Single-subject structural cortical networks in clinically isolated syndrome
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Grant support
MR/S026088/1
Medical Research Council - United Kingdom
- Keywords
- Magnetic resonance imaging, clinically isolated syndrome, graph theory, gray matter, multicenter study, multiple sclerosis, structural cortical networks,
- MeSH
- Demyelinating Diseases * diagnostic imaging MeSH
- Cognition MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging MeSH
- Brain diagnostic imaging MeSH
- Neural Pathways diagnostic imaging MeSH
- Prospective Studies MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Multicenter Study MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
BACKGROUND: Structural cortical networks (SCNs) represent patterns of coordinated morphological modifications in cortical areas, and they present the advantage of being extracted from previously acquired clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. SCNs have shown pathophysiological changes in many brain disorders, including multiple sclerosis. OBJECTIVE: To investigate alterations of SCNs at the individual level in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), thereby assessing their clinical relevance. METHODS: We analyzed baseline data collected in a prospective multicenter (MAGNIMS) study. CIS patients (n = 60) and healthy controls (n = 38) underwent high-resolution 3T MRI. Measures of disability and cognitive processing were obtained for patients. Single-subject SCNs were extracted from brain 3D-T1 weighted sequences; global and local network parameters were computed. RESULTS: Compared to healthy controls, CIS patients showed altered small-world topology, an efficient network organization combining dense local clustering with relatively few long-distance connections. These disruptions were worse for patients with higher lesion load and worse cognitive processing speed. Alterations of centrality measures and clustering of connections were observed in specific cortical areas in CIS patients when compared with healthy controls. CONCLUSION: Our study indicates that SCNs can be used to demonstrate clinically relevant alterations of connectivity in CIS.
Department of Neurosciences San Camillo Forlanini Hospital Rome Italy
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK
UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering University College London London UK
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