Brain Network and Abnormal Hemispheric Asymmetry Analyses to Explore the Marginal Differences in Glucose Metabolic Distributions Among Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease Dementia, and Lewy Body Dementia

Chen, Danyan; Jiang, Jiehui; Lu, Jiaying; Wu, Ping; Zhang, Huiwei; Zuo, Chuantao; Shi, Kuangyu (2019). Brain Network and Abnormal Hemispheric Asymmetry Analyses to Explore the Marginal Differences in Glucose Metabolic Distributions Among Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease Dementia, and Lewy Body Dementia. Frontiers in neurology, 10(369), p. 369. Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fneur.2019.00369

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Facilitating accurate diagnosis and ensuring appropriate treatment of dementia subtypes, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), and Lewy body dementia (DLB), is clinically important. However, the differences in glucose metabolic distribution among these three dementia subtypes are minor, which can result in difficulties in diagnosis by visual assessment or traditional quantification methods. Here, we explored this issue using novel approaches, including brain network and abnormal hemispheric asymmetry analyses. We generated 18F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) images from patients with AD, PDD, and DLB, and healthy control (HC) subjects (n = 22, 18, 22, and 22, respectively) from Huashan hospital, Shanghai, China. Brain network properties were measured and between-group differences evaluated using graph theory. We also calculated and explored asymmetry indices for the cerebral hemispheres in the four groups, to explore whether differences between the two hemispheres were characteristic of each group. Our study revealed significant differences in the network properties of the HC and AD groups (small-world coefficient, 1.36 vs. 1.28; clustering coefficient, 1.48 vs. 1.59; characteristic path length, 1.57 vs. 1.64). In addition, differing hub regions were identified in the different dementias. We also identified rightward asymmetry in the hemispheric brain networks of patients with AD and DLB, and leftward asymmetry in the hemispheric brain networks of patients with PDD, which were attributable to aberrant topological properties in the corresponding hemispheres.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Clinic of Nuclear Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Shi, Kuangyu

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1664-2295

Publisher:

Frontiers Media S.A.

Language:

English

Submitter:

Sabine Lanz

Date Deposited:

18 Dec 2019 13:58

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:34

Publisher DOI:

10.3389/fneur.2019.00369

PubMed ID:

31031697

Uncontrolled Keywords:

FDG-PET imaging; asymmetry; brain network; dementia; graph theory

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.136858

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/136858

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