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ArticleScientific reports2017

Aberrant Neuronal Dynamics during Working Memory Operations in the Aging HIV-Infected Brain.

Tony W Wilson, Amy L Proskovec, Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, Jennifer O'Neill, Kevin R Robertson, Howard S Fox, Susan Swindells

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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7 authors.

Tony W WilsonDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, USA.
Amy L ProskovecCenter for Magnetoencephalography, UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA.
Elizabeth Heinrichs-GrahamDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, USA.
Jennifer O'NeillDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA.
Kevin R RobertsonDepartment of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Howard S FoxDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, UNMC,Omaha, NE, USA.
Susan SwindellsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA.

Funding

Therapeutics Core (Page 286)P30MH062261 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 2000 to 2021
$37.7M
Research Pilot Project ProgramP30GM106397 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI JOHNSON, KEITH R · 2013 to 2017
$4.9M
Nebraska Center for VirologyP30GM103509 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI WOOD, CHARLES · 2012 to 2014
$3.3M
Neurophysiological markers of HAND and the impact of aging: Evidence from MEGR01MH103220 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI WILSON, TONY W · 2014 to 2018
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103509NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM106397NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062261NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Impairments in working memory are among the most prevalent features of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), yet their origins are unknown, with some studies arguing that encoding operations are disturbed and others supporting deficits in memory maintenance. The current investigation directly addresses this issue by using a dynamic mapping approach to identify when and where processing in working memory circuits degrades. HIV-infected older adults and a demographically-matched group of uninfected controls performed a verbal working memory task during magnetoencephalography (MEG). Significant oscillatory neural responses were imaged using a beamforming approach to illuminate the spatiotemporal dynamics of neuronal activity. HIV-infected patients were significantly less accurate on the working memory task and their neuronal dynamics indicated that encoding operations were preserved, while memory maintenance processes were abnormal. Specifically, no group differences were detected during the encoding period, yet dysfunction in occipital, fronto-temporal, hippocampal, and cerebellar cortices emerged during memory maintenance. In addition, task performance in the controls covaried with occipital alpha synchronization and activity in right prefrontal cortices. In conclusion, working memory impairments are common and significantly impact the daily functioning and independence of HIV-infected patients. These impairments likely reflect deficits in the maintenance of memory representations, not failures to adequately encode stimuli.

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Memory, Short-TermAge FactorsBrainBrain MappingCase-Control StudiesFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetoencephalographyMaleNeuropsychological Tests

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PMCPMC5290733

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