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Aberrant dynamic minimal spanning tree parameters within default mode network in patients with autism spectrum disorder

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FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.860348

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autism spectrum disorder; default mode network; dynamic functional connectivity; minimal spanning tree; graph theory

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  1. Post-funded Project of the National Social Science Fund [20FJKB005]
  2. Henan Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Scholars Project [2018-YXXZ-03]
  3. Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project of Henan Province [2020BJY010]
  4. Postgraduate Cultivating Innovation and Quality Improvement Action Plan of Henan University [SYLYC2022039]
  5. Henan University Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Team [2019CXTD009]

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Through analyzing the altered functional connectivity in the autistic brain, researchers found that individuals with ASD exhibited lower and more volatile information exchange efficiencies within the default mode network compared to typical developing participants, which may be closely related to the severity of autistic symptoms.
The altered functional connectivity (FC) level and its temporal characteristics within certain cortical networks, such as the default mode network (DMN), could provide a possible explanatory framework for Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the current study, we hypothesized that the topographical organization along with its temporal dynamics of the autistic brain measured by temporal mean and variance of complex network measures, respectively, were significantly altered, which may further explain the autistic symptom severity in patients with ASD. To validate these hypotheses, the precise FCs between DMN regions at each time point were calculated using the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) datasets from the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE) project. Then, the minimal spanning tree (MST) technique was applied to construct a time-varying complex network of DMN. By analyzing the temporal mean and variance of MST parameters and their relationship with autistic symptom severity, we found that in persons with ASD, the information exchange efficiencies between cortical regions within DMN were significantly lower and more volatile compared with those in typical developing participants. Moreover, these alterations within DMN were closely associated with the autistic symptom severity of the ASD group.

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