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Altered functional connectivity of cortical networks in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia

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Popal, Haroon, Quimby, Megan, Hochberg, Daisy, Dickerson, Bradford C., Collins, Jessica A.·2020·NeuroImage: Clinical

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As their illness progresses, patients with the semantic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (svPPA) frequently exhibit peculiar behaviors indicative of altered visual attention or an increased interest in artistic endeavors. In the present study, we examined changes within and between large-scale functional brain networks that may explain this altered visual behavior. We first examined the connectivity of the visual association network, the dorsal attention network, and the default mode network in healthy young adults (n = 89) to understand the typical architecture of these networks in the healthy brain. We then compared the large-scale functional connectivity of these networks in a group of svPPA patients (n = 12) to a group of age-matched cognitively normal controls (n = 30). Our results showed that the between-network connectivity of the dorsal attention and visual association networks was elevated in svPPA patients relative to controls. We further showed that this heightened between-network connectivity was associated with a decrease in the within-network connectivity of the default mode network, possibly due to progressive degeneration of the anterior temporal lobes in svPPA. These results suggest that focal neurodegeneration can lead to the reorganization of large-scale cognitive networks beyond the primarily affected network(s), possibly contributing to cognitive or behavioral changes that are commonly present as part of the clinical phenotype of svPPA.

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Authors
Popal, H., Quimby, M., Hochberg, D., Dickerson, B. C., & Collins, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Temple University (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Dickerson, Bradford C.
Venue
NeuroImage: Clinical
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020
Volume
28
Pages
102494
ISSN
2213-1582 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3099235881
Cited by
18
References
110
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • NeuroImage Clinical (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords
semantic dementia, functional connectivity, large-scale brain networks, dorsal attention network, default mode network, between-network connectivity, within-network connectivity, neurodegeneration, network reorganization, visual attention, artistic behavior
MeSH terms
Brain, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Semantics, Temporal Lobe, Aphasia, Primary Progressive, Young Adult

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