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Hense, Katharina ; Deuter, Daniel ; Greenlee, Mark W. ; Wendl, Christina ; Schmidt, Nils Ole ; Stroszczynski, Christian ; Doenitz, Christian ; Ott, Christian ; Rosengarth, Katharina

Analysis of Functional Neuroplastic Changes in the Cortical Language System in Relation to Different Growth Patterns of Glioblastoma

Hense, Katharina , Deuter, Daniel , Greenlee, Mark W. , Wendl, Christina, Schmidt, Nils Ole, Stroszczynski, Christian, Doenitz, Christian, Ott, Christian and Rosengarth, Katharina (2023) Analysis of Functional Neuroplastic Changes in the Cortical Language System in Relation to Different Growth Patterns of Glioblastoma. Brain Sciences 13 (6), p. 867.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 09 Jun 2023 06:53
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.54345


Abstract

The interpretation of fMRI data in glioblastoma (GB) is challenging as these tumors exhibit specific hemodynamic processes which, together with malignancy, tumor volume and proximity to eloquent cortex areas, may lead to misinterpretations of fMRI signals. The aim of this study was to investigate if different radiologically defined GB tumor growth patterns may also influence the fMRI signal, ...

The interpretation of fMRI data in glioblastoma (GB) is challenging as these tumors exhibit specific hemodynamic processes which, together with malignancy, tumor volume and proximity to eloquent cortex areas, may lead to misinterpretations of fMRI signals. The aim of this study was to investigate if different radiologically defined GB tumor growth patterns may also influence the fMRI signal, activation pattern and functional connectivity differently. Sixty-four patients with left-hemispheric glioblastoma were included and stratified according to their radiologically defined tumor growth pattern into groups with a uniform (U-TGP) or diffuse tumor growth pattern (D-TGP). Task-based fMRI data were analyzed using SPM12 with the marsbar, LI and CONN toolboxes. The percent signal change and the laterality index were analyzed, as well as functional connectivity between 23 selected ROIs. Comparisons of both patient groups showed only minor non-significant differences, indicating that the tumor growth pattern is not a relevant influencing factor for fMRI signal. In addition to these results, signal reductions were found in areas that were not affected by the tumor underlining that a GB is not a localized but rather a systemic disease affecting the entire brain.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleBrain Sciences
Publisher:MDPI
Place of Publication:BASEL
Volume:13
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:6
Page Range:p. 867
Date27 May 2023
InstitutionsMedicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurochirurgie
Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik
Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I (Allgemeine Psychologie I und Methodenlehre) - Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee
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10.3390/brainsci13060867DOI
KeywordsBRAIN-TUMORS; FMRI ACTIVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; CONNECTIVITY; MRI; GRADE; PROGRESSION; PROGNOSIS; ADJACENT; SURVIVAL; glioblastoma; heterogeneity; brain tumor; functional magnetic resonance imaging; blood oxygenation level dependent imaging; task-based functional connectivity; preoperative mapping; preoperative noninvasive imaging
Dewey Decimal Classification600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-543452
Item ID54345

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