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Functional Connectivity, Physical Activity, and Neurocognitive Performances in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment, No Dementia

Author(s): Ya-Ting Chang*, Chun-Ting Liu, Shih-Wei Hsu, Chen-Chang Lee and Pei-Ching Huang

Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022

Published on: 27 January, 2022

Page: [56 - 67] Pages: 12

DOI: 10.2174/1567205019666220127103852

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Abstract

Background: Vascular Cognitive Impairment, No Dementia (VCIND) is a key stage at which early intervention will delay or prevent dementia. The pathophysiology of VCIND posits that a lesion in a single location in the brain has the ability to disrupt brain networks, and the subsequent abnormal Functional Connectivity (FC) of brain networks leads to deficits in corresponding neurobehavioral domains. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that disrupted anterior cingulate cortex and striatal networks mediated the effects of Physical Activity (PA) on neurobehavioral function.

Methods: In 27 patients with VCIND, FC within the brain networks and neurobehavioral dysfunction were assessed. The relationship between the cognitive scores, FC, and PA was studied. The Fitbit Charge 2 was used to measure step counts, distance, and calories burned. In patients with VCIND, a cross-sectional Spearman’s correlation to analyze the relationship among patient-level measures of PA, cognitive function scores, and FC strength within the brain networks.

Results: Average step counts and average distance were associated with Trail Making Test B (TMB) time to completion (seconds) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) score (P < 0.05). The average calories burned were associated with IADL score (P = 0.009). The FC within the brain networks anchored by left caudal Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) seeds (x= -5, y= 0, z= 36) and (x= -5, y= -10, z= 47) were positively correlated with average step counts and average distance, were negatively correlated with TMB time to completion (seconds), and were positively correlated with IADL score (P < 0.05). The FC within the brain networks anchored by left subgenual ACC seed (x= -5, y= 25, z= -10) were negatively correlated with average step counts and average distance were positively correlated with TMB time to completion (seconds), and were negatively correlated with IADL score (P < 0.05). The FC within the striatal networks was positively correlated with average calories burned and IADL score (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: FC within the brain networks anchored by caudal ACC seeds was positively correlated with more average step counts/average distance and better IADL score; negatively correlated with longer TMB time to completion (seconds), whereas FC of subgenual ACC seed was negatively correlated with the same parameters. FC within the brain networks anchored by putamen rather than caudate or pallidum was positively correlated with average calories burned and IADL score.

Keywords: Actigraphy, brain network, cognition, executive function, functional connectivity, physical activity.

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