Abbreviation (ISO4): Chinese Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Editor in chief: Jun WANG
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Study of fMRI of brain networks of patients with Parkinson's disease accompanied by cognition impairment
Received date: 2020-08-30
Revised date: 2020-09-03
Online published: 2020-12-25
Objective: Investigate the changes of brain networks in patients with Parkinson's disease accompanied by cognitive impairment(PD-CI) in order to provide valuable information for the study of its neuroimaging mechanisms. Methods: A total of 22 patients with primary PD who visited neurology clinic of the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College from May 2019 to May 2020 were included. MoCA and MMSE were used to evaluate all subjects, divided them into 12 Parkinson's Disease with Cognitive Impairment (PD-CI), 10 Parkinson's disease with normal cognitive function(PD-NC), and 25 healthy controls (HC) matched with their age, sex, and years of education. Standard clinical feature assessment and Rs-fMRI scan were performed for all subjects. SPASS21.0 software was used to perform statistical analysis on the experimental data, and statistical methods such as independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance and chi-square test statistical methods were used. Regional homogeneity was adopted to analyze the Rs-fMRI data of patients in the three groups respectively, and brain regions with differences in ReHo values between each group were selected as region of interest (ROI), and then whole-brain FC analysis was conducted by using ROI-based functional connectivity (FC) method. Results: (1) ReHo value result analysis: compared with the HC group, the ReHo values of left cerebellar Angle 1, right orbital superior frontal gyrus, left medial superior frontal gyrus, right dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus, left inferior marginal angular gyrus, left medial and side cingulate gyrus were decreased in the PD-CI group, while those of right tongue gyrus were increased. Compared with the HC group, the values of ReHo in the left cerebellar Angle 1, right orbital superior frontal gyrus, left medial superior frontal gyrus, and left acromial inferior margin angular gyrus were decreased in the PD-NC group, and no regions with higher ReHo values were found. Compared with the PD-NC group, the right dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus had lower ReHo value and the right lingual gyrus had higher ReHo value in the PD-CI group. (2) FC result analysis: Compared with the HC group, in the PD-CI group, the functional connections between left medial superior frontal gyrus and left parahippocampal gyrus were weakened, the functional connections between left inferior marginal gyrus, left central sulcus lid and left triangular inferior frontal gyrus were weakened too, while that between right dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus and right precuneus and between left inferior marginal gyrus and right superior pillow gyrus were strengthened. Compared with the HC group, in the PD-NC group, the functional connection between left medial superior frontal gyrus and left parahippocampal gyrus and between left inferior marginal Angle gyrus and left triangular inferior frontal gyrus were weakened, while that between right dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus and right precuneus was strengthened. Compared with the PD-NC group, in the PD-CI group, the functional connections between the left inferior parietal gyrus and the left middle temporal gyrus and the left posterior central gyrus were weakened. Conclusion: (1) The decreasing of ReHo values of left cerebellar Angle 1, right orbitofrontal superior gyrus, left medial superior gyrus, right dorsolateral superior gyrus, left inferior marginal gyrus, left medial and paracingulate gyrus of PD-CI patients were associated with cognitive impairment of PD patients, while the increasing of ReHo values of right tongue gyrus may be the compensatory performance of cognitive function. (2) The default mode network (DMN) functional connections of PD-CI patients was changed and the change of DMN functional connections may be the key to their cognitive decline.These conclusions may help to further study the potential mechanism of PD-related cognitive impairment, and provide new ideas for the treatment of PD patients and their cognitive dysfunction.
PENG Qiaojun , WANG Yufeng , TAN Juan , HOU Changyue , WANG Yinxu , WANG Xiaoming . Study of fMRI of brain networks of patients with Parkinson's disease accompanied by cognition impairment[J]. Chinese Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, 2020 , 3(4) : 267 -273 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-5516.2020.04.002
表1 PD-CI组和PD-CN组及HC组一般资料及临床量表评分( $\bar{x} \pm s$) |
项目 | PD-CI组 | PD-NC组 | HC组 | P值 |
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性别(男/女) | 12(5/7) | 10(4/6) | 25(11/14) | 0.974 |
年龄(岁) | 66.66±6.34 | 65.50±7.46 | 63.12±4.76 | 0.197 |
病程(年) | 4.41±1.64 | 4.20±1.14 | 0.665 | |
教育年限(年) | 6.16±3.13 | 6.10±2.77 | 6.32±2.63 | 0.973 |
MMSE | 25.66±1.30 | 26.20±1.62 | 26.08±1.55 | 0.662 |
MoCA | 21.08±2.15 | 26.90±0.88 | 26.96±1.02 | 0.000 |
H-Y分级 | 2.25±0.50 | 2.00±0.47 | 0.960 | |
左旋多巴等效剂量(mg/d) | 472.91±134.19 | 470.00±136.83 | 0.870 |
表2 三组间组ReHo值差异脑区 |
差异脑区 | MNI坐标 | F值 | 团块大小(体素) | ||
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X | Y | Z | |||
右背外侧额上回 | 21 | 18 | 51 | 25.57 | 503 |
左小脑角1区 | -9 | -78 | -27 | 13.27 | 401 |
右舌回 | 21 | -72 | 0 | 15.27 | 296 |
左内侧额上回 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 11.27 | 234 |
右眶内额上回 | 33 | 57 | -6 | 11.87 | 167 |
左内侧和旁扣带脑回 | -6 | -9 | 39 | 10.76 | 86 |
左顶下缘角回 | -60 | -33 | 42 | 9.71 | 67 |
Note: MNI:montreal neurological institute. |
表3 PD-CI组与HC组ReHo值差异脑区 |
差异脑区 | MNI坐标 | F值 | 团块大小(体素) | ||
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X | Y | Z | |||
PD-CI组<HC组 | |||||
右背外侧额上回 | 21 | 18 | 51 | 25.57 | 503 |
左小脑角1区 | -9 | -78 | -27 | 13.27 | 401 |
左内侧额上回 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 11.27 | 234 |
右眶内额上回 | 33 | 57 | -6 | 11.87 | 167 |
左内侧和旁扣带脑回 | -6 | -9 | 39 | 10.76 | 86 |
左顶下缘角回 | -60 | -33 | 42 | 9.71 | 67 |
PD-CI组>HC组 | |||||
右舌回 | 21 | -72 | 0 | 15.27 | 296 |
表4 PD-NC组与HC组ReHo值差异脑区 |
差异脑区 | MNI坐标 | F值 | 团块大小(体素) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
X | Y | Z | |||
PD-NC组<HC组 | |||||
左小脑角1区 | -9 | -78 | -27 | 13.27 | 401 |
左内侧额上回 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 11.27 | 234 |
右眶内额上回 | 33 | 57 | -6 | 11.87 | 167 |
左顶下缘角回 | -60 | -33 | 42 | 9.71 | 67 |
表5 PD-CI组与PD-NC组ReHo值差异脑区 |
差异脑区 | MNI坐标 | F值 | 团块大小(体素) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
X | Y | Z | |||
PD-CI组<PD-NC组 | |||||
右背外侧额上回 | 21 | 18 | 51 | 25.57 | 503 |
PD-CI组>PD-NC组 | |||||
右舌回 | 21 | -72 | 0 | 15.27 | 296 |
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