMCI patients. Furthermore, association was found between network metrics and cognitive impairment. Our study suggests that the structural network properties might be preserved in SCD stage and disrupted in aMCI stage, which may provide novel insights into pathological mechanisms of AD.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31371007, 81430037, 30970823),
Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Grant No. Z131100006813022)
National Key Department of Neurology funded by Chinese Health and Family Planning Committee
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Neurology, XuanWu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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通讯机构:[1]Department of Neurology, XuanWu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China[2]School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China[4]Center of Alzheimer’s Disease, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Xiao-Ni Wang,Yang Zeng,Guan-Qun Chen,et al.Abnormal organization of white matter networks in patients with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment[J].ONCOTARGET.2016,7(31):48953-48962.doi:10.18632/oncotarget.10601.
APA:
Xiao-Ni Wang,Yang Zeng,Guan-Qun Chen,Yi-He Zhang,Xuan-Yu Li...&Ying Han.(2016).Abnormal organization of white matter networks in patients with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment.ONCOTARGET,7,(31)
MLA:
Xiao-Ni Wang,et al."Abnormal organization of white matter networks in patients with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment".ONCOTARGET 7..31(2016):48953-48962