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Increased Resting-State Cerebellar-Cerebral Functional Connectivity Underlying Chronic Tinnitus

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Title
Increased Resting-State Cerebellar-Cerebral Functional Connectivity Underlying Chronic Tinnitus
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, March 2018
DOI 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00059
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Yuan Feng, Yu-Chen Chen, Han Lv, Wenqing Xia, Cun-Nan Mao, Fan Bo, Huiyou Chen, Jin-Jing Xu, Xindao Yin

Abstract

Purpose: Chronic subjective tinnitus may arise from aberrant functional coupling between the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex. To explore this hypothesis, we used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to illuminate the functional connectivity network of the cerebellar regions in chronic tinnitus patients and controls. Methods: Resting-state fMRI scans were obtained from 28 chronic tinnitus patients and 29 healthy controls (well matched for age, sex and education) in this study. Cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity was characterized using a seed-based whole-brain correlation method. The resulting cerebellar functional connectivity measures were correlated with each clinical tinnitus characteristic. Results: Chronic tinnitus patients demonstrated increased functional connectivity between the cerebellum and several cerebral regions, including the superior temporal gyrus (STG), parahippocampal gyrus (PHG), inferior occipital gyrus (IOG), and precentral gyrus. The enhanced functional connectivity between the left cerebellar Lobule VIIb and the right STG was positively correlated with the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaires (THQ) score (r = 0.577, p = 0.004). Furthermore, the increased functional connectivity between the cerebellar vermis and the right STG was also associated with the THQ score (r = 0.432, p = 0.039). Conclusions: Chronic tinnitus patients have greater cerebellar functional connectivity to certain cerebral brain regions which is associated with specific tinnitus characteristics. Resting-state cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity disturbances may play a pivotal role in neuropathological features of tinnitus.

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Unknown 22 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 23%
Student > Postgraduate 2 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 9%
Student > Master 1 5%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 9 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 4 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 9 41%
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#13,347,438
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