臂丛神经损伤与修复后的皮质可塑性:一项静息态功能磁共振成像研究
Cortical plasticity after brachial plexus injury and repair: a resting-state functional MRI study.
作者信息
Bhat Dhananjaya I, Indira Devi B, Bharti Komal, Panda Rajanikant
机构信息
Departments of 1 Neurosurgery and.
Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
出版信息
Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Mar;42(3):E14. doi: 10.3171/2016.12.FOCUS16430.
OBJECTIVE The authors aimed to understand the alterations of brain resting-state networks (RSNs) in patients with pan-brachial plexus injury (BPI) before and after surgery, which might provide insight into cortical plasticity after peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. METHODS Thirty-five patients with left pan-BPI before surgery, 30 patients after surgery, and 25 healthy controls underwent resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI). The 30 postoperative patients were subdivided into 2 groups: 14 patients with improvement in muscle power and 16 patients with no improvement in muscle power after surgery. RSNs were extracted using independent component analysis to evaluate connectivity at a significance level of p < 0.05 (familywise error corrected). RESULTS The patients with BPI had lower connectivity in their sensorimotor network (SMN) and salience network (SN) and greater connectivity in their default mode network (DMN) before surgery than the controls. Connectivity of the left supplementary motor cortex in the SMN and medial frontal gyrus and in the anterior cingulate cortex in the SN increased in patients whose muscle power had improved after surgery, whereas no significant changes were noted in the unimproved patients. There was a trend toward reduction in DMN connectivity in all the patients after surgery compared with that in the preoperative patients; however, this result was not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study highlight the fact that peripheral nerve injury, its management, and successful treatment cause dynamic changes within the brain's RSNs, which includes not only the obvious SMN but also the higher cognitive networks such as the SN and DMN, which indicates brain plasticity and compensatory mechanisms at work.
目的 作者旨在了解全臂丛神经损伤(BPI)患者手术前后脑静息态网络(RSNs)的变化,这可能有助于深入了解周围神经损伤和再生后的皮质可塑性。方法 35例术前左侧全臂丛神经损伤患者、30例术后患者及25例健康对照者接受静息态功能磁共振成像(rs-fMRI)检查。30例术后患者分为2组:14例术后肌力改善患者和16例术后肌力未改善患者。采用独立成分分析提取RSNs,以评估p<0.05(家族性错误校正)水平的连通性。结果 与对照组相比,臂丛神经损伤患者术前感觉运动网络(SMN)和突显网络(SN)的连通性较低,默认模式网络(DMN)的连通性较高。术后肌力改善患者的SMN中左侧辅助运动区以及SN中的内侧额回和前扣带回皮质的连通性增加,而未改善患者无明显变化。与术前患者相比,所有患者术后DMN连通性均有降低趋势,但结果无统计学意义。结论 本研究结果突出了这样一个事实,即周围神经损伤及其处理和成功治疗会导致脑RSNs内的动态变化,这不仅包括明显的SMN,还包括较高的认知网络,如SN和DMN,这表明大脑可塑性和代偿机制在起作用。