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Depression Is Associated with the Aberration of Resting State Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity in Patients with Amyloid-Positive Mild Cognitive Impairment

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BRAIN SCIENCES
卷 13, 期 7, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13071111

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depression; mild cognitive impairment; amyloid; Alzheimer's disease; functional connectivity; default mode network

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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate stage between normal aging and dementia. Depression is prevalent in MCI patients and influences the disease progression. This study investigated the functional connectivity differences in the default mode network (DMN) of MCI patients with and without depression. The results showed increased functional connectivity in the anterior DMN of MCI patients with depression.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate stage between normal aging and dementia, and a significant number of individuals with MCI progress to develop dementia. Depression is prevalent in MCI patients and has been found to influence the disease progression of MCI. The default mode network (DMN), a brain network associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and its functional connectivity might be a neurological mechanism linking depression and AD. However, the relationship between depression, DMN functional connectivity, and cerebral beta-amyloid (A & beta;) pathology remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate DMN functional connectivity differences in A & beta;-positive MCI patients with depression compared to those without depression. A total of 126 A & beta;-positive MCI patients were included, with 66 having depression and 60 without depression. The results revealed increased functional connectivity in the anterior DMN in the depression group compared to the non-depression group. The functional connectivity of the anterior DMN positively correlated with depression severity but not with A & beta; deposition. Our findings suggest that depression influences DMN functional connectivity in A & beta;-positive MCI patients, and the depression-associated DMN functional connectivity aberrance might be an important neural mechanism linking depression, A & beta; pathology, and disease progression in the trajectory of AD.

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