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Effects of Smoking on Regional Homogeneity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking is a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, smoking-related effects on intrinsic brain activity in high-risk AD population are still unclear.

Objective

We aimed to explore differences in smoking effects on brain function between healthy elderly and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients using ReHo mapping.

Methods

We identified 64 healthy elderly controls and 116 aMCI patients, including 98 non-smoking and 18 smoking aMCI. Each subject underwent structural and resting-state functional MRI scanning and neuropsychological evaluations. Regional homogeneity (ReHo) mapping was used to assess regional brain synchronization. After correction for age, gender, education, and gray matter volume, we explored the difference of ReHo among groups in a voxel-wise way based on analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), followed by post hoc two-sample analyses (p < 0.05, corrected). Further, we correlated the mean ReHo with neuropsychological scales.

Results

Three groups were well-matched in age, gender, and education. Significant ReHo differences were found among three groups, located in the left supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and left angular gyrus (AG). Specifically, non-smoking aMCI had lower ReHo in SMG and AG than smoking aMCI and controls. By contrast, smoking aMCI had greater AG ReHo than healthy controls (p < 0.05). Across groups, correlation analyses showed that left AG ReHo correlated with MMSE (r = 0.18, p = 0.015), clock drawing test (r = 0.20, p = 0.007), immediate recall (r = 0.36, p < 0.001), delayed recall (r = 0.34, p < 0.001), and auditory verbal learning test (r = 0.20, p = 0.007).

Conclusion

Smoking might pose compensatory or protective effects on intrinsic brain activity in aMCI patients.

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717978 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effects of Smoking on Regional Homogeneity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study.

Zhang Tianyi T   Luo Xiao X   Zeng Qingze Q   Fu Yanv Y   Li Zheyu Z   Li Kaicheng K   Liu Xiaocao X   Huang Peiyu P   Chen Yanxing Y   Zhang Minming M   Liu Zhirong Z  

Frontiers in aging neuroscience 20201119


<h4>Background</h4>Smoking is a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, smoking-related effects on intrinsic brain activity in high-risk AD population are still unclear.<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to explore differences in smoking effects on brain function between healthy elderly and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients using ReHo mapping.<h4>Methods</h4>We identified 64 healthy elderly controls and 116 aMCI patients, including 98 non-smoking and 18 smoking aMC  ...[more]

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