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ArticleHuman brain mapping2024

Amygdala structural and functional reorganization as an indicator of affective dysfunction in patients with tinnitus.

Yan Huang, Qian Chen, Han Lv, Zhaodi Wang, Xinghao Wang, Chunli Liu, Yuyou Huang, Pengfei Zhao, Zhenghan Yang, Shusheng Gong and 1 more

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Yan HuangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qian ChenDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-9647
Han LvDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhaodi WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Beijing Jingmei Group General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xinghao WangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5751-7383
Chunli LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology, The Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College, Chengde, China.
Yuyou HuangDepartment of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Pengfei ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhenghan YangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Shusheng GongDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhenchang WangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8190-6469

Funding

Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation 2023-ZZ-014Beijing Scholars Program [2015] 160National Natural Science Foundation of China 61931013National Natural Science Foundation of China 82302284Postdoctoral launch project of the Beijing Friendship Hospital yybsh2022003S & T Program of Hebei 20377751D
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to systematically investigate structural and functional alterations in amygdala subregions using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with tinnitus with or without affective dysfunction. Sixty patients with persistent tinnitus and 40 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. Based on a questionnaire assessment, 26 and 34 patients were categorized into the tinnitus patients with affective dysfunction (TPAD) and tinnitus patients without affective dysfunction (TPWAD) groups, respectively. MRI-based measurements of gray matter volume, fractional anisotropy (FA), fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF), regional homogeneity (ReHo), degree centrality (DC), and functional connectivity (FC) were conducted within 14 amygdala subregions for intergroup comparisons. Associations between the MRI properties and clinical characteristics were estimated via partial correlation analyses. Compared with that of the HCs, the TPAD and TPWAD groups exhibited significant structural and functional changes, including white matter integrity (WMI), fALFF, ReHo, DC, and FC alterations, with more pronounced WMI changes in the TPAD group, predominantly within the left auxiliary basal or basomedial nucleus (AB/BM), right central nucleus, right lateral nuclei (dorsal portion), and left lateral nuclei (ventral portion containing basolateral portions). Moreover, the TPAD group exhibited decreased FC between the left AB/BM and left middle occipital gyrus and right superior frontal gyrus (SFG), left basal nucleus and right SFG, and right lateral nuclei (intermediate portion) and right SFG. In combination, these amygdalar alterations exhibited a sensitivity of 65.4% and specificity of 96.9% in predicting affective dysfunction in patients with tinnitus. Although similar structural and functional amygdala remodeling were observed in the TPAD and TPWAD groups, the changes were more pronounced in the TPAD group. These changes mainly involved alterations in functionality and white matter microstructure in various amygdala subregions; in combination, these changes could serve as an imaging-based predictor of emotional disorders in patients with tinnitus.

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AmygdalaMagnetic Resonance ImagingTinnitusAdultFemaleGray MatterHumansMaleMiddle AgedMood Disordersaffective dysfunctionamygdalafunctional connectivitymultimodal magnetic resonance imagingstructural and functional reorganizationtinnitus

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PMID38798104
PMCPMC11128775

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