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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2024

Altered thalamus functional connectivity in patients with acute unilateral vestibulopathy: a resting-state fMRI study.

Zhengwei Chen, Yaxian Cai, Yueji Liu, Haiyan Liu, Xiu-E Wei, Cunxin Lin, Dan Liu, Lijie Xiao, Liangqun Rong

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Zhengwei Chen *Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yaxian Cai *Department of Neurology, General Hospital of the Yangtze River Shipping, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yueji LiuDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Haiyan LiuDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Xiu-E WeiDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Cunxin LinDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Dan LiuDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Lijie XiaoDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Liangqun RongDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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Objective: Acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUVP) is the second leading cause of peripheral vestibular vertigo. Full recovery of AUVP is related to sufficient central vestibular compensation. It has been confirmed that the vestibular nucleus and vestibular cortex are involved in the process of vestibular compensatory in AUVP patients. However, few studies have focused on the functional compensation of thalamus in patients with AUVP. This study aimed to explore the alterations of resting-state functional connectivity (FC) focused on thalamus using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in AUVP patients. Methods: Data of 3D-T1 and resting-state fMRI were collected from 40 AUVP patients and 35 healthy controls (HC). Seeds-based (bilateral thalamus) FC was analyzed to investigate the changes in FC between the two groups. Furthermore, we evaluated the associations between altered thalamus FC and clinical features in AUVP patients using Pearson's partial correlation. Results: Compared with HC, AUVP patients showed decreased FC between bilateral thalamus and left insula. We also observed decreased FC between right thalamus and left supramarginal gyrus. Additionally, we found increased FC between left thalamus and right postcentral gyrus (PCG), as well as increased FC between right thalamus and regions of bilateral PCG, right middle frontal gyrus and right middle occipital gyrus in AUVP patients. Furthermore, the FC between left thalamus and left insula was negatively correlated with values of canal paresis in patients with AUVP ( Conclusion: Our results provided first evidence for the decreased thalamo-vestibular cortex pathway, as well as increased thalamo-somatosensory and thalamo-visual cortex pathway in AUVP patients. These findings help us better understand the underlying mechanisms of central dynamic compensatory following an acute unilateral peripheral vestibular damage.

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acute unilateral vestibulopathyfunctional connectivityresting-state fMRIthalamusvestibular compensationvestibular neuritis

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