Introduction: This study investigated the relationship between
Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) and the neural networks between the medial
prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and precuneus (PCun)/posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in
disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). Measures: Twenty-five
consecutive patients with TBI admitted to the rehabilitation department of a
university hospital were enrolled in this study. The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised
(CRS-R) was used to evaluate the consciousness state. The pathway of the neural
networks between the mPFC and the PCun (mPFC-PCun DMN)/PCC (mPFC-PCC DMN) were
reconstructed using DTT. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and the tract volume (TV)
were obtained to assess the diffusion tensor imaging parameters.
Results: The CRS-R score had strong positive correlations with the FA
value and TV of the mPFC-PCun DMN (p
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 705-717 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 705-717 Daegu, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence: jmk09609@hanmail.net (Min Kyeong Cho)
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2023, 22(2), 37;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2202037
Submitted: 28 July 2022 | Revised: 31 October 2022 | Accepted: 4 November 2022 | Published: 16 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Disorders of Consciousness: From Pathophysiology to Treatment)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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Keywords
traumatic brain injury
Coma Recovery Scale-Revised
default mode network
diffusion tensor tractography
disorders of consciousness
Funding
2021R1A2B5B01001386/National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
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