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Journal Article
Altered dynamic brain activity and functional connectivity in thyroid‐associated ophthalmopathy
2023
Overview
Although previous neuroimaging evidence has confirmed the brain functional disturbances in thyroid‐associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), the dynamic characteristics of brain activity and functional connectivity (FC) in TAO were rarely concerned. The present study aims to investigate the alterations of temporal variability of brain activity and FC in TAO using resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs‐fMRI). Forty‐seven TAO patients and 30 age‐, gender‐, education‐, and handedness‐matched healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled and underwent rs‐fMRI scanning. The dynamic amplitude of low‐frequency fluctuation (dALFF) was first calculated using a sliding window approach to characterize the temporal variability of brain activity. Based on the dALFF results, seed‐based dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) analysis was performed to identify the temporal variability of efficient communication between brain regions in TAO. Additionally, correlations between dALFF and dFC and the clinical indicators were analyzed. Compared with HCs, TAO patients displayed decreased dALFF in the left superior occipital gyrus (SOG) and cuneus (CUN), while showing increased dALFF in the left triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus (IFGtriang), insula (INS), orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus (ORBinf), superior temporal gyrus (STG) and temporal pole of superior temporal gyrus (TPOsup). Furthermore, TAO patients exhibited decreased dFC between the left STG and the right middle occipital gyrus (MOG), as well as decreased dFC between the left TPOsup and the right calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex (CAL) and MOG. Correlation analyses showed that the altered dALFF in the left SOG/CUN was positively related to visual acuity (r = .409, p = .004), as well as the score of QoL for visual functioning (r = .375, p = .009). TAO patients developed abnormal temporal variability of brain activity in areas related to vision, emotion, and cognition, as well as reduced temporal variability of FC associated with vision deficits. These findings provided additional insights into the neurobiological mechanisms of TAO. We explored the spatiotemporal alterations of both brain activity and connectivity in thyroid‐associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) by using dynamic amplitude of low‐frequency fluctuation and dynamic functional connectivity, respectively. We also identified correlations between the abnormal dynamic brain activity in the left occipital area and the visual deficits in TAO patients.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
