Altered Cortical Thickness, Degree Centrality, and Functional Connectivity in Middle-age Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Overview

Journal Front Neurol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2022 Nov 21

PMID 36408505

Authors

Shangyu Kang

Yuna Chen

Jinjian Wu

Yi Liang

Yawen Rao

Xiaomei Yue

Wenjiao Lyu

Yifan Li

Xin Tan

Haoming Huang

Shijun Qiu

Affiliations

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the changes in brain structure and function in middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using morphometry and blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI).

Methods: A total of 44 middle-aged patients with T2DM and 45 matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. Surface-based morphometry (SBM) was used to evaluate the changes in brain morphology. Degree centrality (DC) and functional connectivity (FC) were used to evaluate the changes in brain function.

Results: Compared with HCs, middle-aged patients with T2DM exhibited cortical thickness reductions in the left pars opercularis, left transverse temporal, and right superior temporal gyri. Decreased DC values were observed in the cuneus and precuneus in T2DM. Hub-based FC analysis of these regions revealed lower connectivity in the bilateral hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus, left precuneus, as well as left frontal sup.

Conclusion: Cortical thickness, degree centrality, as well as functional connectivity were found to have significant changes in middle-aged patients with T2DM. Our observations provide potential evidence from neuroimaging for analysis to examine diabetes-related brain damage.

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