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Alteration of White Matter Connectivity for MR‐Guided Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Essential Tremor

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العنوان: Alteration of White Matter Connectivity for MR‐Guided Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Essential Tremor
المؤلفون: Wang, Xiaoyu, Lin, Jiaji, Lu, Haoxuan, Xiong, Yongqin, Duan, Caohui, Zhang, Dong, Huang, Jiayu, Deng, Linlin, Li, Chenxi, Li, Runze, Zhang, Dekang, Bian, Xiangbing, Zhou, Jiayou, Pan, Longsheng, Lou, Xin
المساهمون: National Natural Science Foundation of China
المصدر: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; volume 59, issue 4, page 1358-1370 ; ISSN 1053-1807 1522-2586
بيانات النشر: Wiley
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref)
الوصف: Background Magnetic resonance‐guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy has been implemented as a therapeutic alternative for the treatment of drug‐refractory essential tremor (ET). However, its impact on the brain structural network is still unclear. Purpose To investigate both global and local alterations of the white matter (WM) connectivity network in ET after MRgFUS thalamotomy. Study Type Retrospective. Subjects Twenty‐seven ET patients (61 ± 11 years, 19 males) with MRgFUS thalamotomy and 28 healthy controls (HC) (61 ± 11 years, 20 males) were recruited for comparison. Field Strength/Sequence A 3 T/single shell diffusion tensor imaging by using spin‐echo‐based echo‐planar imaging, three‐dimensional T1 weighted imaging by using gradient‐echo‐based sequence. Assessment Patients were undergoing MRgFUS thalamotomy and their clinical data were collected from pre‐operation to 6‐month post‐operation. Network topological metrics, including rich‐club organization, small‐world, and efficiency properties were calculated. Correlation between the topological metrics and tremor scores in ET groups was also calculated to assess the role of neural remodeling in the brain. Statistical Tests Two‐sample independent t ‐tests, chi‐squared test, ANOVA, Bonferroni test, and Spearman's correlation. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. Results For ET patients, the strength of rich‐club connection and clustering coefficient significantly increased vs. characteristic path length decreased at 6‐month post‐operation compared with pre‐operation. The distribution pattern of rich‐club regions was different in ET groups. Specifically, the order of the rich‐club regions was changed according to the network degree value after MRgFUS thalamotomy. Moreover, the altered nodal efficiency in the right temporal pole of the superior temporal gyrus ( R = 0.434–0.596) and right putamen ( R = 0.413–0.436) was positively correlated with different tremor improvement. Data Conclusion These findings might improve understanding of ...
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اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28896
الاتاحة: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.28896
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رقم الانضمام: edsbas.EC9F41FB
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