机构:[1]Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, China.重点科室诊疗科室神经外科神经外科首都医科大学附属天坛医院[2]China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, No. 6 Tiantan Xili Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, China.[3]Institute of Affective and Social Neuroscience, College of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Ave 3688, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, P.R. China.[4]Neuroimaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26, Harmonie Complex, 9712 EK Groningen, The Netherlands.[5]Lab for Neuro-reconstruction, Beijing Neurosurgery Institute, No. 6 Tiantan Xili Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, P.R. China.[6]Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, MA 02114, USA.[7]Department of Psychology, Queens College, The City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA.[8]Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mont Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY, 10029, USA.[9]Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mont Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY, 10029, USA.[10]Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mont Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Although extensive research on neural plasticity resulting from hearing deprivation has been conducted, the direct influence of compromised audition on the auditory cortex and the potential impact of long durations of incomplete sensory stimulation on the adult cortex are still not fully understood. In this study, using voxel-based morphometry, we evaluated gray matter (GM) volume changes that may be associated with reduced hearing ability and the duration of hearing impairment in 42 unilateral hearing loss (UHL) patients with acoustic neuromas compared to 24 normal controls. We found significant GM volume increases in the somatosensory and motor systems and GM volume decreases in the auditory (i.e., Heschl's gyrus) and visual systems (i.e., the calcarine cortex) in UHL patients. The GM volume decreases in the primary auditory cortex (i.e., superior temporal gyrus and Heschl's gyrus) correlated with reduced hearing ability. Meanwhile, the GM volume decreases in structures involving high-level cognitive control functions (i.e., dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex) correlated positively with hearing loss duration. Our findings demonstrated that the severity and duration of UHL may contribute to the dissociated morphology of auditory and high-level neural structures, providing insight into the brain's plasticity related to chronic, persistent partial sensory loss.
基金:
National Science and Technology Support Program of the 12th Five-Year of China [2012BAI12B03]; Natural Science Foundation of BeijingBeijing Natural Science Foundation [7112049]; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [81328008]
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, China.[2]China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, No. 6 Tiantan Xili Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, China.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Wang Xingchao,Xu Pengfei,Li Peng,et al.Alterations in gray matter volume due to unilateral hearing loss.[J].Scientific reports.2016,6:25811.doi:10.1038/srep25811.
APA:
Wang Xingchao,Xu Pengfei,Li Peng,Wang Zhenmin,Zhao Fu...&Liu Pinan.(2016).Alterations in gray matter volume due to unilateral hearing loss..Scientific reports,6,
MLA:
Wang Xingchao,et al."Alterations in gray matter volume due to unilateral hearing loss.".Scientific reports 6.(2016):25811