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ArticleCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2024

Alterations in cortical thickness and volumes of subcortical structures in pediatric patients with complete spinal cord injury.

Ling Wang, Beining Yang, Weimin Zheng, Tengfei Liang, Xin Chen, Qian Chen, Jubao Du, Jie Lu, Baowei Li, Nan Chen

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Ling WangDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Beining YangDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Weimin ZhengDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3410-6773
Tengfei LiangDepartment of Medical Imaging, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Engineering University, Handan, China.
Xin ChenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qian ChenDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-9647
Jubao DuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jie LuDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0425-3921
Baowei LiDepartment of Medical Imaging, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Engineering University, Handan, China.
Nan ChenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0822-125X

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Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation 7113155National Natural Science Foundation of China 81271556National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871339Science Foundation of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education KM201210025013
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Abstract

aimsTo study the changes in cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter structures in children with complete spinal cord injury (CSCI), reveal the possible causes of dysfunction beyond sensory motor dysfunction after CSCI, and provide a possible neural basis for corresponding functional intervention training.

methodsThirty-seven pediatric CSCI patients and 34 age-, gender-matched healthy children as healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. The 3D high-resolution T1-weighted structural images of all subjects were obtained using a 3.0 Tesla MRI system. Statistical differences between pediatric CSCI patients and HCs in cortical thickness and volumes of subcortical gray matter structures were evaluated. Then, correlation analyses were performed to analyze the correlation between the imaging indicators and clinical characteristics.

resultsCompared with HCs, pediatric CSCI patients showed decreased cortical thickness in the right precentral gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, and posterior segment of the lateral sulcus, while increased cortical thickness in the right lingual gyrus and inferior occipital gyrus. The volume of the right thalamus in pediatric CSCI patients was significantly smaller than that in HCs. No significant correlation was found between the imaging indicators and the injury duration, sensory scores, and motor scores of pediatric CSCI patients.

conclusionsThese findings demonstrated that the brain structural reorganizations of pediatric CSCI occurred not only in sensory motor areas but also in cognitive and visual related brain regions, which may suggest that the visual processing, cognitive abnormalities, and related early intervention therapy also deserve greater attention beyond sensory motor rehabilitation training in pediatric CSCI patients.

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Cerebral CortexMagnetic Resonance ImagingSpinal Cord InjuriesAdolescentChildFemaleGray MatterHumansMaleOrgan Sizebraincomplete spinal cord injurycortical thicknessmagnetic resonance imagingpediatric

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PMID38887969
PMCPMC11183907

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