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© 2021 The Authors. The clinical syndromes of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) may be mediated by abnormal temporal dynamics of brain networks, due to the impact of atrophy, synapse loss and neurotransmitter deficits. We tested the hypothesis that alterations in signal complexity in neural networks influence short-latency state transitions. Ninety-four participants with PSP and 64 healthy controls were recruited from two independent cohorts. All participants underwent clinical and neuropsychological testing and resting-state functional MRI. Network dynamics were assessed using hidden Markov models and neural signal complexity measured in terms of multiscale entropy. In both cohorts, PSP increased the proportion of time in networks associated with higher cognitive functions. This effect correlated with clinical severity as measured by the PSP-rating-scale, and with reduced neural signal complexity. Regional atrophy influenced abnormal brain-state occupancy, but abnormal network topology and dynamics were not restricted to areas of atrophy. Our findings show that the pathology of PSP causes clinically relevant changes in neural temporal dynamics, leading to a greater proportion of time in inefficient brain-states.
Author(s): Whiteside DJ, Jones PS, Ghosh BCP, Coyle-Gilchrist I, Gerhard A, Hu MT, Klein JC, Leigh PN, Church A, Burn DJ, Morris HR, Rowe JB, Rittman T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neurobiology of Aging
Year: 2021
Volume: 107
Pages: 109-117
Print publication date: 01/11/2021
Online publication date: 16/07/2021
Acceptance date: 08/07/2021
Date deposited: 07/09/2021
ISSN (print): 0197-4580
ISSN (electronic): 1558-1497
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.07.007
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.07.007
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