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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021

Large-Scale Functional Networks, Cognition and Brain Structures Supporting Social Cognition and Theory of Mind Performance in Prodromal to Mild Alzheimer's Disease.

Jose Manuel Valera-Bermejo, Matteo De Marco, Micaela Mitolo, Chiara Cerami, Alessandra Dodich, Annalena Venneri

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jose Manuel Valera-BermejoDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Matteo De MarcoDepartment of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom.
Micaela MitoloFunctional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Chiara CeramiIUSS Cognitive Neuroscience (ICoN) Center, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS-Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Alessandra DodichCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Università degli Studi di Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Annalena VenneriDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
University of Sheffield · GBBrunel University of London · GBIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · ITIstituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia · ITUniversity of Trento · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Impairment of social cognition (SC) skills such as recognition and attribution of intentions and affective states of others (Theory of Mind, ToM) has been evidenced in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). This study investigated the neuropsychological, neuroanatomical and brain-functional underpinnings of SC processing to obtain an understanding of the social neurophenotype in early probable AD. Forty-six patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild probable AD underwent SC assessment including emotion recognition (Ekman-60-faces task) and cognitive and affective ToM (Reading-the-Mind-in-the-Eyes test and Story-based Empathy task). Linear models tested the association between SC scores and neuropsychological measures, grey matter maps and large-scale functional networks activity. The executive domain had the most predominant association with SC scores in the cognitive profile. Grey matter volume of the anterior cingulate, orbitofrontal, temporoparietal junction (TPJ), superior temporal, and cerebellar cortices were associated with ToM. Social cognition scores were associated with lower connectivity of the default-mode network with the prefrontal cortex. The right fronto-parietal network displayed higher inter-network connectivity in the right TPJ and insula while the salience network showed lower inter-network connectivity with the left TPJ and insula. Connectivity coupling alterations of executive-attentional networks may support default mode social-cognitive-associated decline through the recruitment of frontal executive mechanisms.

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Alzheimer’s diseasefMRImild cognitive impairmentsocial cognitiontheory of mindVBM

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