异常发声行为可预测阿尔茨海默病的执行功能和记忆缺陷。

Abnormal vocal behavior predicts executive and memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease.

作者信息

Ranasinghe Kamalini G, Gill Jeevit S, Kothare Hardik, Beagle Alexander J, Mizuiri Danielle, Honma Susanne M, Gorno-Tempini Maria Luisa, Miller Bruce L, Vossel Keith A, Nagarajan Srikantan S, Houde John F

机构信息

Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Speech Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

出版信息

Neurobiol Aging. 2017 Apr;52:71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.12.020. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Abstract

Speakers respond automatically and rapidly to compensate for brief perturbations of pitch in their auditory feedback. The specific adjustments in vocal output require integration of brain regions involved in speech-motor-control in order to detect the sensory-feedback error and implement the motor correction. Cortical regions involved in the pitch reflex phenomenon are highly vulnerable targets of network disruption in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We examined the pitch reflex in AD patients (n = 19) compared to an age-matched control group (n = 16). We measured the degree of behavioral compensation (peak compensation) and the extent of the adaptive response (pitch-response persistence). Healthy-controls reached a peak compensation of 18.7 ± 0.8 cents, and demonstrated a sustained compensation at 8.9 ± 0.69 cents. AD patients, in contrast, demonstrated a significantly elevated peak compensation (22.4 ± 1.2 cents, p < 0.05), and a reduced sustained response (pitch-response persistence, 4.5 ± 0.88 cents, p < 0.001). The degree of increased peak compensation predicted executive dysfunction, while the degree of impaired pitch-response persistence predicted memory dysfunction, in AD patients. The current study demonstrates pitch reflex as a sensitive behavioral index of impaired prefrontal modulation of sensorimotor integration, and compromised plasticity mechanisms of memory, in AD.

摘要

说话者会自动且迅速地做出反应,以补偿听觉反馈中短暂的音高扰动。语音输出的具体调整需要整合参与言语运动控制的脑区,以便检测感觉反馈误差并实施运动校正。参与音高反射现象的皮质区域是阿尔茨海默病(AD)中网络破坏的高度易损靶点。我们将19名AD患者与16名年龄匹配的对照组进行比较,研究了AD患者的音高反射。我们测量了行为补偿程度(峰值补偿)和适应性反应程度(音高反应持续性)。健康对照组的峰值补偿为18.7±0.8音分,并在8.9±0.69音分处表现出持续补偿。相比之下,AD患者的峰值补偿显著升高(22.4±1.2音分,p<0.05),持续反应降低(音高反应持续性,4.5±0.88音分,p<0.001)。在AD患者中,峰值补偿增加的程度预示着执行功能障碍,而音高反应持续性受损的程度预示着记忆功能障碍。当前研究表明,音高反射是AD中前额叶对感觉运动整合调节受损以及记忆可塑性机制受损的敏感行为指标。

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