Abnormal functional network connectivity mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive decline
Zhidai Xiao1, Ben Chen1, Mingfeng Yang1
1Geriatric Neuroscience Center, The Affiliated Brain Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Background:
Late-onset depression (LOD) is featured by disrupted cognitive performance, which is refractory to conventional treatments and increases the risk of dementia. Aberrant functional connectivity among various brain regions has been reported in LOD, but their abnormal patterns of functional network connectivity remain unclear in LOD.
Methods:
A total of 82 LOD and 101 healthy older adults (HOA) accepted functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning and a battery of neuropsychological tests. Static functional network connectivity (sFNC) and dynamic functional network connectivity (dFNC) were analyzed using independent component analysis, with dFNC assessed via a sliding window approach. Both sFNC and dFNC contributions were classified using a support vector machine.
Results:
LOD exhibited decreased sFNC among the default mode network (DMN), salience network (SN), sensorimotor network (SMN), and language network (LAN), along with reduced dFNC of DMN-SN and SN-SMN. The sFNC of SMN-LAN and dFNC of DMN-SN contributed the most in differentiating LOD and HOA by support vector machine. Additionally, abnormal sFNC of DMN-SN and DMN-SMN both correlated with working memory, with DMN-SMN mediating the relationship between depression and working memory. The dFNC of SN-SMN was associated with depressive severity and multiple domains of cognition, and mediated the impact of depression on memory and semantic function.
Conclusions:
This study displayed the abnormal connectivity among DMN, SN, and SMN that involved the relationship between depression and cognition in LOD, which might reveal mutual biomarkers between depression and cognitive decline in LOD.
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