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ArticleClinical interventions in aging2024

Bridging Reduced Grip Strength and Altered Executive Function: Specific Brain White Matter Structural Changes in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Shan-Wen Liu, Xiao-Ting Ma, Shuai Yu, Xiao-Fen Weng, Meng Li, Jiangtao Zhu, Chun-Feng Liu, Hua Hu

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Article in Clinical interventions in aging, 2024. 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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Shan-Wen LiuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Ting MaDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People's Republic of China.
Shuai YuDepartment of Neurology, the Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, 215000, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5030-6516
Xiao-Fen WengDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, the Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, 215000, People's Republic of China.
Meng LiDepartment of Imaging, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People's Republic of China.
Jiangtao ZhuDepartment of Imaging, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People's Republic of China.
Chun-Feng LiuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-1436-4422
Hua HuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People's Republic of China.
Soochow University · CNSuzhou Municipal Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the correlation between specific fiber tracts and grip strength and cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by fixel-based analysis (FBA). Methods: AD patients were divided into AD with low grip strength (AD-LGS, n=29) and AD without low grip strength (AD-nLGS, n=25), along with 31 normal controls (NC). General data, neuropsychological tests, grip strength and cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were collected. FBA evaluated white matter (WM) fiber metrics, including fiber density (FD), fiber cross-sectional (FC), and fiber density and cross-sectional area (FDC). The mean fiber indicators of the fiber tracts of interest (TOI) were extracted in cerebral region of significant statistical differences in FBA to further compare the differences between groups and analyze the correlation between fiber properties and neuropsychological test scores. Results: Compared to AD-nLGS group, AD-LGS group showed significant reductions in FDC in several cerebral regions. In AD patients, FDC values of bilateral uncinate fasciculus and left superior longitudinal fasciculus were positively correlated with Clock Drawing Test scores, while FDC of splenium of corpus callosum, bilateral anterior cingulate tracts, forceps major, and bilateral inferior longitudinal fasciculus were positively correlated with the Executive Factor Score of Memory and Executive Screening scale scores. Conclusion: Reduced grip strength in AD patients is associated with extensive impairment of WM structural integrity. Changes in FDC of specific WM fiber tracts related to executive function play a significant mediating role in the reduction of grip strength in AD patients.

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Alzheimer DiseaseGalactosylceramidesWhite MatterExecutive FunctionHand StrengthHumansGalactosylceramidesN-lignocerylgalactosylsphingosineAlzheimer diseasecognition functionfixel-based analysisgrip strengthwhite matter

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