Decreased structural pathways mediating functional connectivity in obstructive sleep apnea
Sleep Medicine(2024)
摘要
Background
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep breathing disorder that is often accompanied by changes in structural connectivity (SC) and functional connectivity (FC). However, the current understanding of the interaction between SC and FC in OSA is still limited.
Methods
The aim of this study is to integrate complementary neuroimaging modalities into a unified framework using multi-layer network analysis methods and to reveal their complex interrelationships. We introduce a new graph metric called SC-FC bandwidth, which measures the throughput of SC mediating FC in a multi-layer network. The bandwidth differences between two groups are evaluated using the network-based statistics (NBS) method. Additionally, we traced and analyzed the SC pathways corresponding to the abnormal bandwidth.
Results
In both the healthy control and patients with OSA, the majority offunctionally synchronized nodes were connected via SC paths of length 2. With the NBS method, we observed significantly lower bandwidth between the right Posterior cingulate gyrus and right Cuneus, bilateral Middle frontal gyrus, bilateral Gyrus rectus in OSA patients. By tracing the high-proportion SC pathways, it was found that OSA patients typically exhibit a decrease in direct SC-FC, SC-FC triangles, and SC-FC quads intra- and inter-networks.
Conclusion
Complex interrelationship changes have been observed between the SC and FC in patients with OSA, which might leads to abnormal information transmission and communication in the brain network.
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关键词
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome,Structural connectivity,Functional connectivity,Multilayer network analysis,SC-FC bandwidth,Path tracing
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