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Impaired structural and reserved functional topological organizations of brain networks in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common disabling motor disturbance in Parkinson's disease (PD). Our study aimed to probe the topological organizations of structural and functional brain networks and their coupling in FOG.

Methods

In this cross-sectional retrospective study, a total of 30 PD patients with FOG (PD-FOG), 40 patients without FOG, and 25 healthy controls (HCs) underwent clinical assessments and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning. Large-scale structural and functional brain networks were constructed. Subsequently, global and nodal graph theoretical properties and functional-structural coupling were investigated. Finally, correlations between the altered brain topological properties and freezing severity were analyzed in PD-FOG.

Results

For structural networks, at the global level, PD-FOG exhibited increased normalized characteristic path length (P=0.040, Bonferroni-corrected) and decreased global efficiency (P=0.005, Bonferroni-corrected) compared with controls, and showed reduced global (P=0.001, Bonferroni-corrected) and local (P=0.032, Bonferroni-corrected) efficiency relative to patients without FOG. At the nodal level, nodal efficiency of structural networks was reduced in PD-FOG compared with PD patients without FOG, located in the left supplementary motor area (SMA), gyrus rectus, and middle cingulate cortex (MCC) (all P<0.05, Bonferroni-corrected). Notably, altered global and nodal properties of structural networks were significantly correlated with Freezing of Gait Questionnaire scores [all P<0.05, false discovery rate (FDR)-corrected]. However, only an increase in local efficiency (P=0.003, Bonferroni-corrected) of functional networks was identified in PD-FOG compared with those without FOG. No significant structural-functional coupling was detected among the 3 groups.

Conclusions

This study demonstrates the extensively impaired structural and relatively reserved functional network topological organizations in PD-FOG. Our results also provide evidence that the pathogenesis of PD-FOG is primarily attributable to network vulnerability established by crucial structural damage, especially in the left SMA, gyrus rectus, and MCC.

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816763 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impaired structural and reserved functional topological organizations of brain networks in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait.

Wang Lina L   Gan Caiting C   Sun Huimin H   Ji Min M   Zhang Heng H   Cao Xingyue X   Wang Min M   Yuan Yongsheng Y   Zhang Kezhong K  

Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery 20220928 1


<h4>Background</h4>Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common disabling motor disturbance in Parkinson's disease (PD). Our study aimed to probe the topological organizations of structural and functional brain networks and their coupling in FOG.<h4>Methods</h4>In this cross-sectional retrospective study, a total of 30 PD patients with FOG (PD-FOG), 40 patients without FOG, and 25 healthy controls (HCs) underwent clinical assessments and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning. Large-scale structural an  ...[more]

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