Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Patients with Long-Term Remission of Cushing's Disease

Overview

Journal Neuropsychopharmacology

Date 2015 Feb 6

PMID 25652248

Citations 19

Authors

Steven J A van der Werff

J Nienke Pannekoek

Cornelie D Andela

Onno C Meijer

Mark A van Buchem

Serge A R B Rombouts

Roos C van der Mast

Nienke R Biermasz

Alberto M Pereira

Nic J A Van der Wee

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Abstract

Glucocorticoid disturbance can be a cause of psychiatric symptoms. Cushing's disease represents a unique model for examining the effects of prolonged exposure to high levels of endogenous cortisol on the human brain as well as for examining the relation between these effects and psychiatric symptomatology. This study aimed to investigate resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) of the limbic network, the default mode network (DMN), and the executive control network in patients with long-term remission of Cushing's disease. RSFC of these three networks of interest was compared between patients in remission of Cushing's disease (n=24; 4 male, mean age=44.96 years) and matched healthy controls (n=24; 4 male, mean age=46.5 years), using probabilistic independent component analysis to extract the networks and a dual regression method to compare both groups. Psychological and cognitive functioning was assessed with validated questionnaires and interviews. In comparison with controls, patients with remission of Cushing's disease showed an increased RSFC between the limbic network and the subgenual subregion of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as well as an increased RSFC of the DMN in the left lateral occipital cortex. However, these findings were not associated with psychiatric symptoms in the patient group. Our data indicate that previous exposure to hypercortisolism is related to persisting changes in brain function.

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