Altered cortical activation and connectivity patterns for visual attention processing in young adults post-traumatic brain injury: A functional near infrared spectroscopy study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Abstract
Aims: This study aimed at understanding the neurobiological mechanisms associated with inattention induced by traumatic brain injury (TBI). To eliminate the potential confounding caused by the heterogeneity of TBI, we focused on young adults postsports-related concussion (SRC). Methods: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data were collected from 27 young adults post-SRC and 27 group-matched normal controls (NCs), while performing a visual sustained attention task. Task responsive cortical activation maps and pairwise functional connectivity among six regions of interest were constructed for each subject. Correlations among the brain imaging measures and clinical measures of attention were calculated in each group. Results: Compared to the NCs, the SRC group showed significantly increased brain activation in left middle frontal gyrus (MFG) and increased functional connectivity between right inferior occipital cortex (IOC) bilateral calcarine gyri (CG). The left MFG activation magnitude was significantly negatively correlated with the hyperactive/impulsive symptom severity measure in the NCs, but not in the patients. The right hemisphere CG-IOC functional connectivity showed a significant positive correlation with the hyperactive/impulsive symptom severity measure in patients, but not in NCs. Conclusion: The current data suggest that abnormal left MFG activation and hyper-communications between right IOC and bilateral CG during visual attention processing may significantly contribute to behavioral manifestations of attention deficits in patients with TBI.
Identifier
85040794650 (Scopus)
Publication Title
CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1111/cns.12811
e-ISSN
17555949
ISSN
17555930
PubMed ID
29359534
First Page
539
Last Page
548
Issue
6
Volume
24
Grant
R03MH109791
Fund Ref
National Institutes of Health
Recommended Citation
Wu, Ziyan; Mazzola, Catherine A.; Catania, Lori; Owoeye, Oyindamola; Yaramothu, Chang; Alvarez, Tara; Gao, Yu; and Li, Xiaobo, "Altered cortical activation and connectivity patterns for visual attention processing in young adults post-traumatic brain injury: A functional near infrared spectroscopy study" (2018). Faculty Publications. 8642.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/8642
