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- Title
Comparative study on structural and functional brain differences in mild cognitive impairment patients with tinnitus.
- Authors
Sang-Yoon Han; Heejung Kim; Yejin Yun; Min Jae Lee; Jun-Young Lee; Sun-Won Park; Yu Kyeong Kim; Young Ho Kim
- Abstract
Objective: Tinnitus may be associated with various brain changes. However, the degenerative changes in patients with tinnitus have not been extensively investigated. We aimed to evaluate degenerative, structural, and functional brain changes in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who also suffer from tinnitus. Materials and methods: This study included participants aged 60 to 80 years with MCI and a hearing level better than 40 dB. The participants were classified into two groups: MCI with tinnitus (MCI-T) and MCI without tinnitus (MCI-NT). All patients underwent Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), 3 T brain MRI, F18-florapronol PET, and F18-FDG PET. Results: The MCI-T group exhibited higher ß-amyloid deposition in the superior temporal gyrus, temporal pole, and middle temporal gyrus compared to the MCI-NT group (p < 0.05 for all). Additionally, the MCI-T group showed increased metabolism in the inferior frontal gyrus, insula, and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) (p < 0.005 for all). The THI score was strongly correlated with increased volume in the insula, ACC, superior frontal gyrus, supplementary motor area, white matter near the hippocampus, and precentral gyrus (p < 0.05 for all). Moreover, the MCI-T group demonstrated higher metabolic activity in the default mode network (DMN) and lower activity in the executive control network (ECN) (p < 0.05 for all). In the MCI-T group, the posterior DMN was positively correlated with the visual network and negatively with the ECN, whereas in the MCI-NT group, it correlated positively with the ECN. Conclusion: The MCI-T group exhibited greater ß-amyloid accumulation in the auditory cortex and more extensive changes across various brain networks compared with the MCI-NT group, potentially leading to diverse clinical symptoms such as dementia with semantic deficits or depression. Tinnitus in MCI patients may serve as a biomarker for degenerative changes in the temporal lobe and alterations in brain network dynamics.
- Subjects
FUNCTIONAL connectivity; MILD cognitive impairment; RESEARCH funding; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; BRAIN; DEOXY sugars; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TINNITUS; GRAY matter (Nerve tissue); CLUSTER sampling; RESEARCH; DATA analysis software; FACTOR analysis; COMPARATIVE studies; AMYLOID beta-protein precursor; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1663-4365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnagi.2024.1470919