期刊
NEUROREPORT
卷 33, 期 17, 页码 750-755出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001841
关键词
consciousness; diffusion tensor imaging; diffusion tensor tractography; hypoxic-ischemic brain injury; medial prefrontal cortex
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean Government (MSIP) [2021R1A2B5B01001386]
This pilot study examined the association between consciousness level and structural neural connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC SNC) in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI) patients. The study used diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) to reconstruct the mPFC SNC for each patient. The results showed that the severity of injury to the mPFC SNC was closely related to consciousness level.
This pilot study investigated the relationship between the consciousness level and the structural neural connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC SNC) in patients with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI), using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). Twenty-three patients with HI-BI were recruited into the study based on predefined inclusion criteria. Their consciousness levels were evaluated using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). Using DTT, the mPFC SNC was reconstructed for each patient. The average of the fractional anisotropy (FA), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and voxel number (VN) for the mPFC SNC in both hemispheres were determined. The GCS score showed moderate positive correlations with the FA value and VN of the mPFC SNC [(FA) r = 0.439; (VN) r = 0.466; P < 0.05], and a strong negative correlation with ADC value (r = -0.531; P < 0.05). The CRS-R score had a strong positive and negative correlation with the FA and ADC values of the mPFC SNC, respectively, [(FA) r = 0.540; (ADC) r = -0.614; P < 0.05] and a moderate positive correlation with the VN of the mPFC SNC (r = 0.488; P < 0.05). We found that the severity of the injury to the mPFC SNC was closely related to the consciousness level. Our results suggest that the mPFC SNC appears to be a neural correlate for the control of consciousness in patients with HI-BI. Based on these results, we believe that the mPFC could be a target area for noninvasive neurostimulation therapies for patients with impaired consciousness following HI-BI.
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