Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis

Abstract Working Memory (WM) impairment is the most common cognitive deficit of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). However, evidence of its neurobiological mechanisms is scarce. Here we recorded electroencephalographic activity of twenty patients with relapsing-remitting MS and minimal cognitive...

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Autores principales: Alejandra Figueroa-Vargas, Claudia Cárcamo, Rodrigo Henríquez-Ch, Francisco Zamorano, Ethel Ciampi, Reinaldo Uribe-San-Martin, Macarena Vásquez, Francisco Aboitiz, Pablo Billeke
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c3678b7bd47d4e6e8c052f419ee86bdf2021-12-02T17:52:42ZFrontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis10.1038/s41598-020-66279-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c3678b7bd47d4e6e8c052f419ee86bdf2020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66279-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Working Memory (WM) impairment is the most common cognitive deficit of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). However, evidence of its neurobiological mechanisms is scarce. Here we recorded electroencephalographic activity of twenty patients with relapsing-remitting MS and minimal cognitive deficit, and 20 healthy control (HC) subjects while they solved a WM task. In spite of similar performance, the HC group demonstrated both a correlation between temporoparietal theta activity and memory load, and a correlation between medial frontal theta activity and successful memory performances. MS patients did not show theses correlations leading significant differences between groups. Moreover, cortical connectivity analyses using granger causality and phase-amplitude coupling between theta and gamma revealed that HC group, but not MS group, presented a load-modulated progression of the frontal-to-parietal connectivity. This connectivity correlated with working memory capacity in MS groups. This early alterations in the oscillatory dynamics underlaying working memory could be useful for plan therapeutic interventions.Alejandra Figueroa-VargasClaudia CárcamoRodrigo Henríquez-ChFrancisco ZamoranoEthel CiampiReinaldo Uribe-San-MartinMacarena VásquezFrancisco AboitizPablo BillekeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
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Alejandra Figueroa-Vargas
Claudia Cárcamo
Rodrigo Henríquez-Ch
Francisco Zamorano
Ethel Ciampi
Reinaldo Uribe-San-Martin
Macarena Vásquez
Francisco Aboitiz
Pablo Billeke
Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
description Abstract Working Memory (WM) impairment is the most common cognitive deficit of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). However, evidence of its neurobiological mechanisms is scarce. Here we recorded electroencephalographic activity of twenty patients with relapsing-remitting MS and minimal cognitive deficit, and 20 healthy control (HC) subjects while they solved a WM task. In spite of similar performance, the HC group demonstrated both a correlation between temporoparietal theta activity and memory load, and a correlation between medial frontal theta activity and successful memory performances. MS patients did not show theses correlations leading significant differences between groups. Moreover, cortical connectivity analyses using granger causality and phase-amplitude coupling between theta and gamma revealed that HC group, but not MS group, presented a load-modulated progression of the frontal-to-parietal connectivity. This connectivity correlated with working memory capacity in MS groups. This early alterations in the oscillatory dynamics underlaying working memory could be useful for plan therapeutic interventions.
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author Alejandra Figueroa-Vargas
Claudia Cárcamo
Rodrigo Henríquez-Ch
Francisco Zamorano
Ethel Ciampi
Reinaldo Uribe-San-Martin
Macarena Vásquez
Francisco Aboitiz
Pablo Billeke
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Claudia Cárcamo
Rodrigo Henríquez-Ch
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Ethel Ciampi
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Macarena Vásquez
Francisco Aboitiz
Pablo Billeke
author_sort Alejandra Figueroa-Vargas
title Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
title_short Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
title_full Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
title_fullStr Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
title_sort frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis
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publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/c3678b7bd47d4e6e8c052f419ee86bdf
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