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ArticleBrain and behavior2024

Brain functional specialization and cooperation in Alzheimer's disease.

Yue Wu, Manman Gao, Lingling Lv, Yibing Yan, Liying Gao, Zhi Geng, Shanshan Zhou, Wanqiu Zhu, Yongqiang Yu, Yanghua Tian and 4 more

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Yue WuDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Manman GaoDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9353-0849
Lingling LvDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Yibing YanDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Liying GaoDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Zhi GengDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Shanshan ZhouDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Wanqiu ZhuDepartment of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Yongqiang YuDepartment of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8942-9804
Yanghua TianDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5038-0599
Gong-Jun JiDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Panpan HuDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
Xingqi WuDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0646-1353
Kai WangDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31970979National Natural Science Foundation of China 32071054National Natural Science Foundation of China 82090034National Natural Science Foundation of China 821001498National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171917The 2021 Youth Foundation training program of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University 2021kj19
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Abstract

backgroundCerebral specialization and interhemispheric cooperation are two vital features of the human brain. Their dysfunction may be associated with disease progression in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is featured as progressive cognitive degeneration and asymmetric neuropathology.

objectiveThis study aimed to examine and define two inherent properties of hemispheric function in patients with AD by utilizing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI).

methodsSixty-four clinically diagnosed AD patients and 52 age- and sex-matched cognitively normal subjects were recruited and underwent MRI and clinical evaluation. We calculated and compared brain specialization (autonomy index, AI) and interhemispheric cooperation (connectivity between functionally homotopic voxels, CFH).

resultsIn comparison to healthy controls, patients with AD exhibited enhanced AI in the left middle occipital gyrus. This increase in specialization can be attributed to reduced functional connectivity in the contralateral region, such as the right temporal lobe. The CFH of the bilateral precuneus and prefrontal areas was significantly decreased in AD patients compared to controls. Imaging-cognitive correlation analysis indicated that the CFH of the right prefrontal cortex was marginally positively related to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment score in patients and the Auditory Verbal Learning Test score. Moreover, taking abnormal AI and CFH values as features, support vector machine-based classification achieved good accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve by leave-one-out cross-validation.

conclusionThis study suggests that individuals with AD have abnormal cerebral specialization and interhemispheric cooperation. This provides new insights for further elucidation of the pathological mechanisms of AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingAgedAged, 80 and overBrainFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSupport Vector MachineAlzheimer's diseasecerebral specializationinterhemispheric cooperationresting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging

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