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ArticleNeural plasticity2020

Enhanced Gray Matter Volume Compensates for Decreased Brain Activity in the Ocular Motor Area in Children with Anisometropic Amblyopia.

Weizhao Lu, Xueliang Yu, Lisheng Zhao, Yanli Zhang, Feng Zhao, Yi Wang, Jianfeng Qiu

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Article in Neural plasticity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Amblyopia: progress and promise of functional magnetic resonance imaging.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Weizhao LuMedical Engineering and Technology Research Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2941-9791
Xueliang YuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dezhou Municipal Hospital, Dezhou, Shandong, China.
Lisheng ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Dezhou Municipal Hospital, Dezhou, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6792-4345
Yanli ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Dezhou Municipal Hospital, Dezhou, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4430-5431
Feng ZhaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dezhou Municipal Hospital, Dezhou, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5384-9038
Yi WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6322-1068
Jianfeng QiuMedical Engineering and Technology Research Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8049-3743
Dezhou University · CNShandong First Medical University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Anisometropic amblyopia usually occurs during early childhood and results in monocular visual deficit. Recent neuroimaging studies have demonstrated structural and functional alterations in pediatric anisometropic amblyopia (PAA) patients. However, the relationship between structural and functional alterations remains largely unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between structural and functional alterations in PAA patients. Materials and Methods: Eighteen PAA patients and 14 healthy children underwent a multimodal MRI scanning including T1WI and functional MRI (fMRI). Voxel-based morphometry was used to assess structural alterations between PAA patients and healthy children. Regional homogeneity (ReHo) was used to investigate changes in local spontaneous brain activity in the enrolled subjects. Correlations between structural, functional alterations, and clinical information were analyzed in the PAA group. Results: Compared with healthy children, PAA patients exhibited significantly reduced ReHo of spontaneous brain activity in the right superior temporal gyrus (STG) and right middle frontal gyrus (MFG) and increased gray matter volume in the right lobules 4 and 5 of the cerebellum. The gray matter volume of the right lobules 4 and 5 of the cerebellum was negatively correlated with the ReHo values of the right MFG. Conclusions: Our findings may suggest that PAA patients experience structural and functional abnormalities in brain regions related to oculomotor and visual-spatial information. In addition, the increased gray matter volume may compensate the decreased brain activity in the oculomotor regions, which reflects compensatory or neural plasticity in PAA patients.

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AmblyopiaBrainBrain MappingCerebellumChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGray MatterHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePrefrontal CortexTemporal Lobe

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PMID32377181
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