机构:[1]Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,神经内科首都医科大学宣武医院[2]The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China,[3]State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,[4]Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,放射科首都医科大学宣武医院[5]Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
The present study aimed to investigate changes in structural gray matter (GM) volume and functional amplitude of spontaneous low-frequency oscillations (LFO) and functional connectivity density in patients with subcortical vascular mild cognitive impairment (svMCI). Structural MRI and resting-sate functional MRI data were collected from 26 svMCI patients and 28 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Structurally, widespread GM atrophy was found in the svMCI patients that resided primarily in frontal (e.g., the superior and middle frontal gyri and medial prefrontal cortex) and temporal (the superior and inferior temporal gyri) brain regions as well as several subcortical brain sites (e.g., the thalamus and the caudate). Functionally, svMCI-related changes were predominantly found in the default mode network (DMN). Compared with the healthy controls, the svMCI patients exhibited decreased LFO amplitudes in the anterior part of the DMN (e.g., the medial prefrontal cortex), whereas increased LFO amplitudes in the posterior part of the DMN (e.g., the posterior cingulate/precuneus). As for functional connectivity density, the DMN regions (e.g., the posterior cingulate/precuneus, the medial prefrontal cortex and the middle temporal gyrus) consistently exhibited decreased functional connectivity. Finally, the overall patterns of functional alterations in LFO amplitudes and functional connectivity density remained little changed after controlling for structural GM volume losses, which suggests that functional abnormalities can be only partly explained by morphological GM volume changes. Together, our results indicate that svMCI patients exhibit widespread abnormalities in both structural GM volume and functional intrinsic brain activity, which have important implications in understanding the pathophysiological mechanism of svMCI.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [30970823]; Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China [c03030307]
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,[2]The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China,
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通讯机构:[1]Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,[2]The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China,
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Liye Yi,Jinhui Wang,Longfei Jia,et al.Structural and Functional Changes in Subcortical Vascular Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Combined Voxel-Based Morphometry and Resting-State fMRI Study[J].PLOS ONE.2012,7(9):e44758.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044758.
APA:
Liye Yi,Jinhui Wang,Longfei Jia,Zhilian Zhao,Jie Lu...&Ying Han.(2012).Structural and Functional Changes in Subcortical Vascular Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Combined Voxel-Based Morphometry and Resting-State fMRI Study.PLOS ONE,7,(9)
MLA:
Liye Yi,et al."Structural and Functional Changes in Subcortical Vascular Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Combined Voxel-Based Morphometry and Resting-State fMRI Study".PLOS ONE 7..9(2012):e44758