The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study
Background. Exophthalmos occurs in patients with primary hyperthyroidism. There were few studies about the changes of brain functional networks of patients with exophthalmos of primary hyperthyroidism (EOPH). However, differences in spontaneous brain activity in patients with EOPH remain unclear. Ob...
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| description | Background. Exophthalmos occurs in patients with primary hyperthyroidism. There were few studies about the changes of brain functional networks of patients with exophthalmos of primary hyperthyroidism (EOPH). However, differences in spontaneous brain activity in patients with EOPH remain unclear. Objective. This study explored alterations in the brain functional networks of patients with EOPH using a voxel-wise degree centrality (DC) method. Methods. A total of 20 patients with EOPH (8 men and 12 women) were enrolled. In addition, 20 patients with primary hyperthyroidism without exophthalmos, matched in age, sex, and education status, were enrolled as a control group. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess the anxiety and depression status of participants. All participants were examined using resting-state functional MRI. Changes in spontaneous brain activity were investigated using the DC method. To distinguish between the DC values of the patients with EOPH and those of the control group, we analyzed the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The interrelationships between the DC values and clinical variables in the patients with EOPH were evaluated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results. Patients with EOPH exhibited notably lower DC values in the cerebellum posterior lobe than the control group. In addition, there were negative correlations between the anxiety scores (AS) and the depression scores (DS) and DC values of the cerebellum posterior lobe. The ROC curve analysis of the cerebellum posterior lobe demonstrated that the area under the curve method had a high diagnostic accuracy. Conclusions. Our study was the first, to our knowledge, to explore changes in the brains of patients with EOPH using the DC method. The DC value was significantly different in the cerebellum posterior lobe in patients with EOPH, indicating that the cerebellum posterior lobe is associated with EOPH. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed85ad08991d46e3bfd07bbb497e30f72025-08-20T02:22:10ZengWileyInternational Journal of Endocrinology1687-83371687-83452019-01-01201910.1155/2019/81356718135671The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI StudyWen-Feng Liu0Yong-Qiang Shu1Pei-Wen Zhu2Biao Li3Wen-Qing Shi4Qi Lin5Yu-Xin Liu6Meng-Yao Zhang7You-Lan Min8Qing Yuan9Yi Shao10Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, ChinaBackground. Exophthalmos occurs in patients with primary hyperthyroidism. There were few studies about the changes of brain functional networks of patients with exophthalmos of primary hyperthyroidism (EOPH). However, differences in spontaneous brain activity in patients with EOPH remain unclear. Objective. This study explored alterations in the brain functional networks of patients with EOPH using a voxel-wise degree centrality (DC) method. Methods. A total of 20 patients with EOPH (8 men and 12 women) were enrolled. In addition, 20 patients with primary hyperthyroidism without exophthalmos, matched in age, sex, and education status, were enrolled as a control group. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess the anxiety and depression status of participants. All participants were examined using resting-state functional MRI. Changes in spontaneous brain activity were investigated using the DC method. To distinguish between the DC values of the patients with EOPH and those of the control group, we analyzed the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The interrelationships between the DC values and clinical variables in the patients with EOPH were evaluated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results. Patients with EOPH exhibited notably lower DC values in the cerebellum posterior lobe than the control group. In addition, there were negative correlations between the anxiety scores (AS) and the depression scores (DS) and DC values of the cerebellum posterior lobe. The ROC curve analysis of the cerebellum posterior lobe demonstrated that the area under the curve method had a high diagnostic accuracy. Conclusions. Our study was the first, to our knowledge, to explore changes in the brains of patients with EOPH using the DC method. The DC value was significantly different in the cerebellum posterior lobe in patients with EOPH, indicating that the cerebellum posterior lobe is associated with EOPH.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8135671 |
| spellingShingle | Wen-Feng Liu Yong-Qiang Shu Pei-Wen Zhu Biao Li Wen-Qing Shi Qi Lin Yu-Xin Liu Meng-Yao Zhang You-Lan Min Qing Yuan Yi Shao The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study International Journal of Endocrinology |
| title | The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study |
| title_full | The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study |
| title_fullStr | The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study |
| title_short | The Cerebellum Posterior Lobe Associates with the Exophthalmos of Primary Hyperthyroidism: A Resting-State fMRI Study |
| title_sort | cerebellum posterior lobe associates with the exophthalmos of primary hyperthyroidism a resting state fmri study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8135671 |
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