期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 33, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.06.024
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Functional connectivity; Resting state fMRI; Disease progression; Default mode network; Fractionation
资金
- John Douglas French Foundation
- NIH [RO1NS073498, P01AG019724, P50AG023501]
While resting state functional connectivity has been shown to decrease in patients with mild and/or moderate Alzheimer's disease, it is not yet known how functional connectivity changes in patients as the disease progresses. Furthermore, it has been noted that the default mode network is not as homogenous as previously assumed and several fractionations of the network have been proposed. Here, we separately investigated the modulation of 3 default mode subnetworks, as identified with group independent component analysis, by comparing Alzheimer's disease patients to healthy controls and by assessing connectivity changes over time. Our results showed decreased connectivity at baseline in patients versus controls in the posterior default mode network, and increased connectivity in the anterior and ventral default mode networks. At follow-up, functional connectivity decreased across all default mode systems in patients. Our results suggest that earlier in the disease, regions of the posterior default mode network start to disengage whereas regions within the anterior and ventral networks enhance their connectivity. However, as the disease progresses, connectivity within all systems eventually deteriorates. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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