Previous studies have found a link between tinnitus and cognitive impairment, even leading to dementia. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not clear. The purpose of this study was to explore intrinsic network changes in tinnitus and hearing loss patients with cognitive disorders. We included 17 individuals with bilateral idiopathic tinnitus, hearing loss, and cognitive impairment (PA) and 21 healthy controls. We identified resting-state networks (RSNs) and measured intra-network functional connectivity (FC) values via independent component analysis (ICA). We also evaluated correlations between RSNs and clinical characteristics. Compared with the healthy controls, the PA group showed decreased connectivity within the ventral attention network, dorsal attention network (DAN), visual network, left frontoparietal network, right frontoparietal network, sensorimotor network, and increased connectivity within the executive control network. MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) scores were negatively correlated with the FC values for left calcarine within the DAN. We identified abnormal intrinsic connectivity in several brain networks, mainly involving cognitive control, vision, sensorimotor function, and the cerebellum, in tinnitus patients with cognitive impairment. It may be possible to use the FC strength of the left calcarine within the DAN as an imaging marker to predict cognitive impairment in tinnitus patients.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [82071882]; Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation [7222029]; Science and Technology Planning Project of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education [KM202010025019]
第一作者机构:[1]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Tongren Hosp, Dept Radiol, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Li Wei,Ma Xiaobo,Wang Qian,et al.Intrinsic Network Changes in Bilateral Tinnitus Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study[J].BRAIN SCIENCES.2022,12(8):doi:10.3390/brainsci12081049.
APA:
Li, Wei,Ma, Xiaobo,Wang, Qian,He, Xueying,Qu, Xiaoxia...&Liu, Zhaohui.(2022).Intrinsic Network Changes in Bilateral Tinnitus Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study.BRAIN SCIENCES,12,(8)
MLA:
Li, Wei,et al."Intrinsic Network Changes in Bilateral Tinnitus Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study".BRAIN SCIENCES 12..8(2022)