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6 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Cortical Hubs Revealed by Intrinsic Functional Connectivity: Mapping, Assessment of Stability, and Relation to Alzheimer's Disease

   Buckner, Sepulcre, Talukdar et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2009

   Using brain imaging, the authors mapped highly connected cortical hubs, found them stable across task states, and noted that amyloid-β deposition in Alzheimer's disease was high at hub locations.

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   1. UncheckedIn fMRI maps of the human cortex, the most highly connected 'hub' regions lay in posterior cingulate, lateral temporal, lateral parietal and prefrontal areas.“Prominent hubs were located within posterior cingulate, lateral temporal, lateral parietal, and medial/lateral prefrontal cortices.”
   2. UncheckedIn a 12-person dataset, brain hub locations were present in both passive and active task states, which the authors take to suggest a stable feature of cortical networks.“A third dataset ( n = 12) demonstrated that the locations of hubs were present across passive and active task states, suggesting that they reflect a stable property of cortical network architecture.”
   3. UncheckedIn a small PET study, people with Alzheimer's showed more amyloid-β in cortical hub regions than older controls, which may mean hubs add to the disease process.“Positron emission tomography amyloid imaging in AD ( n = 10) compared with older controls ( n = 29) showed high amyloid-β deposition in the locations of cortical hubs consistent with the possibility that hubs, while acting as critical way stations for information processing, may also augment the un…”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Abnormal dynamic functional connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease

   Gu, Lin, Huang et al. · CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics · 2020

   Using resting-state fMRI from 26 people with Alzheimer's and 26 healthy controls, the study found abnormal dynamic functional connectivity, which correlated with cognitive performance in patients.

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   1. UncheckedIn this resting-state fMRI study, people with Alzheimer's spent less time in one recurring brain connectivity state (State I) and more in another (State II).“The temporal properties of FC states were changed in AD as characterized by decreased dwell time in State I and increased dwell time in State II.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study, people with Alzheimer's disease showed less variation over time in brain connectivity, mainly in somatomotor, temporal and parietal regions.“Besides, we found decreased regional temporal variability mainly in the somatomotor, temporal and parietal regions.”
   3. UncheckedIn this study, disrupted dynamic functional connectivity in Alzheimer's patients was significantly correlated with their cognitive performance.“Disrupted dynamic FC was significantly correlated with cognitive performances of AD patients.”