Altered grey matter structural covariance in chronic moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 29 08 2023
accepted: 19 12 2023
medline: 20 1 2024
pubmed: 20 1 2024
entrez: 19 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) alters brain network connectivity. Structural covariance networks (SCNs) reflect morphological covariation between brain regions. SCNs may elucidate how altered brain network topology in TBI influences long-term outcomes. Here, we assessed whether SCN organisation is altered in individuals with chronic moderate-severe TBI (≥ 10 years post-injury) and associations with cognitive performance. This case-control study included fifty individuals with chronic moderate-severe TBI compared to 75 healthy controls recruited from an ongoing longitudinal head injury outcome study. SCNs were constructed using grey matter volume measurements from T1-weighted MRI images. Global and regional SCN organisation in relation to group membership and cognitive ability was examined using regression analyses. Globally, TBI participants had reduced small-worldness, longer characteristic path length, higher clustering, and higher modularity globally (p < 0.05). Regionally, TBI participants had greater betweenness centrality (p < 0.05) in frontal and central areas of the cortex. No significant associations were observed between global network measures and cognitive ability in participants with TBI (p > 0.05). Chronic moderate-severe TBI was associated with a shift towards a more segregated global network topology and altered organisation in frontal and central brain regions. There was no evidence that SCNs are associated with cognition.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38242923
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50396-7
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-50396-7
doi:

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eng

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Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1127007
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Georgia F Symons (GF)

Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, 6th Floor, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. Georgia.Fullersymons1@monash.edu.

Matthew C Gregg (MC)

Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Ground Floor, 185-187 Hoddle St, Richmond, 3121, Australia.

Amelia J Hicks (AJ)

Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Ground Floor, 185-187 Hoddle St, Richmond, 3121, Australia.

Christopher C Rowe (CC)

Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.

Sandy R Shultz (SR)

Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, 6th Floor, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
Health Sciences, Vancouver Island University, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5S5, Canada.

Jennie L Ponsford (JL)

Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Ground Floor, 185-187 Hoddle St, Richmond, 3121, Australia.

Gershon Spitz (G)

Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, 6th Floor, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Ground Floor, 185-187 Hoddle St, Richmond, 3121, Australia.

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