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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022

Altered Long- and Short-Range Functional Connectivity Density in Patients With Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy: A Resting-State fMRI Study.

Wen-Hao Jiang, Huan-Huan Chen, Wen Chen, Qian Wu, Lu Chen, Jiang Zhou, Xiao-Quan Xu, Hao Hu, Fei-Yun Wu

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Wen-Hao JiangDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Huan-Huan ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wen ChenDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Qian WuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Lu ChenDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jiang ZhouDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao-Quan XuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Hao HuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Fei-Yun WuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Background and Purpose: Although previous neuroimaging studies have demonstrated emotion- and psychology-associated brain abnormalities in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), the changes of brain functional connectivity in TAO were seldom focused. We aimed to investigate interregional and intraregional functional interactions in patients with TAO by using resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) with long- and short-range functional connectivity density (FCD) analysis. Methods: Thirty patients with TAO and 30 well-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited in our study. Long- and short-range FCD values were calculated and compared between the two groups. Correlations between long- and short-range FCD values and clinical indicators were analyzed. Results: Compared with HCs, patients with showed both increased long- and short-range FCDs in the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG), orbital part of superior frontal gyrus (ORBsup), and dorsolateral part of superior frontal gyrus (SFGdor); meanwhile, both decreased long- and short-range FCDs in bilateral postcentral gyrus (PoCG), left superior parietal gyrus (SPG), and inferior parietal (IPL). In addition, patients with TAO showed increased short-range FCD in the right SFGdor, bilateral medial part of superior frontal gyrus (SFGmed), left orbital part of middle frontal gyrus (ORBmid), and orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus (ORBinf), as well as decreased short-range FCD in the right supplementary motor area (SMA) and the left paracentral lobule (PCL) than HCs. Moreover, the short-range value in the left SFGdor showed a negative correlation with Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score ( Conclusion: Our findings complemented the functional neural mechanism of TAO, and provided potential neuroimaging markers for assessing the psychiatric, visual, and emotional disturbances in patients with TAO.

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functional connectivity densityparietal lobeprefrontal cortexresting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingthyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

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