| Altered functional brain networks in Prader-Willi syndrome. | |
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PMID: 23335390 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic imprinting disorder characterized mainly by hyperphagia and early childhood obesity. Previous functional neuroimaging studies used visual stimuli to examine abnormal activities in the eating-related neural circuitry of patients with PWS. It was found that patients with PWS exhibited both excessive hunger and hyperphagia consistently, even in situations without any food stimulation. In the present study, we employed resting-state functional MRI techniques to investigate abnormal brain networks related to eating disorders in children with PWS. First, we applied amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation analysis to define the regions of interest that showed significant alterations in resting-state brain activity levels in patients compared with their sibling control group. We then applied a functional connectivity (FC) analysis to these regions of interest in order to characterize interactions among the brain regions. Our results demonstrated that patients with PWS showed decreased FC strength in the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC)/inferior parietal lobe (IPL), MPFC/precuneus, IPL/precuneus and IPL/hippocampus in the default mode network; decreased FC strength in the pre-/postcentral gyri and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)/orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in the motor sensory network and prefrontal cortex network, respectively; and increased FC strength in the anterior cingulate cortex/insula, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC)/OFC and DLPFC/VLPFC in the core network and prefrontal cortex network, respectively. These findings indicate that there are FC alterations among the brain regions implicated in eating as well as rewarding, even during the resting state, which may provide further evidence supporting the use of PWS as a model to study obesity and to provide information on potential neural targets for the medical treatment of overeating. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Yi Zhang; Heng Zhao; Siyou Qiu; Jie Tian; Xiaotong Wen; Jennifer L Miller; Karen M von Deneen; Zhenyu Zhou; Mark S Gold; Yijun Liu |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-21 |
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Title: NMR in biomedicine Volume: - ISSN: 1099-1492 ISO Abbreviation: NMR Biomed Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8915233 Medline TA: NMR Biomed Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Life Sciences Research Center, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; Department of Psychiatry and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. |
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