scholarly journals Effect of APOEϵ4 on Functional Brain Network in Patients with Subjective Cognitive Decline: A Resting State Functional MRI Study

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 9761-9771
Author(s):  
Simin Deng ◽  
Lingyu Sun ◽  
Weijie Chen ◽  
Xiaorong Liu ◽  
Shangjie Chen
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Functional Mri ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Subjective Cognitive Decline ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Functional Brain Network ◽  
Mri Study

Differences in Functional Brain Networks Between Subjective Cognitive Decline with and without Worry Groups: A Graph Theory Study from SILCODE

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Zhuoyuan Li ◽  
Xueyan Jiang ◽  
Wenying Du ◽  
Xiaoqi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Path Length ◽  
Brain Networks ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Clustering Coefficient ◽  
Subjective Cognitive Decline ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Functional Brain Network ◽  
Functional Brain Networks

Background: Evidence suggests that subjective cognitive decline (SCD) individuals with worry have a higher risk of cognitive decline. However, how SCD-related worry influences the functional brain network is still unknown. Objective: In this study, we aimed to explore the differences in functional brain networks between SCD subjects with and without worry. Methods: A total of 228 participants were enrolled from the Sino Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Decline (SILCODE), including 39 normal control (NC) subjects, 117 SCD subjects with worry, and 72 SCD subjects without worry. All subjects completed neuropsychological assessments, APOE genotyping, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Graph theory was applied for functional brain network analysis based on both the whole brain and default mode network (DMN). Parameters including the clustering coefficient, shortest path length, local efficiency, and global efficiency were calculated. Two-sample T-tests and chi-square tests were used to analyze differences between two groups. In addition, a false discovery rate-corrected post hoc test was applied. Results: Our analysis showed that compared to the SCD without worry group, SCD with worry group had significantly increased functional connectivity and shortest path length (p = 0.002) and a decreased clustering coefficient (p = 0.013), global efficiency (p = 0.001), and local efficiency (p <  0.001). The above results appeared in both the whole brain and DMN. Conclusion: There were significant differences in functional brain networks between SCD individuals with and without worry. We speculated that worry might result in alterations of the functional brain network for SCD individuals and then result in a higher risk of cognitive decline.

scholarly journals A whole-brain and cross-diagnostic perspective on functional brain network dysfunction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjolein Spronk ◽  
Kaustubh Kulkarni ◽  
Jie Lisa Ji ◽  
Brian P. Keane ◽  
Alan Anticevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Functional Network ◽  
Graph Distance ◽  
Network Organization ◽  
Whole Brain ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Functional Brain Network ◽  
Mental Diseases

AbstractA wide variety of mental disorders have been associated with resting-state functional network alterations, which are thought to contribute to the cognitive changes underlying mental illness. These observations have seemed to support various theories postulating large-scale disruptions of brain systems in mental illness. However, existing approaches isolate differences in network organization without putting those differences in broad, whole-brain perspective. Using a graph distance measure – connectome-wide correlation – we found that whole-brain resting-state functional network organization in humans is highly similar across a variety of mental diseases and healthy controls. This similarity was observed across autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and schizophrenia. Nonetheless, subtle differences in network graph distance were predictive of diagnosis, suggesting that while functional connectomes differ little across health and disease those differences are informative. Such small network alterations may reflect the fact that most psychiatric patients maintain overall cognitive abilities similar to those of healthy individuals (relative to, e.g., the most severe schizophrenia cases), such that whole-brain functional network organization is expected to differ only subtly even for mental diseases with devastating effects on everyday life. These results suggest a need to reevaluate neurocognitive theories of mental illness, with a role for subtle functional brain network changes in the production of an array of mental diseases.

