Previous studies on brain functional connectivity networks in children have mainly focused on changes in function in specific brain regions, as opposed to whole brain connectivity in healthy children. By analyzing the...Previous studies on brain functional connectivity networks in children have mainly focused on changes in function in specific brain regions, as opposed to whole brain connectivity in healthy children. By analyzing the independent components of activation and network connectivity between brain regions, we examined brain activity status and development trends in children aged 3 and 5 years. These data could provide a reference for brain function rehabilitation in children with illness or abnormal function. We acquired functional magnetic resonance images from 15 3-year-old children and 15 5-year-old children under natural sleep cond让ions. The participants were recruited from five kindergartens in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen City, China. The parents of the participants signed an informed consent form with the premise that they had been fully informed regarding the experimental protocol. We used masked independent component analysis and BrainNet Viewer software to explore the independent components of the brain and correlation connections between brain regions. We identified seven independent components in the two groups of children, including the executive control network, the dorsal attention network, the default mode network, the left frontoparietal network, the right frontoparietal network, the salience network, and the motor network. In the default mode network, the posterior cingulate cortex, medial frontal gyrus, and inferior parietal lobule were activated in both 3- and 5-year-old children, supporting the "three-brain region theory” of the default mode network. In the frontoparietal network, the frontal and parietal gyri were activated in the two groups of children, and functional connectivity was strengthened in 5-year-olds compared with 3-year-olds, although the nodes and network connections were not yet mature. The high-correlation network connections in the default mode networks and dorsal attention networks had been significantly strengthened in 5-year-olds vs. 3-year-olds. Further, the salience network in the 3-year-old children included an activated insula/inferior frontal gyrus-anterior cingulate cortex network circu让 and an activated thalamus-parahippocampal-posterior cingulate cortex-subcortical regions network circuit. By the age of 5 years, no des and high-correlation network connections (edges) were reduced in the salience network. Overall, activation of the dorsal attention network, default mode network, left frontoparietal network, and right frontoparietal network increased (the volume of activation increased, the signals strengthened, and the high-correlation connections increased and strengthened) in 5-year-olds compared with 3-year-olds, but activation in some brain nodes weakened or disappeared in the salience network, and the network connections (edges) were reduced. Between the ages of 3 and 5 years, we observed a tendency for function in some brain regions to be strengthened and for the generalization of activation to be reduced, indicating that specialization begins to develop at this time. The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in China with approval No. SIAT-IRB- 131115-H0075 on November 15, 2013.展开更多
We studied the influence of doctor-patient communication skills training on brain functional architecture using resting-state functional MRI（rs-fMRI） with a regional homogeneity（ReHo） method. Ten medical students ...We studied the influence of doctor-patient communication skills training on brain functional architecture using resting-state functional MRI（rs-fMRI） with a regional homogeneity（ReHo） method. Ten medical students participated in the study. A 1-year long doctor-patient communication skills training program was conducted. RsfMRI data were collected at baseline, one month and one year after training. There was a significant increase in the communication skills test average scores between baseline and 1-month duration of training（P〈0.001）. After one month of communication skills training, medical students had decreased ReHo in the right superior temporal gyrus compared with the baseline. After one year of communication skills training, students had increased ReHo in multiple regions and decreased ReHo in several regions（P 〈0.05, Alphasim corrected）. The change of ReHo values in the superior temporal gyrus negatively correlated with the change of communication skills scale score between one month after communication skills training and baseline（r=-0.734, P= 0.036）. The training program we used can be an effective approach of improving doctor-patient communication skills, and the training resulted in functional plasticity of the brain’s architecture toward optimizing locally functional organization.展开更多
