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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by progressive language decline.
  • Structural atrophy is a common marker, but functional changes may precede it.
  • Resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) offers a potential method to detect early functional alterations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if language network RSFC is reduced in early-stage PPA with minimal cortical atrophy.
  • To compare RSFC in patients with agrammatic PPA and healthy controls.

Main Methods:

  • Studied 10 individuals with early-stage agrammatic PPA and no prominent cortical thinning.
  • Compared RSFC within the language network and default mode network between patients and controls.
  • Assessed correlation between agrammatism severity and language network connectivity.

Main Results:

  • Language network connectivity was comparable in patients with milder agrammatism but significantly reduced in those with more severe agrammatism.
  • No significant differences in default mode network connectivity were found between groups.
  • Findings suggest RSFC is sensitive to early functional changes in PPA.

Conclusions:

  • RSFC is a viable method for assessing neuroanatomic substrates of language impairment in early PPA, even without prominent atrophy.
  • RSFC may be valuable for identifying intervention targets and measuring therapeutic efficacy in neurodegenerative disease research.