在长期COVID患者中,皮质底连接的改变与认知障碍有关
Marie Troll1, Meng Li1,2,3, Tara Chand1,4,5
1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Germany.
Psychological medicine
|February 17, 2025
概括
长期COVID与大脑连接的改变有关,特别是尾状核和前中心之间增强的功能连接 (FC). 这些大脑变化与认知障碍相关,影响患者的记忆和执行功能.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 医学研究 医学研究
背景情况:
- 在许多人中,COVID-19大流行导致了持续的症状,包括认知障碍.
- 长期COVID的认知缺陷包括记忆丧失,注意力减弱和脑雾.
- 了解长期COVID的神经基础对于开发干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究长期COVID患者的功能连接性 (FC) 改变.
- 探索FC变化与认知障碍严重程度之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 休息状态功能性MRI被用来分析大脑活动.
- 基于种子的功能连接性分析应用于来自60名长期COVID患者和52名健康对照者的数据.
- 认知功能使用蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 和Trail Making Test B.进行评估.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,长期COVID患者表现出右尾状核和左/右前中心旋转之间增加的FC.
- 在右前球和后侧带带皮层/右极之间也注意到升高的FC.
- 尾状环和左前中心环之间的FC程度与MoCA分数和Trail Making Test B的表现负相关.
结论:
- 长期COVID与尾状核和左前中心之间功能连接的增强有关.
- 这些FC变化与认知障碍的严重程度有显著的关系,特别是执行功能.
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