Investigating the mechanism and prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness on the basis of brain networks between the thalamus and whole-brain

PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the changes in the functional connectivity between the bilateral thalamus and the whole-brain in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) patients suffering from disorders of consciousness (DOC) and to explore their potential prognostic representation capacity.MethodsThe sTBI patients suffering from DOC and healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging. We defined patients with the Extended Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS-E) ≥ 3 as the wake group and GOS-E = 2 as the coma group. The differences in functional connectivity between sTBI and healthy controls and between wake and coma groups were compared. Based on the brain regions with altered functional connectivity between wake and coma groups, they were divided into 26 regions of interest. Based on the Z-values of regions of interest, the receiver operating characteristic analysis was conducted to classify the prognosis of patients.ResultsA total of 28 patients and 15 healthy controls were finally included. Patients who had DOC indicated a significant disruption of functional connectivity between the bilateral thalamus and the whole-brain (FDR corrected, P < 0.0007). The functional connectivity strength (bilateral thalamus to whole-brain) was significantly different between coma patients who went on to wake and those who were eventually non-awake at 6 months after sTBI (Alphasim corrected, P < 0.05). Furthermore, the 26 regions of interest had a similar or even better prognostic distinction ability than the admission Glasgow coma score.ConclusionThe thalamus-based system of consciousness of sTBI patients suffering from DOC is disrupted. There are differences in the thalamus-to-whole-brain network between wake and coma groups and these differences have potential prognostic characterization capability..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in Neurology - 13(2022)

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jun Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Jun Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Hongying Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Fuli Yan [VerfasserIn]
Hengzhu Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Enpeng Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Xingdong Wang [VerfasserIn]
Min Wei [VerfasserIn]
Yunlong Pei [VerfasserIn]
Zhijie Yang [VerfasserIn]
Yuping Li [VerfasserIn]
Lun Dong [VerfasserIn]
Xiaodong Wang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain networks
Disorders of consciousness
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Resting state functional magnetic resonance (rs-fMRI)
Severe traumatic brain injury
Thalamus

doi:

10.3389/fneur.2022.990686

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DOAJ006733921