Opportunities and methodological challenges in EEG and MEG resting state functional brain network research

2015 ◽  
Vol 126 (8) ◽  
pp. 1468-1481 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. van Diessen ◽  
T. Numan ◽  
E. van Dellen ◽  
A.W. van der Kooi ◽  
M. Boersma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resting State ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Network Research ◽  
Functional Brain Network

scholarly journals Exploring Functional Brain Network Modularity in Educational Contexts

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam B Weinberger ◽  
Robert A Cortes ◽  
Richard F Betzel ◽  
Adam E Green
Keyword(s):  
Resting State ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Functional Brain Network ◽  
Network Modularity ◽  
Task Conditions ◽  
And Task

The brain's modular functional organization facilitates adaptability. Modularity has been linked with a wide range of cognitive abilities such as intelligence, memory, and learning. However, much of this work has (1) considered modularity while a participant is at rest rather than during tasks conditions and/or (2) relied primarily on lab-based cognitive assessments. Thus, the extent to which modularity can provide information about real-word behavior remains largely unknown. Here, we investigated whether functional modularity during resting-state and task-based fMRI was associated with academic learning (measured by GPA) and ability (measured by PSAT) in a large sample of high school students. Additional questions concerned the extent to which modularity differs between rest and task conditions, and across spatial scales. Results indicated that whole-brain modularity during task conditions was significantly associated with academic learning. In contrast to prior work, no such associations were observed for resting-state modularity. We further showed that differences in modularity between task conditions and resting-state varied across spatial scales. Taken together, the present findings inform how functional brain network modularity - during task conditions and while at rest - relate to a range of cognitive abilities.

scholarly journals A Whole-Brain and Cross-Diagnostic Perspective on Functional Brain Network Dysfunction

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 547-561
Author(s):  
Marjolein Spronk ◽  
Brian P Keane ◽  
Takuya Ito ◽  
Kaustubh Kulkarni ◽  
Jie Lisa Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Graph Distance ◽  
Network Organization ◽  
Whole Brain ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Functional Brain Network ◽  
Mental Diseases

Abstract A wide variety of mental disorders have been associated with resting-state functional network alterations, which are thought to contribute to the cognitive changes underlying mental illness. These observations appear to support theories postulating large-scale disruptions of brain systems in mental illness. However, existing approaches isolate differences in network organization without putting those differences in a broad, whole-brain perspective. Using a graph distance approach—connectome-wide similarity—we found that whole-brain resting-state functional network organization is highly similar across groups of individuals with and without a variety of mental diseases. This similarity was observed across autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and schizophrenia. Nonetheless, subtle differences in network graph distance were predictive of diagnosis, suggesting that while functional connectomes differ little across health and disease, those differences are informative. These results suggest a need to reevaluate neurocognitive theories of mental illness, with a role for subtle functional brain network changes in the production of an array of mental diseases. Such small network alterations suggest the possibility that small, well-targeted alterations to brain network organization may provide meaningful improvements for a variety of mental disorders.

scholarly journals Functional brain network organization measured with magnetoencephalography predicts cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis

2020 ◽  
pp. 135245852097716
Author(s):  
Ilse M Nauta ◽  
Shanna D Kulik ◽  
Lucas C Breedt ◽  
Anand JC Eijlers ◽  
Eva MM Strijbis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Minimum Spanning Tree ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Network Organization ◽  
Network Integration ◽  
Beta Band ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Functional Brain Network

Background: Cognitive decline remains difficult to predict as structural brain damage cannot fully explain the extensive heterogeneity found between MS patients. Objective: To investigate whether functional brain network organization measured with magnetoencephalography (MEG) predicts cognitive decline in MS patients after 5 years and to explore its value beyond structural pathology. Methods: Resting-state MEG recordings, structural MRI, and neuropsychological assessments were analyzed of 146 MS patients, and 100 patients had a 5-year follow-up neuropsychological assessment. Network properties of the minimum spanning tree (i.e. backbone of the functional brain network) indicating network integration and overload were related to baseline and longitudinal cognition, correcting for structural damage. Results: A more integrated beta band network (i.e. smaller diameter) and a less integrated delta band network (i.e. lower leaf fraction) predicted cognitive decline after 5 years ([Formula: see text]), independent of structural damage. Cross-sectional analyses showed that a less integrated network (e.g. lower tree hierarchy) related to worse cognition, independent of frequency band. Conclusions: The level of functional brain network integration was an independent predictive marker of cognitive decline, in addition to the severity of structural damage. This work thereby indicates the promise of MEG-derived network measures in predicting disease progression in MS.

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