Functional network reorganization after endovascular thrombectomy in patients with anterior circulation stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endovascular thrombectomy has been confirmed to be an effective therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, how functional brain networks reorganize after restoration of blood supply in AIS patients, and whether the degree of reperfusion associates with functional network changes remains unclear.

Methods

Resting-state fMRI data were collected from 43 AIS patients with anterior circulation occlusion after thrombectomy and 37 healthy controls (HCs). Both static and dynamic functional connectivity (FC) within four advanced functional networks including dorsal attention network (DAN), ventral attention network (VAN), executive control network (ECN) and default mode network (DMN), were calculated and compared between post-thrombectomy patients and HCs, and betwee

SUBMITTER: Li T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11332103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature