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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical

Cognitive Slowing in Gulf War Illness Predicts Executive Network Hyperconnectivity: Study in a Population-Representative Sample.

Monroe P Turner, Nicholas A Hubbard, Lyndahl M Himes, Shawheen Faghihahmadabadi, Joanna L Hutchison, Ilana J Bennett, Michael A Motes, Robert W Haley, Bart Rypma

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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Monroe P TurnerSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
Nicholas A HubbardSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
Lyndahl M HimesSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
Shawheen FaghihahmadabadiSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
Joanna L HutchisonSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Ilana J BennettCenter for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Michael A MotesSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
Robert W HaleyDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Bart RypmaSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

Funding

NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS CTSA FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR024982 · NCRR · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TOTO, ROBERT DANIEL · 2007 to 2011
$27.9M
UT Southwestern Center for Translational Medicine (UL1/KL2/TL1)UL1TR001105 · NCATS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TOTO, ROBERT DANIEL · 2013 to 2017
$24.5M
Physiological, neural and cognitive bases of age-related working memory changeR01AG029523 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI RYPMA, BART · 2007 to 2010
$1.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001105NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024982NIA NIH HHS R01 AG029523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive slowing is a prevalent symptom observed in Gulf War Illness (GWI). The present study assessed the extent to which functional connectivity between dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and other task-relevant brain regions was predictive of GWI-related cognitive slowing. GWI patients (n = 54) and healthy veteran controls (n = 29) were assessed on performance of a processing speed task (the Digit Symbol Substitution Task; DSST) while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). GWI patients were slower on the DSST relative to controls. Bilateral DLPFC connectivity with task-relevant nodes was altered in GWI patients compared to healthy controls during DSST performance. Moreover, hyperconnectivity in these networks predicted GWI-related increases in reaction time on the DSST, whereas hypoconnectivity did not. These results suggest that GWI-related cognitive slowing reflects reduced efficiency in cortical networks.

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cognitive efficiencydorsolateral prefrontal cortexfunctional connectivityfunctional magnetic resonance imagingGulf War Illnessprocessing speed

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PMID27672557
PMCPMC5030369

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