目的利用MR扩散张量成像(DTI)概率纤维束示踪技术(PFT)和图论法研究主观性记忆力减退(SMD)老年人脑白质网络改变。方法本研究共纳入32例SMD老年人,年龄59～75岁,既往无神经精神疾病史,并随机选取28例无记忆力减退的健康老年人作为对照(...目的利用MR扩散张量成像(DTI)概率纤维束示踪技术(PFT)和图论法研究主观性记忆力减退(SMD)老年人脑白质网络改变。方法本研究共纳入32例SMD老年人,年龄59～75岁,既往无神经精神疾病史,并随机选取28例无记忆力减退的健康老年人作为对照(HC)组,年龄61～75岁,所有被试均完成3.0 T MR 3D T1WI和DTI。利用PANDA及GRETNA软件对DTI原始数据进行批运算,采用独立样本t检验对2组间脑网络的平均聚类系数(Cp)、特征路径长度(Lp)、标准化Lp(γ)、标准化最短路径长度(λ)、小世界性(ζ)、全局效率(Eglob)、局部效率(Eloc)、节点效率(Ne)和节点最短路径长度(NLp)进行统计学分析,网络矩阵阈值设置为5%～50%,间隔5%,共计10个阈值,控制年龄、性别和教育程度为协变量。结果 SMD组与HC组脑白质网络均呈现小世界网络特点,即γ>>1(SMD:3.65±0.77,HC:3.74±0.79),λ≈1(SMD:1.35±0.03,HC:1.35±0.04)。当阈值设定为5%、30%和35%时,SMD组Cp较HC组明显减低(P<0.05)。10个阈值下SMD组Eloc较HC组明显减低(P<0.05)。SMD组后扣带回和额下回岛盖部Ne较HC组明显减低,而NLp明显增大(P<0.05)。结论 SMD老年人脑网络具有小世界的一般特点,但部分区域节点传输效率减低,后扣带回和额下回岛盖部的网络属性改变可能与主观记忆力减退有关。展开更多
Several lines of evidence suggest that efficient information integration between brain regions is disrupted in schizophrenia. Abnormalities in white matter tracts that interconnect brain regions may be directly releva...Several lines of evidence suggest that efficient information integration between brain regions is disrupted in schizophrenia. Abnormalities in white matter tracts that interconnect brain regions may be directly relevant to this pathophysiological process. As a complex mental disorder with high heritability, mapping abnormalities in patients and their first- degree relatives may help to disentangle the risk factors for schizophrenia. We established a weighted network model of white matter connections using diffusion tensor imaging in 25 nuclear families with schizophrenic probands （19 patients and 41 unaffected parents） and two unrelated groups of normal controls （24 controls matched with patients and 26 controls matched with relatives）. The patient group showed lower global efficiency and local efficiency. The decreased regional efficiency was localized in hubs such as the bilateral frontal cortices, bilateral anterior cingulate cortices, and left precuneus. The global efficiency was negatively correlated with cognition scores derived from a 5-factor model of schizophrenic psychopathology.We also found that unaffected parents displayed decreased regional efficiency in the right temporal cortices, left supplementary motor area, left superior temporal pole, and left thalamus. The global efficiency tended to be lower in unaffected parents. Our data suggest that （1） the global efficiency loss in neuroanatomical networks may be associated with the cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia; and （2） genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia may influence the anatomical organization of an individual＇s brain networks.展开更多
文摘目的利用MR扩散张量成像(DTI)概率纤维束示踪技术(PFT)和图论法研究主观性记忆力减退(SMD)老年人脑白质网络改变。方法本研究共纳入32例SMD老年人,年龄59～75岁,既往无神经精神疾病史,并随机选取28例无记忆力减退的健康老年人作为对照(HC)组,年龄61～75岁,所有被试均完成3.0 T MR 3D T1WI和DTI。利用PANDA及GRETNA软件对DTI原始数据进行批运算,采用独立样本t检验对2组间脑网络的平均聚类系数(Cp)、特征路径长度(Lp)、标准化Lp(γ)、标准化最短路径长度(λ)、小世界性(ζ)、全局效率(Eglob)、局部效率(Eloc)、节点效率(Ne)和节点最短路径长度(NLp)进行统计学分析,网络矩阵阈值设置为5%～50%,间隔5%,共计10个阈值,控制年龄、性别和教育程度为协变量。结果 SMD组与HC组脑白质网络均呈现小世界网络特点,即γ>>1(SMD:3.65±0.77,HC:3.74±0.79),λ≈1(SMD:1.35±0.03,HC:1.35±0.04)。当阈值设定为5%、30%和35%时,SMD组Cp较HC组明显减低(P<0.05)。10个阈值下SMD组Eloc较HC组明显减低(P<0.05)。SMD组后扣带回和额下回岛盖部Ne较HC组明显减低,而NLp明显增大(P<0.05)。结论 SMD老年人脑网络具有小世界的一般特点,但部分区域节点传输效率减低,后扣带回和额下回岛盖部的网络属性改变可能与主观记忆力减退有关。
基金supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB707805)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81370032, 91232305, 81361120395, and 91432304)the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2010DFB30820)
文摘Several lines of evidence suggest that efficient information integration between brain regions is disrupted in schizophrenia. Abnormalities in white matter tracts that interconnect brain regions may be directly relevant to this pathophysiological process. As a complex mental disorder with high heritability, mapping abnormalities in patients and their first- degree relatives may help to disentangle the risk factors for schizophrenia. We established a weighted network model of white matter connections using diffusion tensor imaging in 25 nuclear families with schizophrenic probands （19 patients and 41 unaffected parents） and two unrelated groups of normal controls （24 controls matched with patients and 26 controls matched with relatives）. The patient group showed lower global efficiency and local efficiency. The decreased regional efficiency was localized in hubs such as the bilateral frontal cortices, bilateral anterior cingulate cortices, and left precuneus. The global efficiency was negatively correlated with cognition scores derived from a 5-factor model of schizophrenic psychopathology.We also found that unaffected parents displayed decreased regional efficiency in the right temporal cortices, left supplementary motor area, left superior temporal pole, and left thalamus. The global efficiency tended to be lower in unaffected parents. Our data suggest that （1） the global efficiency loss in neuroanatomical networks may be associated with the cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia; and （2） genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia may influence the anatomical organization of an individual＇s brain networks.
