IMR Press / JIN / Volume 20 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.jin2004086
Open Access Original Research
Voxel-based morphometry reveals altered gray matter volume related to cognitive dysfunctioning in neovascular glaucoma patients
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1 Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
2 Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Centre of Natural Ocular Disease Clinical Research Center, 330006 Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
*Correspondence: freebee99@163.com (Yi Shao)
These authors contributed equally.
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2021, 20(4), 839–846; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2004086
Submitted: 8 July 2021 | Revised: 20 July 2021 | Accepted: 31 August 2021 | Published: 30 December 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract

We used correlation analysis to examine whether changes in grey matter volume in patients correlated with clinical presentation. gray matter volume was markedly reduced in neovascular glaucoma patients than healthy controls in the following brain regions: left cingulum anterior/medial frontal gyrus; left middle frontal gyrus, orbital part; left inferior frontal gyrus, orbital part; superior temporal gyrus/right frontal inferior orbital part. VBM directly suggests that neovascular glaucoma patients have changed in the volume of multiple brain regions. These changes exist in brain areas related to the visual pathway, as well as other brain areas which are not related to vision. The alteration of specific brain areas are closely related to clinical symptoms such as increased intraocular pressure and optic nerve atrophy in neovascular glaucoma patients. In conclusion, neovascular glaucoma may cause paralgesia, anxiety, and depression in patients.

Keywords
Voxel-based morphometry
Neovascular glaucoma
Fmri
Visual pathway
Funding
81660158/National Natural Science Foundation of China
81460092/National Natural Science Foundation of China
81400372/National Natural Science Foundation of China
20161ACB21017/Natural Science Key Project of Jiangxi Province
20175116/Health Development Planning Commission Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province
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