It is not clear whether the method used in functional brain-network related research can be applied to explore the feature binding mechanism of visual perception. In this study, we inves-tigated feature binding of col...It is not clear whether the method used in functional brain-network related research can be applied to explore the feature binding mechanism of visual perception. In this study, we inves-tigated feature binding of color and shape in visual perception. Functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 38 healthy volunteers at rest and while performing a visual perception task to construct brain networks active during resting and task states. Results showed that brain regions involved in visual information processing were obviously activated during the task. The components were partitioned using a greedy algorithm, indicating the visual network existed during the resting state.Z-values in the vision-related brain regions were calculated, conifrming the dynamic balance of the brain network. Connectivity between brain regions was determined, and the result showed that occipital and lingual gyri were stable brain regions in the visual system network, the parietal lobe played a very important role in the binding process of color features and shape features, and the fusiform and inferior temporal gyri were crucial for processing color and shape information. Experimental ifndings indicate that understanding visual feature binding and cognitive processes will help establish computational models of vision, improve image recognition technology, and provide a new theoretical mechanism for feature binding in visual perception.展开更多
●AIM:To use the voxel-wise degree centrality(DC)method to explore the underlying functional network brain-activity in patients with ophthalmectomy.●METHODS:A total of 32 ophthalmic surgery patients(10 women and 22 m...●AIM:To use the voxel-wise degree centrality(DC)method to explore the underlying functional network brain-activity in patients with ophthalmectomy.●METHODS:A total of 32 ophthalmic surgery patients(10 women and 22 men),and 32 healthy subjects(10 women and 22 men)highly matched in gender,age,and the same operation method.Everyone experienced a restingstate functional magnetic resonance imaging scan.The spontaneous brain activity could be assessed by DC.Correlation analysis was used to explore the relationships between the average DC signal values and behavior performance in different regions.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)cur ve analysis was utilized to differentiate between ophthalmectomy patients and healthy controls(HCs).●RESULTS:Compared with HCs,ophthalmectomy patients had greatly reduced DC values in left lingual gyrus,bilateral lingual lobe,left cingulate gyrus,and increased DC values of left cerebellum posterior lobe,left middle frontal gyrus1,right supramarginal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus2,right middle frontal gyrus.However,we did not find that there was a correlation between the average DC values from various brain regions and clinical manifestations.●CONCLUSION:Dysfunction may be caused by ophthalmectomy in lots of cerebral areas,which may show the potential pathological mechanism of ophthalmectomy and it is beneficial to clinical diagnosis.展开更多
为弥补传统的广义线性模型(generalized linear model,GLM)方法的不足,并探索模式识别在运动脑科学当中的应用价值。使用支持向量机(support vector machine,SVM)模式识别算法,以低频振幅(fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctu...为弥补传统的广义线性模型(generalized linear model,GLM)方法的不足,并探索模式识别在运动脑科学当中的应用价值。使用支持向量机(support vector machine,SVM)模式识别算法,以低频振幅(fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations,fALFF)、局部一致性(regional homogeneity,ReHo)和度中心度(degree centrality,DC)作为学习特征,对射击运动组和滑冰运动组(分类1)、射击运动组和对照组(分类2)以及速滑运动组和对照组(分类3)之间进行二分类,并计算每一个脑区在分类算法当中的权重。使用留一交叉验证法计算分类正确率,使用总的准确率、接受者操作特性曲线(receiver operating characteristic curve,ROC)、以及预测准确率来衡量机器分类算法的优劣性。结果表明:分类1中SVM算法的正确率较高且分类效果更稳定,总的准确率(total accuracy,tACC)可以维持在96.67%以上,曲线下面积(area under curve,AUC)均为1,说明SVM算法对区分不同项目运动员脑静息态功能特征时更有优势;在分类2和分类3中,SVM算法效果取决于使用的指标。其中,使用fALFF或者综合使用三个静息态指标的分类效果较稳定(tACC均在80%以上,AUC均在0.88以上);小脑在分类1算法中占较多的权重,提示不同运动项目运动员的脑功能活动之间差异最明显的部位主要在小脑上。而分类2和3中,除了小脑,还有一些与运动执行和控制及其他功能活动相关的脑区参与了算法的构成。通过SVM分类算法的应用获得较为理想的结果,展示了模式识别方法在运动科学领域的应用价值。研究成果有助于体育科学研究者从新的角度更加全面地理解运动与脑的关系。展开更多
目的:基于静息态功能磁共振成像(rest state functional magnetic resonance imaging,rsfMRI)图像,探究认知储备对脑网络的影响。方法:首先,在英国生物银行中选择7973名健康中老年人的rsfMRI图像,通过独立成分分析得到21个静息态网络。...目的:基于静息态功能磁共振成像(rest state functional magnetic resonance imaging,rsfMRI)图像,探究认知储备对脑网络的影响。方法:首先,在英国生物银行中选择7973名健康中老年人的rsfMRI图像,通过独立成分分析得到21个静息态网络。其次,采用图论分析方法提取网络节点效率、最短路径长度以及节点度中心性等参数。最后,比较并分析静息态网络的活跃程度、网络节点效率、节点最短路径长度以及节点度中心性4个指标,以及这4个指标与受教育程度、早期流体智力、体育运动、休闲活动和社交程度5个认知储备代理指标之间的关系。结果:研究结果表明,受教育程度、早期流体智力和体育运动3个认知储备代理指标与多个静息态网络的活跃程度以及大多数认知控制网络和默认模式网络中的节点效率、节点度中心性之间存在显著的正相关关系,但与大多数认知控制网络和默认模式网络中的最短路径长度之间存在显著的负相关关系。而休闲活动和社交程度2个认知储备代理指标与静息态网络的活跃程度呈负相关关系,且对功能网络整体拓扑特性的影响也相对较小。结论:受教育程度、早期流体智力和体育运动对静息态网络具有重要促进作用,而休闲活动和社交程度这2个认知储备代理指标可能对静息态网络产生负面影响。展开更多
