Legeng Lin, Wanyi Qing, Zijian Zheng, Waisang Poon, Song Guo, Shaomin Zhang, Xiaoling Hu
{"title":"Somatosensory integration in robot-assisted motor restoration post-stroke.","authors":"Legeng Lin, Wanyi Qing, Zijian Zheng, Waisang Poon, Song Guo, Shaomin Zhang, Xiaoling Hu","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1491678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1491678","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disruption of somatosensorimotor integration (SMI) after stroke is a significant obstacle to achieving precise motor restoration. Integrating somatosensory input into motor relearning to reconstruct SMI is critical during stroke rehabilitation. However, current robotic approaches focus primarily on precise control of repetitive movements and rarely effectively engage and modulate somatosensory responses, which impedes motor rehabilitation that relies on SMI. This article discusses how to effectively regulate somatosensory feedback from target muscles through peripheral and central neuromodulatory stimulations based on quantitatively measured somatosensory responses in real time during robot-assisted rehabilitation after stroke. Further development of standardized recording protocols and diagnostic databases of quantitative neuroimaging features in response to post-stroke somatosensory stimulations for real-time precise detection, and optimized combinations of peripheral somatosensory stimulations with robot assistance and central nervous neuromodulation are needed to enhance the recruitment of targeted ascending neuromuscular pathways in robot-assisted training, aiming to achieve precise muscle control and integrated somatosensorimotor functions, thereby improving long-term neurorehabilitation after stroke.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1491678"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11576418/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142681156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causal association between Parkinson's disease and cancer: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.","authors":"Chunyan Tang, Ping Fu, Liangqing Lin, Hui Zhou, Yunjun Huang, Yang Li, Sijun Zhao","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1432373","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1432373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous observational research has indicated a correlation between Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple cancers; but the causality remains unclear. Thus, we utilized Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to explore the potential causal link between PD and various cancers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (TSMR) of genetic variants associated with PD and 14 types of cancers. Summary statistics on PD and 14 types of cancers were obtained from the International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium and the study by Sakaue et al. The primary method employed was inverse variance weighted (IVW), complemented by multiple sensitivity analyses to evaluate heterogeneity and pleiotropy. The false discovery rate (FDR) was employed to control the false positive rate of multiple hypothesis testing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following rigorous sensitivity analyses and corrections, our findings revealed suggestive associations between PD and certain cancers. We observed that PD decreases the risk of gastric cancer and colorectal cancer (OR = 0.936, 95% CI = 0.881-0.995, <i>p</i> = 0.034, P FDR = 0.239; OR = 0.955, 95% CI = 0.912-0.999, <i>p</i> = 0.046, P FDR = 0.215), while increasing the risk of breast cancer (OR = 1.043, 95% CI = 1.004-1.084, <i>p</i> = 0.029, P FDR = 0.402). Notably, we found no evidence supporting a reverse causal relationship. Additionally, in the reverse pathway, skin cancer demonstrated a suggestive causal relationship with PD (OR = 0.913, 95% CI = 0.857-0.973, <i>p</i> = 0.005, P FDR = 0.066).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our MR analysis provides evidence supporting unidirectional suggestive causal relationships between PD and certain cancers. These findings enrich our comprehension of the intricate interplay between PD and cancer, warranting further investigation into the underlying biological mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1432373"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11573767/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Feilong Wu, Jie Pan, Mingtao Chen, Xuye Lai, Yingying Gu, Lei Pei, Lili Yang
{"title":"Association of serum klotho with cognitive function among individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.","authors":"Feilong Wu, Jie Pan, Mingtao Chen, Xuye Lai, Yingying Gu, Lei Pei, Lili Yang","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1487182","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1487182","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study investigated the potential link between serum klotho levels and cognitive function in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Utilizing NHANES data from 2011 to 2014, the research included 356 eligible participants. NAFLD was identified with the United States Fatty Liver Index (US-FLI), and cognition was measured by various tests including the Animal Fluency Test (AFT), Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), Immediate Recall Test (IRT), and Delayed Recall Test (DRT). Weighted logistic regression and restricted cubic splines were employed to analyze the relationship between klotho levels and cognitive scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant nonlinear association was observed between klotho levels and the performance in DSST and Delayed Recall Test (DRT). After controlling for confounding factors, the study found a positive association between higher serum klotho levels and improved cognitive performance in both AFT and DSST. However, there was no significant relationship between klotho levels and the IRT or DRT, regardless of whether the natural logarithm or quartile was considered.