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ArticleFrontiers in neuroanatomy2017

Altered Functional Brain Connectomes between Sporadic and Familial Parkinson's Patients.

Yan Tang, Xue Xiao, Hua Xie, Chang-Min Wan, Li Meng, Zhen-Hua Liu, Wei-Hua Liao, Bei-Sha Tang, Ji-Feng Guo

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Article in Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan TangDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xue XiaoSchool of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Hua XieDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States.
Chang-Min WanDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Li MengDepartment of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zhen-Hua LiuDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Wei-Hua LiaoDepartment of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Bei-Sha TangDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Ji-Feng GuoDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Central South University · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CNChangsha Medical University · CNTexas Tech University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial Parkinson's disease (PD) is often caused by mutation of a certain gene, while sporadic PD is associated with variants of genes which can influence the susceptibility to PD. The goal of this study was to investigate the difference between the two forms of PD in terms of brain abnormalities using resting-state functional MRI and graph theory. Thirty-one familial PD patients and 36 sporadic PD patients underwent resting-state functional MRI scanning. Frequency-dependent functional connectivity was calculated for each subject using wavelet-based correlations of BOLD signal over 246 brain regions from Brainnetome Atlas. Graph theoretical analysis was then performed to analyze the topology of the functional network, and functional connectome differences were identified with a network-based statistical approach. Our results revealed a frequency-specific (0.016 and 0.031 Hz) connectome difference between familial and sporadic forms of PD, as indicated by an increase in assortativity and decrease in the nodal strength in the left medial amygdala of the familial PD group. In addition, the familial PD patients also showed a distinctive functional network between the left medial amygdala and regions related to retrieval of motion information. The present study indicates that the medial amygdala might be most vulnerable to both sporadic and familial PD. Our findings provide some new insights into disrupted resting-state functional connectomes between sporadic PD and familial PD.

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assortativityfamilial PDfunctional brain connectomesmall-worldnesssporadic PD

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