目的利用静息态功能MRI探讨δ-连环蛋白(catenin)不同表达状态的乳腺癌患者采用蒽环联合环磷酰胺(anthracyclines cyclophosphamide,AC)化疗方案2个周期后的脑认知功能改变。材料与方法前瞻性收集66例经病理证实乳腺癌并首次进行标准化...目的利用静息态功能MRI探讨δ-连环蛋白(catenin)不同表达状态的乳腺癌患者采用蒽环联合环磷酰胺(anthracyclines cyclophosphamide,AC)化疗方案2个周期后的脑认知功能改变。材料与方法前瞻性收集66例经病理证实乳腺癌并首次进行标准化化疗患者,根据组织血清δ-catenin水平,分为δ-catenin高表达组31例和低表达组35例,同时收集健康对照(healthy control,HC)组36例。所有受试者在化疗前及2个化疗周期后进行神经心理学评分并行脑静息态功能MRI、3D-T1加权成像,分析脑静息态功能MRI指标,包括低频振幅(amplitude of low frequency fluctuation,ALFF)值、分数低频振幅(fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuation,fALFF)值、局部一致性(regional homogeneity,ReHo)值,并对患者化疗前后神经心理学评分以及脑静息态功能MRI指标进行对比分析。结果化疗前δ-catenin高表达组人表皮生长因子受体2(human epidermal growth factor receptor 2,HER-2)显著高于低表达组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。乳腺癌患者化疗前后神经心理学评分显示,δ-catenin高表达组患者化疗后癌症治疗认知功能评估(Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive,FACT-Cog)总分、感知认知能力(Perceived Cognitive Abilities,PCA)、简易智力状态检查评分(Mini Mental State Examination,MMSE)、蒙特利尔认知评估评分(Montreal Cognitive Assessment,MOCA)、数字符号转化测验(Digital Symbol Substitution Test,DSST)以及中文听觉词语学习测验(Auditory Verbal Learning Test,AVLT)、数字连线实验B(Line-B)评分较化疗前差异有统计学意义,而低表达组只有AVLT-长时记忆(AVLT-long)评分差异有统计学意义(P均<0.05)。与化疗前相比,化疗2周期后部分脑区ALFF及ReHo值改变差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。δ-catenin低表达组患者化疗后右侧前扣带和旁扣带脑回ALFF值下降,而δ-catenin高表达组右侧小脑半球4-5区、双侧脑岛、左侧舌回化疗后ALFF值下降。ReHo指标中,δ-catenin低表达组患者化疗后左侧眶部额下回ReHo值下降;而δ-catenin高表达组则左侧缘上回、左侧三角部额下回ReHo值下降(P均<0.05)。结论δ-catenin高表达进一步加重化疗对乳腺癌患者脑认知功能的损伤,主要涉及执行认知功能调控等相关脑区。展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,No.2016A030313180(to FCJ)
文摘Previous studies on brain functional connectivity networks in children have mainly focused on changes in function in specific brain regions, as opposed to whole brain connectivity in healthy children. By analyzing the independent components of activation and network connectivity between brain regions, we examined brain activity status and development trends in children aged 3 and 5 years. These data could provide a reference for brain function rehabilitation in children with illness or abnormal function. We acquired functional magnetic resonance images from 15 3-year-old children and 15 5-year-old children under natural sleep cond让ions. The participants were recruited from five kindergartens in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen City, China. The parents of the participants signed an informed consent form with the premise that they had been fully informed regarding the experimental protocol. We used masked independent component analysis and BrainNet Viewer software to explore the independent components of the brain and correlation connections between brain regions. We identified seven independent components in the two groups of children, including the executive control network, the dorsal attention network, the default mode network, the left frontoparietal network, the right frontoparietal network, the salience network, and the motor network. In the default mode network, the posterior cingulate cortex, medial frontal gyrus, and inferior parietal lobule were activated in both 3- and 5-year-old children, supporting the "three-brain region theory” of the default mode network. In the frontoparietal network, the frontal and parietal gyri were activated in the two groups of children, and functional connectivity was strengthened in 5-year-olds compared with 3-year-olds, although the nodes and network connections were not yet mature. The high-correlation network connections in the default mode networks and dorsal attention networks had been significantly strengthened in 5-year-olds vs. 3-year-olds. Further, the salience network in the 3-year-old children included an activated insula/inferior frontal gyrus-anterior cingulate cortex network circu让 and an activated thalamus-parahippocampal-posterior cingulate cortex-subcortical regions network circuit. By the age of 5 years, no des and high-correlation network connections (edges) were reduced in the salience network. Overall, activation of the dorsal attention network, default mode network, left frontoparietal network, and right frontoparietal network increased (the volume of activation increased, the signals strengthened, and the high-correlation connections increased and strengthened) in 5-year-olds compared with 3-year-olds, but activation in some brain nodes weakened or disappeared in the salience network, and the network connections (edges) were reduced. Between the ages of 3 and 5 years, we observed a tendency for function in some brain regions to be strengthened and for the generalization of activation to be reduced, indicating that specialization begins to develop at this time. The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in China with approval No. SIAT-IRB- 131115-H0075 on November 15, 2013.
