Background Successful aging （SA） and mild cognitive impairment （MCI） are heterogeneous groups of aging.To explore the heterogeneity,the functional connectivity was studied in these populations.Methods The present ...Background Successful aging （SA） and mild cognitive impairment （MCI） are heterogeneous groups of aging.To explore the heterogeneity,the functional connectivity was studied in these populations.Methods The present study utilized functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging （fcMRI） to investigate default mode network （DMN） in 8 healthy subjects of SA,8 subjects of usual aging （UA）,and 8 MCI patients during verbal fluency tests （VFTs）.Functional connectivity （based seeds） of different groups was analyzed by using statistical test.Results Compared with SA and UA groups,MCI subjects exhibited decreased functional connectivity in the DMN regions,including the inferior parietal Iobule and left angular gyrus （t=3.53,P 〈0.001）.Compared with UA and MCI groups,the SA elderly exhibited increased functional connectivity in the precuneus （t=3.53,P〈0.001）.Conclusions These findings suggested that abnormalities of functional connectivity in DMN might be related with semantic memory impairment in aging.Left angular gyrus and precuneus might be the potential imaging-based biomarker for distinguishing heterogeneous process of elderly.展开更多
BACKGROUND Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)may experience emotional issues and cognitive impairment.However,it remains unclear whether the brain mediates the impact of COVID-19 on the emergence of...BACKGROUND Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)may experience emotional issues and cognitive impairment.However,it remains unclear whether the brain mediates the impact of COVID-19 on the emergence of psychopathological symptoms.It remains unclear whether anxiety and depression are caused by stressors or viral infection.AIM To use functional near-infrared spectroscopy(fNIRS)to detect cortical hemodynamic changes in patients with COVID-19 and their relationship with mental symptoms(mainly depression and anxiety),to investigate whether COVID-19 causes these changes by affecting brain function.METHODS A total of 58 subjects,comprising 29 patients with first acute COVID-19 infection and 29 healthy controls without COVID-19 infection and without anxiety or depression were recruited.Then cortical activation during the performance of the verbal fluency test(VFT)and brain connectivity during the resting state(rs)were evaluated by 53-channel fNIRS.For the COVID-19-infected group,Patient Health Questionnaire-9(PHQ-9)and General Anxiety Disorder-7(GAD-7)were used to assess the emotional state before fNIRS measures.RESULTS For the rs,compared to the uninfected group,the infected group exhibited lower rs functional connectivity(FC)in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex(DLPFC),which was correlated with both the PHQ score and GAD score.During the VFT,the infected group exhibited significantly lower cortical activation than the uninfected group in both Broca-left and Broca-right.Besides,the integral value in the DLPFC-L showed a significant negative correlation with the PHQ-9 score during the VFT in the infected group.CONCLUSION There were significant differences in the bilateral Broca area and DLPFC between the COVID-19-infected and uninfected groups,which may be the reason why COVID-19 infection impairs cognitive function and language function and leads to psychiatric symptoms.In addition,the rsFC in patients with COVID-19 was positively correlated with the severity of depression and anxiety,which may be related to the fact that the mental symptoms of patients with COVID-19 are characterized by depression and anxiety,rather than depression or anxiety alone.Our study provides evidence that the psychological and emotional issues caused by COVID-19 are not only due to external social factors but also involve more direct brain neural mechanisms and abnormal neural circuits,which also provide insights into the future treatment and prognosis of individuals with COVID-19.展开更多
基金The work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.30770769）,the ＂973＂ Project （No.2011CB707803）,and the PCSIRT Project （No.IRT0910）.
文摘Background Successful aging （SA） and mild cognitive impairment （MCI） are heterogeneous groups of aging.To explore the heterogeneity,the functional connectivity was studied in these populations.Methods The present study utilized functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging （fcMRI） to investigate default mode network （DMN） in 8 healthy subjects of SA,8 subjects of usual aging （UA）,and 8 MCI patients during verbal fluency tests （VFTs）.Functional connectivity （based seeds） of different groups was analyzed by using statistical test.Results Compared with SA and UA groups,MCI subjects exhibited decreased functional connectivity in the DMN regions,including the inferior parietal Iobule and left angular gyrus （t=3.53,P 〈0.001）.Compared with UA and MCI groups,the SA elderly exhibited increased functional connectivity in the precuneus （t=3.53,P〈0.001）.Conclusions These findings suggested that abnormalities of functional connectivity in DMN might be related with semantic memory impairment in aging.Left angular gyrus and precuneus might be the potential imaging-based biomarker for distinguishing heterogeneous process of elderly.
基金Supported by Hunan Provincial Scientific Research Plan Project of Traditional Chinese MedicineNational Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82371521Special Tasks for the Construction of Hunan Innovative Province,No.2023SK4002.
文摘BACKGROUND Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)may experience emotional issues and cognitive impairment.However,it remains unclear whether the brain mediates the impact of COVID-19 on the emergence of psychopathological symptoms.It remains unclear whether anxiety and depression are caused by stressors or viral infection.AIM To use functional near-infrared spectroscopy(fNIRS)to detect cortical hemodynamic changes in patients with COVID-19 and their relationship with mental symptoms(mainly depression and anxiety),to investigate whether COVID-19 causes these changes by affecting brain function.METHODS A total of 58 subjects,comprising 29 patients with first acute COVID-19 infection and 29 healthy controls without COVID-19 infection and without anxiety or depression were recruited.Then cortical activation during the performance of the verbal fluency test(VFT)and brain connectivity during the resting state(rs)were evaluated by 53-channel fNIRS.For the COVID-19-infected group,Patient Health Questionnaire-9(PHQ-9)and General Anxiety Disorder-7(GAD-7)were used to assess the emotional state before fNIRS measures.RESULTS For the rs,compared to the uninfected group,the infected group exhibited lower rs functional connectivity(FC)in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex(DLPFC),which was correlated with both the PHQ score and GAD score.During the VFT,the infected group exhibited significantly lower cortical activation than the uninfected group in both Broca-left and Broca-right.Besides,the integral value in the DLPFC-L showed a significant negative correlation with the PHQ-9 score during the VFT in the infected group.CONCLUSION There were significant differences in the bilateral Broca area and DLPFC between the COVID-19-infected and uninfected groups,which may be the reason why COVID-19 infection impairs cognitive function and language function and leads to psychiatric symptoms.In addition,the rsFC in patients with COVID-19 was positively correlated with the severity of depression and anxiety,which may be related to the fact that the mental symptoms of patients with COVID-19 are characterized by depression and anxiety,rather than depression or anxiety alone.Our study provides evidence that the psychological and emotional issues caused by COVID-19 are not only due to external social factors but also involve more direct brain neural mechanisms and abnormal neural circuits,which also provide insights into the future treatment and prognosis of individuals with COVID-19.
