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ArticleScientific reports2019

Altered cognitive control network is related to psychometric and biochemical profiles in covert hepatic encephalopathy.

Chia-Fen Tsai, Pei-Chi Tu, Yen-Po Wang, Chi-Jen Chu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Han-Chieh Lin, Ming-Chih Hou, Fa-Yauh Lee, Pei-Yi Liu, Ching-Liang Lu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. 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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Chia-Fen TsaiInstitute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pei-Chi TuFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yen-Po WangInstitute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chi-Jen ChuFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Hsiang HuangFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-5425
Han-Chieh LinFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ming-Chih HouFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Fa-Yauh LeeFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pei-Yi LiuInstitute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Liang LuInstitute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. cllu@vghtpe.gov.tw.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

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Abstract

The cognitive control network (CCN) is a network responsible for multiple executive functions, which are impaired in covert hepatic encephalopathy (CHE). We aimed to use functional connectivity (FC) magnetic resonance imaging to test the hypothesis that CHE manifested with disconnection within the CCN, which is associated with impaired neuropsychiatric and biochemical profiles. CHE was detected with abnormally low psychometric hepatic encephalopathy scores (PHES) (total cut-off score <-4). Two seeds in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) were used to calculate the FC map within the CCN. Pearson correlation analysis was performed between the CCN and psychometric, biochemical profiles including ammonia, Interleukin (IL)-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. Eighteen CHE, 36 non-HE (NHE) cirrhotic patients and 36 controls were studied. Significant differences in FC were noted among groups, which revealed CHE patients had a lower FC in the bilateral lateral occipital cortex (seed in the bilateral dACC) and in the right lateral occipital and precuneus cortices (seed in the left DLPFC) (P < 0.05, corrected) compared with NHE. Progressively decreased FC in the left precentral gyrus within the CCN was noted from control, NHE to CHE. PHES positively and biochemistry negatively correlated with FC in the CCN. In conclusion, CHE patients showed aberrant FC within the CCN which is correlated with both cognitive dysfunction and biochemical profiles. Ammonia and pro-inflammatory cytokines may contribute to the occurrence of aberrant connectivity. Impaired FC within the CCN may serve as a complementary biomarker for CHE.

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PsychometricsAgedAmmoniaBrainBrain MappingCognitionExecutive FunctionFemaleGyrus CinguliHepatic EncephalopathyHumansInterleukin-6Liver CirrhosisMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedAmmoniaInterleukin-6Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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