1. Deficiency in anterior-posterior connectivity of default-mode network in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A combined task-related and resting-state fMRI study
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Ying Liang, Junying Zhang, Zhanjun Zhang, Tianjiao Feng, Xin Li, Liang Wang, Yao Zhang, and He Li
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Imaging biomarker ,Resting state fMRI ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Cognition ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Functional imaging ,medicine ,Cognitive decline ,Functional magnetic resonance imaging ,business ,human activities ,Neuroscience ,Episodic memory ,Default mode network - Abstract
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional stage between normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent functional imaging studies have demonstrated regional deactivation magnitudes changes of default-mode network (DMN) in patients, accompanied by a defect of memory function. However, functional connectivity in the DMN during task performance was rarely investigated. METHODS : 26 amnestic MCI and 27 healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during an episodic memory task. Resting-state fMRI data were also collected. The changes in default-mode networks under both task-related and resting-state fMRI were obtained with a temporal correlation analysis. RESULTS: Significantly decreased functional connectivity was found mainly in anterior-posterior connectivity of DMN in aMCI groups. And a correlation existed between the anterior-posterior functional connectivity and MMSE scores. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that disconnectivity of DMN could be used as an imaging biomarker for predicting the future cognitive decline of aMCI patients.
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- 2011