文摘We studied the influence of doctor-patient communication skills training on brain functional architecture using resting-state functional MRI（rs-fMRI） with a regional homogeneity（ReHo） method. Ten medical students participated in the study. A 1-year long doctor-patient communication skills training program was conducted. RsfMRI data were collected at baseline, one month and one year after training. There was a significant increase in the communication skills test average scores between baseline and 1-month duration of training（P〈0.001）. After one month of communication skills training, medical students had decreased ReHo in the right superior temporal gyrus compared with the baseline. After one year of communication skills training, students had increased ReHo in multiple regions and decreased ReHo in several regions（P 〈0.05, Alphasim corrected）. The change of ReHo values in the superior temporal gyrus negatively correlated with the change of communication skills scale score between one month after communication skills training and baseline（r=-0.734, P= 0.036）. The training program we used can be an effective approach of improving doctor-patient communication skills, and the training resulted in functional plasticity of the brain’s architecture toward optimizing locally functional organization.
基金financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.61170136,61373101,61472270,and 61402318Natural Science Foundation(Youth Science and Technology Research Foundation)of Shanxi Province,No.2014021022-5Shanxi Provincial Key Science and Technology Projects(Agriculture),No.20130311037-4
文摘It is not clear whether the method used in functional brain-network related research can be applied to explore the feature binding mechanism of visual perception. In this study, we inves-tigated feature binding of color and shape in visual perception. Functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 38 healthy volunteers at rest and while performing a visual perception task to construct brain networks active during resting and task states. Results showed that brain regions involved in visual information processing were obviously activated during the task. The components were partitioned using a greedy algorithm, indicating the visual network existed during the resting state.Z-values in the vision-related brain regions were calculated, conifrming the dynamic balance of the brain network. Connectivity between brain regions was determined, and the result showed that occipital and lingual gyri were stable brain regions in the visual system network, the parietal lobe played a very important role in the binding process of color features and shape features, and the fusiform and inferior temporal gyri were crucial for processing color and shape information. Experimental ifndings indicate that understanding visual feature binding and cognitive processes will help establish computational models of vision, improve image recognition technology, and provide a new theoretical mechanism for feature binding in visual perception.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81660158,No.81400372,No.81460092).
文摘●AIM:To use the voxel-wise degree centrality(DC)method to explore the underlying functional network brain-activity in patients with ophthalmectomy.●METHODS:A total of 32 ophthalmic surgery patients(10 women and 22 men),and 32 healthy subjects(10 women and 22 men)highly matched in gender,age,and the same operation method.Everyone experienced a restingstate functional magnetic resonance imaging scan.The spontaneous brain activity could be assessed by DC.Correlation analysis was used to explore the relationships between the average DC signal values and behavior performance in different regions.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)cur ve analysis was utilized to differentiate between ophthalmectomy patients and healthy controls(HCs).●RESULTS:Compared with HCs,ophthalmectomy patients had greatly reduced DC values in left lingual gyrus,bilateral lingual lobe,left cingulate gyrus,and increased DC values of left cerebellum posterior lobe,left middle frontal gyrus1,right supramarginal gyrus,left middle frontal gyrus2,right middle frontal gyrus.However,we did not find that there was a correlation between the average DC values from various brain regions and clinical manifestations.●CONCLUSION:Dysfunction may be caused by ophthalmectomy in lots of cerebral areas,which may show the potential pathological mechanism of ophthalmectomy and it is beneficial to clinical diagnosis.
