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Disrupted Topological Organization in White Matter Networks in Unilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

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FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
卷 15, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.666651

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diffusional tensor imaging; deterministic tractography; graph theory; small-worldness; unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81001218, 81701673]
  2. Hubei Natural Science Foundation [2019CFB497]

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This study found that SSNHL patients showed decreased global network integration and segregation, reflected by decreased clustering coefficient, local efficiency, global efficiency, normalized clustering coefficient, normalized characteristic path length, and small-worldness, along with increased characteristic path length compared to healthy controls. Nodal centralities in specific brain regions associated with various networks were also altered in SSNHL patients.
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is a sudden-onset hearing impairment that rapidly develops within 72 h and is mostly unilateral. Only a few patients can be identified with a defined cause by routine clinical examinations. Recently, some studies have shown that unilateral SSNHL is associated with alterations in the central nervous system. However, little is known about the topological organization of white matter (WM) networks in unilateral SSNHL patients in the acute phase. In this study, 145 patients with SSNHL and 91 age-, gender-, and education-matched healthy controls were evaluated using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and graph theoretical approaches. The topological properties of WM networks, including global and nodal parameters, were investigated. At the global level, SSNHL patients displayed decreased clustering coefficient, local efficiency, global efficiency, normalized clustering coefficient, normalized characteristic path length, and small-worldness and increased characteristic path length (p < 0.05) compared with healthy controls. At the nodal level, altered nodal centralities in brain regions involved the auditory network, visual network, attention network, default mode network (DMN), sensorimotor network, and subcortical network (p < 0.05, Bonferroni corrected). These findings indicate a shift of the WM network topology in SSNHL patients toward randomization, which is characterized by decreased global network integration and segregation and is reflected by decreased global connectivity and altered nodal centralities. This study could help us understand the potential pathophysiology of unilateral SSNHL.

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