Alternations of functional connectivity in amblyopia patients: a resting-state fMRI study

Jieqiong Wang; Ling Hu; Wenjing Li; Junfang Xian; Likun Ai; Huiguang He

doi:10.1117/12.2043424

13 March 2014 Alternations of functional connectivity in amblyopia patients: a resting-state fMRI study

Jieqiong Wang, Ling Hu, Wenjing Li, Junfang Xian, Likun Ai, Huiguang He

Proceedings Volume 9038, Medical Imaging 2014: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 903809 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043424
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Amblyopia is a common yet hard-to-cure disease in children and results in poor or blurred vision. Some efforts such as voxel-based analysis, cortical thickness analysis have been tried to reveal the pathogenesis of amblyopia. However, few studies focused on alterations of the functional connectivity (FC) in amblyopia. In this study, we analyzed the abnormalities of amblyopia patients by both the seed-based FC with the left/right primary visual cortex and the network constructed throughout the whole brain. Experiments showed the following results: (1)As for the seed-based FC analysis, FC between superior occipital gyrus and the primary visual cortex was found to significantly decrease in both sides. The abnormalities were also found in lingual gyrus. The results may reflect functional deficits both in dorsal stream and ventral stream. (2)Two increased functional connectivities and 64 decreased functional connectivities were found in the whole brain network analysis. The decreased functional connectivities most concentrate in the temporal cortex. The results suggest that amblyopia may be caused by the deficits in the visual information transmission.

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Jieqiong Wang, Ling Hu, Wenjing Li, Junfang Xian, Likun Ai, and Huiguang He "Alternations of functional connectivity in amblyopia patients: a resting-state fMRI study", Proc. SPIE 9038, Medical Imaging 2014: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 903809 (13 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043424

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