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Attenuation of the BOLD fMRI Signal and Changes in Functional Connectivity Affecting the Whole Brain in Presence of Brain Metastasis
Angstwurm, Pia, Hense, Katharina
, Rosengarth, Katharina, Strotzer, Quirin David
, Schmidt, Nils Ole
, Bumes, Elisabeth
, Hau, Peter
, Pukrop, Tobias
and Wendl, Christina
(2024)
Attenuation of the BOLD fMRI Signal and Changes in Functional Connectivity Affecting the Whole Brain in Presence of Brain Metastasis.
Cancers 16 (11), p. 2010.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 14 Jun 2024 15:48
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.58441
Abstract
To date, there are almost no investigations addressing functional connectivity (FC) in patients with brain metastases (BM). In this retrospective study, we investigate the influence of BM on hemodynamic brain signals derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and FC. Motor-fMRI data of 29 patients with BM and 29 matched healthy controls were analyzed to assess percent signal ...
To date, there are almost no investigations addressing functional connectivity (FC) in patients with brain metastases (BM). In this retrospective study, we investigate the influence of BM on hemodynamic brain signals derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and FC. Motor-fMRI data of 29 patients with BM and 29 matched healthy controls were analyzed to assess percent signal changes (PSC) in the ROIs motor cortex, premotor cortex, and supplementary motor cortex and FC in the sensorimotor, default mode, and salience networks using Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM12) and marsbar and CONN toolboxes. In the PSC analysis, an attenuation of the BOLD signal in the metastases-affected hemisphere compared to the contralateral hemisphere was significant only in the supplementary motor cortex during hand movement. In the FC analysis, we found alterations in patients’ FC compared to controls in all examined networks, also in the hemisphere contralateral to the metastasis. This indicates a qualitative attenuation of the BOLD signal in the affected hemisphere and also that FC is altered by the presence of BM, similarly to what is known for primary brain tumors. This transformation is not only visible in the infiltrated hemisphere, but also in the contralateral one, suggesting an influence of BM beyond local damage.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Cancers | ||||
| Publisher: | MDPI | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | Gold (with APC) | ||||
| Volume: | 16 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 11 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 2010 | ||||
| Date | 25 May 2024 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Zentrum für Neuroradiologie | ||||
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| Keywords | brainmetastasis; functionalmagnetic resonance imaging; blood oxygenation level-dependent imaging; functional connectivity; percent signal change | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-584414 | ||||
| Item ID | 58441 |
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