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@ARTICLE{Behfar:887959,
author = {Behfar, Qumars and Behfar, Stefan Kambiz and von Reutern,
Boris and Richter, Nils and Dronse, Julian and Fassbender,
Ronja and Fink, Gereon R. and Onur, Oezguer A.},
title = {{G}raph {T}heory {A}nalysis {R}eveals {R}esting-{S}tate
{C}ompensatory {M}echanisms in {H}ealthy {A}ging and
{P}rodromal {A}lzheimer’s {D}isease},
journal = {Frontiers in aging neuroscience},
volume = {12},
issn = {1663-4365},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-04545},
pages = {576627},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Several theories of cognitive compensation have been
suggested to explain sustained cognitive abilities in
healthy brain aging and early neurodegenerative processes.
The growing number of studies investigating various aspects
of task-based compensation in these conditions is contrasted
by the shortage of data about resting-state compensatory
mechanisms. Using our proposed criterion-based framework for
compensation, we investigated 45 participants in three
groups: (i) patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
and positive biomarkers indicative of Alzheimer’s disease
(AD); (ii) cognitively normal young adults; (iii)
cognitively normal older adults. To increase reliability,
three sessions of resting-state functional magnetic
resonance imaging for each participant were performed on
different days (135 scans in total). To elucidate the
dimensions and dynamics of resting-state compensatory
mechanisms, we used graph theory analysis along with
volumetric analysis. Graph theory analysis was applied based
on the Brainnetome atlas, which provides a
connectivity-based parcellation framework. Comprehensive
neuropsychological examinations including the Rey Auditory
Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and the Trail Making Test (TMT)
were performed, to relate graph measures of compensatory
nodes to cognition. To avoid false-positive findings,
results were corrected for multiple comparisons. First, we
observed an increase of degree centrality in cognition
related brain regions of the middle frontal gyrus,
precentral gyrus and superior parietal lobe despite local
atrophy in MCI and healthy aging, indicating a resting-state
connectivity increase with positive biomarkers. When
relating the degree centrality measures to cognitive
performance, we observed that greater connectivity led to
better RAVLT and TMT scores in MCI and, hence, might
constitute a compensatory mechanism. The detection and
improved understanding of the compensatory dynamics in
healthy aging and prodromal AD is mandatory for implementing
and tailoring preventive interventions aiming at preserved
overall cognitive functioning and delayed clinical onset of
dementia.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33192468},
UT = {WOS:000585389400001},
doi = {10.3389/fnagi.2020.576627},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/887959},
}