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings suggest that a higher serum klotho level may be positively correlated with better cognitive performance in NAFLD patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1487182"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11573754/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Network-based statistics reveals an enhanced subnetwork in prefrontal cortex in mild cognitive impairment: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.","authors":"Peirong Wu, Zeping Lv, Yinuo Bi, Yijiang Li, Hong Chen, Jianfan Jiang, Suyan Pang, Xin Zhao, Wenyu Jiang","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1416816","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1416816","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is generally considered to have a high risk of progression to Alzheimer's disease. Our study aimed to investigate the abnormal functional connectivity (FC) in prefrontal cortex (PFC) in patients with MCI and explore the relationship between the observed changes and cognitive function.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty-seven patients with MCI and 71 healthy individuals were recruited for this study. All participants underwent the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) examinations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with healthy controls (HC), the patients with MCI exhibited significantly lower MoCA scores (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Through FC analysis, an enhanced subnetwork was observed in the right prefrontal cortex of the MCI group, covering four pairs of channel connections: CH12-CH15, CH12-CH16, CH13-CH15, and CH13-CH16. Moreover, the FC values of these four channel pairs and the education duration were significantly correlated with MoCA scores. Subsequently, a multiple linear regression model was performed to observe the independent factors of cognition decline, serving the education duration and the average FC values of subnetwork as independent variables and the MoCA scores as the dependent variable. The regression model showed a total of 25.7% explanation power (adjusted R<sup>2</sup> = 0.257, <i>F</i> = 24.723, <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study suggested that the enhanced subnetwork within the right PFC may be involved in the pathophysiology of MCI and serve as a potential target for the treatment of MCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1416816"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11565517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Glenna B Batson, Bettina E Bläsing, Joseph F X DeSouza, Aline Nogueira Haas, Christina E Hugenschmidt
{"title":"Editorial: Dance, embodied agency and neuroplasticity in aging.","authors":"Glenna B Batson, Bettina E Bläsing, Joseph F X DeSouza, Aline Nogueira Haas, Christina E Hugenschmidt","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1508074","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1508074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1508074"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11560901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142617845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decrease in walking ability with increased functional connectivity between multiple brain areas in Parkinson's disease: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.","authors":"Jin Wang, Jiewei Lu, Yue Wang, Zhilin Shu, Yuanyuan Cheng, Xinyuan Zhang, Yang Yu, Jianda Han, Zhizhong Zhu, Ningbo Yu, Jialing Wu","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1454598","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1454598","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Gait disturbances significantly impact the mobility and quality of life of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study aims to delve into the cortical mechanisms underlying gait disorders in PD, specifically focusing on the prefrontal cortex (PFC), premotor cortex (PMC), and primary somatosensory cortex (PSC).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the functional connectivity of the PFC, PMC, and PSC regions during walking between individuals with PD and healthy controls.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 30 individuals with PD (mean age 62.40 ± 7.16 years) and 22 healthy older adults (mean age 60.95 ± 6.34 years). All participants were requested to walk back and forth at a comfortable pace for 30 s over a 10-meter course three times. A mobile functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) system was employed to evaluate the oxyhemoglobin concentration change (∆HbO2). To assess the interactions between the PFC, PMC, and PSC, the connectivity strength between different fNIRS channels was computed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Individuals with PD in the off-state exhibited significantly decreased walking speed and shorter stride length compared to the healthy controls. For six brain regions including the left (L) and right (R) PFC, PMC, and PSC, no significant differences in functional connectivity within each region were found between the PD and control groups. However, when it comes to the functional connectivity between every two regions, the PD group exhibited stronger functional connectivity than the control group in the LPFC-LPMC, LPFC-RPMC, LPFC-LPSC, RPFC-LPMC, RPFC-LPSC, LPMC-LPSC, LPMC-RPSC, and RPMC-RPSC. Positive correlations were found between gait performance (speed and stride length) and functional connectivity within the RPMC as well as between the RPMC and the RPSC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Individuals with PD exhibit notable gait disturbances and increased functional connectivity in brain regions responsible for sensorimotor integration and motor function in their off-state. Strengthening the functional connectivity within the RPMC and between the RPMC and the RPSC could be a potential target for future treatments of gait impairments in PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1454598"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557353/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142617931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"P1 evoked by facial expression images is enhanced in Parkinson's disease patients with depressive symptoms.","authors":"Yujia Sun, Yixiang Mo, Chunkai Peng, Qingqing Li, Zhuyong Wang, Sha Xue, Shizhong Zhang","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1423875","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1423875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Depressive symptoms are most common non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), which is often overlooked due to absence of rapid and objective diagnostic biomarkers. Electroencephalography (EEG)-based event-related potentials (ERPs) is commonly used to assess emotional processes. