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Hum Brain Mapp ; 42(2): 495-509, 2021 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33073920

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Three decades ago a series of parallel circuits were described involving the frontal cortex and deep grey matter structures, with putative roles in control of motor and oculomotor function, cognition, behaviour and emotion. The circuit comprising the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, caudate, globus pallidus and thalamus has a putative role in regulating executive functions. The aim of this study is to investigate effective connectivity (EC) of the dorsolateral-prefrontal circuit and its association with PASAT-3 performance in people with multiple sclerosis(MS). We use Granger causality analysis of resting-state functional MRI from 52 people with MS and 36 healthy people to infer that reduced EC in the afferent limb of the dorsolateral prefrontal circuit occurs in the people with MS with cognitive dysfunction (left: p = .006; right: p = .029), with bilateral EC reductions in this circuit resulting in more severe cognitive dysfunction than unilateral reductions alone (p = .002). We show that reduced EC in the afferent limb of the dorsolateral prefrontal circuit mediates the relationship between cognitive performance and macrostrucutral and microstructural alterations of white matter tracts in components of the circuit. Specificity is shown by the absence of any relationship between cognition and EC in the analogous and anatomically proximal motor circuit. We demonstrate good stability of the EC measures in people with MS over an interval averaging 8-months. Key positive and negative results are replicated in an independent cohort of people with MS. Our findings identify the dorsolateral prefrontal circuit as a potential target for therapeutic strategies aimed at improving cognition in people with MS.


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Córtex Pré-Frontal Dorsolateral/diagnóstico por imagem , Esclerose Múltipla/diagnóstico por imagem , Esclerose Múltipla/psicologia , Rede Nervosa/diagnóstico por imagem , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Substância Branca/diagnóstico por imagem , Adulto , Estudos de Coortes , Córtex Pré-Frontal Dorsolateral/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esclerose Múltipla/fisiopatologia , Rede Nervosa/fisiopatologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Substância Branca/fisiopatologia
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