Sex differences in functional connectivity and the predictive role of the connectome-based predictive model in Alzheimer's disease

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by cognitive decline. Sex differences in the progression of AD exist, but the neural mechanisms are not well understood. The purpose of the current study was to explore sex differences in brain functional connectivity (FC) at different stages of AD and their predictive ability on Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores using connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM). Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was collected from 81 AD patients (44 females), 78 amnestic mild cognitive impairment patients (44 females), and 92 healthy controls (50 females). The FC analysis was conducted and the interaction effect between sex and group was investigated using two-factor variance analysis. The CPM was used to predict MoCA scores. There were sex-by-group interaction effects on FC between the left dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus and left middle temporal gyrus, left precuneus and right calcarine fissure surrounding cortex, left precuneus and left middle occipital gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus and left precentral gyrus, and between the left middle temporal gyrus and right cuneus. In the CPM, the positive network predictive model significantly predicted MoCA scores in both males and females. There were significant sex-by-group interaction effects on FC between the left precuneus and left middle occipital gyrus, and between the left middle temporal gyrus and right cuneus could predict MoCA scores in female patients. Our results suggest that there are sex differences in FC at different stages of AD. The sex-specific FC can further predict MoCA scores at individual level.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

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Journal of neuroscience research - 102(2024), 3 vom: 31. März, Seite e25307

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yuqing [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Wanqiu [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ziwen [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Ziang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaohu [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yongqiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoshu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Cognitive function
Connectome-based predictive modeling
Functional connectivity
Journal Article
Sex differences

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Date Completed 07.03.2024

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jnr.25307

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369340973