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in ERPs in PD patients exhibiting depressive symptoms and to provide a reliable biomarker for assisting in the diagnosis of PD with depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a case-control study involving 30 PD patients with (dPD group) or without depressive symptoms (nPD group) and 13 age matched healthy controls (HC). We recorded EEG of the patients during the emotional picture stimulation task and analyzed the difference in the early ERPs potentials (P1, N170, early posterior negativity) and their correlation with the severity of symptoms in PD patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our results found that P1 amplitude in the occipital region of the dPD group in response to emotional faces was significantly higher than that of nPD and HC group, and it was positively correlated with severity of depressive symptoms in PD patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study shows that facial expression-induced enhancement of P1 amplitude can be utilized as a rapid and objective indicator to screen for depressive symptoms in PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1423875"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142617941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongki Ham, Byeong C Kim, Eun Hye Lee, Daeun Shin, Hyemin Jang, Sung Hoon Kang, Jihwan Yun, Hee Jin Kim, Duk L Na, Jun Pyo Kim, Sang Won Seo, Soo Hyun Cho
{"title":"Association between focal amyloid deposition and cognitive impairment in individuals below the amyloid threshold.","authors":"Hongki Ham, Byeong C Kim, Eun Hye Lee, Daeun Shin, Hyemin Jang, Sung Hoon Kang, Jihwan Yun, Hee Jin Kim, Duk L Na, Jun Pyo Kim, Sang Won Seo, Soo Hyun Cho","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1452081","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1452081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of individuals with amyloid levels below the threshold. To achieve this, we differentiated between two groups: those with global amyloid negativity but focal deposition [G(-)F(+)] and those without focal deposition [G(-)F(-)].</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A total of 2,677 participants were diagnosed with cognitive unimpairment (CU) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). MRI-based regional centiloid (CL) values were used to establish threshold values for each brain region. After applying a cutoff of 20 rdcCL to identify amyloid positivity, participants who were globally amyloid-negative were grouped into three categories: those who showed focal amyloid uptake [G(-)F(+)], individuals without focal amyloid deposition but with relatively high CL(HC) levels comparable to those in the focal uptake group [G(-)F(-) HC)], and those with relatively low CL(LC) levels [G(-)F(-) LC]. We compared the neuropsychological test results and brain structural changes between these groups using ANCOVA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The G(-)F(+) group demonstrated a lower cortical thickness (<i>P</i> < 0.001) than the G(-)F(-) HC group. In neuropsychological tests, the G(-)F(+) group exhibited lower the Seoul Verbal Learning Test delayed recall (SVLT-DR) and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and showed progressed clinical status in the clinical dementia rating-sum of boxes (CDR-SOB) compared to the G(-)F(-) HC group (<i>P</i> < 0.001). The subsequent sensitivity analyses confirmed the persistence of these findings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Individuals with focal amyloid deposition [G(-)F(+)] exhibited higher rates of cognitive impairment compared to patients with similar levels of amyloid, underscoring the importance of monitoring the progression of focal uptake, even when it remains below the amyloid threshold.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1452081"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557402/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142617925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomarkers and Alzheimer's disease: a bibliometric analysis.","authors":"Linyi Yang, Jingyan Zeng, Linlin Li, Yunwei Zhang","doi":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1456824","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnagi.2024.1456824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The diagnosis and treatment of biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease has emerged as a prominent topic within Alzheimer's disease research. In this paper, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of data from a wide range of literature in this field to enhance the in-depth understanding of this area.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The core collection of the Science Citation Index database (web of science) was used to search for relevant literature in the above fields from 1 January 2006 to 14 November 2022 and Citespace software was used to visualize and analyze the literature data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,138 papers were included, of which the United States ranked first with 607 papers and China ranked 6th in the world with 84 papers. The value of mediational centrality is 0.49 in the United States and 0.05 in China. In terms of the number of articles published by the research authors, the Swedish scholar Blennow Kaj ranks first with 82 articles published, and the scholars who rank second and third are Zetterberg Henrik (78 articles) and Morris John C (64 articles), respectively; in terms of the mediational centrality, the American scholar Trojanowski John Q ranked first in the world with 0.1, and the second and third ranked scholars were Blennow Kaj (0.09) and Zetterberg Henrik (0.06) respectively. Scholar JACK CR ranked first with 377 citation frequency. The journal NEUROLOGY is ranked first with 943 citations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In recent years, global research in the field of biomarkers related to Alzheimer's disease has shown signs of softening, and the momentum of research has slightly diminished. However, this trend does not imply a decline in the quality of research. It is essential to enhance collaboration among countries, major research institutions, and scholars, with a particular emphasis on fostering international partnerships in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":12450,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience","volume":"16 ","pages":"1456824"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11557497/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142617927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}