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ArticleBiomedical optics express2020

Prefrontal functional connectivity analysis of cognitive decline for early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.

Jin-Woo Yu, Sung-Ho Lim, Bomin Kim, Eunho Kim, Kyungsoo Kim, Sung Kyu Park, Young Seok Byun, Joon Sakong, Ji-Woong Choi

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jin-Woo YuDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Sung-Ho LimDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-0802
Bomin KimDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Eunho KimDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Kyungsoo KimBrain Engineering Convergence Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Sung Kyu ParkDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Young Seok ByunDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Joon SakongDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
Ji-Woong ChoiDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9109-3860
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology · KRYeungnam University Medical Center · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive decline (CD) is a major symptom of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Patients with MCI have an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although a cure for AD is currently lacking, medication therapies and/or daily training in the early stage can alleviate disease progression and improve patients' quality of life. Accordingly, investigating CD-related biomarkers via brain imaging devices is crucial for early diagnosis. In particular, "portable" brain imaging devices enable frequent diagnostic checks as a routine clinical tool, and therefore increase the possibility of early AD diagnosis. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate functional connectivity (FC) in the prefrontal cortex measured by a portable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) device during a working memory (WM) task known as the delayed matching to sample (DMTS) task. Differences in prefrontal FC between healthy control (HC) (

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