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Decreased functional connectivity within the default-mode network in acute brainstem ischemic stroke
Liang Jiang1, Wen Geng1, Huiyou Chen1
1Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Purpose:
Ischemic stroke within the brainstem is associated with an increased risk of cognitive dysfunction. This study aimed to explore the integrity of a default-mode network (DMN) and its relationship with clinical variables in patients with acute ischemic brainstem stroke using an independent component analysis (ICA) approach.
Materials And Methods:
Twenty-one patients with acute ischemic brainstem stroke and 25 well-matched healthy subjects were enrolled in this study and underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The ICA was adopted to extract the DMN, including its anterior and posterior components. Pearson correlation analyses were performed to investigate the relationship between DMN connectivity and clinical variables.
Results:
Compared with healthy controls, patients with acute ischemic stroke showed significantly decreased functional connectivity in the right medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and right precuneus within the anterior and posterior DMN, respectively. After correcting for age, sex, and education, hypoconnectivity in the right mPFC and right precuneus was negatively correlated with higher homocysteine in patients with stroke (r = -0.592, p = 0.010 and r = -0.491, p = 0.039, respectively).
Conclusion:
The finding of decreased functional connectivity within the DMN of patients with acute brainstem stroke provides novel insight into the neural mechanisms that underlie cognitive impairment following ischemic insult to this brain region.
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