Title |
Disrupted topological organization of the frontal-mesolimbic network in obese patients
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Published in |
Brain Imaging and Behavior, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s11682-017-9802-z |
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Authors |
Qianqian Meng, Yu Han, Gang Ji, Guanya Li, Yang Hu, Li Liu, Qingchao Jin, Karen M. von Deneen, Jizheng Zhao, Guangbin Cui, Huaning Wang, Dardo Tomasi, Nora D. Volkow, Jixin Liu, Yongzhan Nie, Yi Zhang, Gene-Jack Wang |
Abstract |
Neuroimaging studies have revealed brain functional abnormalities in frontal-mesolimbic regions in obesity. However, the effects of obesity on brain network topology remains largely unknown. In the current study, we employed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and graph theory methods to investigate obesity-related changes in brain network topology in 26 obese patients and 28 normal weight subjects. Results revealed that the whole-brain networks of the two groups exhibited typical features of small-world topology. Obese patients showed significantly increased shortest path length (Lp) and decreased global efficiency (Eglob). Moreover, decreased nodal-degree/efficiency was found in frontal (medial orbitofrontal cortex-mOFC, rostral anterior cingulate cortex-rACC), striatal (caudate/nucleus accumbens) and limbic regions (insula, amygdala, hippocampus/parahippocampal gyrus) and thalamus in obese patients. Network-based statistics showed that a sub-network, composed of 31 nodes and 30 edges, was significantly disrupted in obese patients; 29 out of 30 connections were associated with the right rACC. In the obese group, Lp and Eglob were negatively correlated with body mass index (BMI, P < 0.005), and BMI was negatively correlated with nodal-degree/efficiency of the mOFC (P < 0.001). Findings suggest disruption of the small-world organization and a global reduction of integration of functional brain networks involving the right rACC in obesity and implicating the mOFC in mediating severity. |
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