文摘目的:基于静息态功能磁共振成像(rest state functional magnetic resonance imaging,rsfMRI)图像,探究认知储备对脑网络的影响。方法:首先,在英国生物银行中选择7973名健康中老年人的rsfMRI图像,通过独立成分分析得到21个静息态网络。其次,采用图论分析方法提取网络节点效率、最短路径长度以及节点度中心性等参数。最后,比较并分析静息态网络的活跃程度、网络节点效率、节点最短路径长度以及节点度中心性4个指标,以及这4个指标与受教育程度、早期流体智力、体育运动、休闲活动和社交程度5个认知储备代理指标之间的关系。结果:研究结果表明,受教育程度、早期流体智力和体育运动3个认知储备代理指标与多个静息态网络的活跃程度以及大多数认知控制网络和默认模式网络中的节点效率、节点度中心性之间存在显著的正相关关系,但与大多数认知控制网络和默认模式网络中的最短路径长度之间存在显著的负相关关系。而休闲活动和社交程度2个认知储备代理指标与静息态网络的活跃程度呈负相关关系,且对功能网络整体拓扑特性的影响也相对较小。结论:受教育程度、早期流体智力和体育运动对静息态网络具有重要促进作用,而休闲活动和社交程度这2个认知储备代理指标可能对静息态网络产生负面影响。
文摘目的利用静息态功能MRI探讨δ-连环蛋白(catenin)不同表达状态的乳腺癌患者采用蒽环联合环磷酰胺(anthracyclines cyclophosphamide,AC)化疗方案2个周期后的脑认知功能改变。材料与方法前瞻性收集66例经病理证实乳腺癌并首次进行标准化化疗患者,根据组织血清δ-catenin水平,分为δ-catenin高表达组31例和低表达组35例,同时收集健康对照(healthy control,HC)组36例。所有受试者在化疗前及2个化疗周期后进行神经心理学评分并行脑静息态功能MRI、3D-T1加权成像,分析脑静息态功能MRI指标,包括低频振幅(amplitude of low frequency fluctuation,ALFF)值、分数低频振幅(fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuation,fALFF)值、局部一致性(regional homogeneity,ReHo)值,并对患者化疗前后神经心理学评分以及脑静息态功能MRI指标进行对比分析。结果化疗前δ-catenin高表达组人表皮生长因子受体2(human epidermal growth factor receptor 2,HER-2)显著高于低表达组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。乳腺癌患者化疗前后神经心理学评分显示,δ-catenin高表达组患者化疗后癌症治疗认知功能评估(Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive,FACT-Cog)总分、感知认知能力(Perceived Cognitive Abilities,PCA)、简易智力状态检查评分(Mini Mental State Examination,MMSE)、蒙特利尔认知评估评分(Montreal Cognitive Assessment,MOCA)、数字符号转化测验(Digital Symbol Substitution Test,DSST)以及中文听觉词语学习测验(Auditory Verbal Learning Test,AVLT)、数字连线实验B(Line-B)评分较化疗前差异有统计学意义,而低表达组只有AVLT-长时记忆(AVLT-long)评分差异有统计学意义(P均<0.05)。与化疗前相比,化疗2周期后部分脑区ALFF及ReHo值改变差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。δ-catenin低表达组患者化疗后右侧前扣带和旁扣带脑回ALFF值下降,而δ-catenin高表达组右侧小脑半球4-5区、双侧脑岛、左侧舌回化疗后ALFF值下降。ReHo指标中,δ-catenin低表达组患者化疗后左侧眶部额下回ReHo值下降;而δ-catenin高表达组则左侧缘上回、左侧三角部额下回ReHo值下降(P均<0.05)。结论δ-catenin高表达进一步加重化疗对乳腺癌患者脑认知功能的损伤,主要涉及执行认知功能调控等相关脑区。
