Zhijie He , Rongrong Lu , Jingjie Ge , Yihui Guan , Ying Chen , Gang Liu , Hongyu Xie , Yulong Bai , Yi Wu , Junfa Wu , Jie Jia
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Abstract
Background
Accurate evaluation of level of disorder of consciousness (DOC) is clinically challenging.
Objective
This study aimed to establish a distinctive DOC-related pattern (DOCRP) for assessing disease severity and distinguishing unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) from minimally conscious state (MCS).
Methods
Fifteen patients with DOC and eighteen health subjects with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) were enrolled in this study. All patients were assessed by Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) and all individuals were randomly divided into two cohorts (Cohort A and B). DOCRP was identified in Cohort A and subsequently validated in Cohort B and A+B. We also assessed the discriminatory power of DOCRP between MCS and UWS.
Results
The DOCRP was characterized bilaterally by relatively decreased metabolism in the medial and lateral frontal lobes, parieto-temporal lobes, cingulate gyrus and caudate, associated with relatively increased metabolism in the cerebellum and brainstem. DOCRP expression exhibited high accuracy in differentiating DOC patients from controls (P<0.0001, AUC=1.000), and furthermore could effectively distinguish MCS from UWS (P=0.037, AUC=0.821, sensitivity: 85.7 %, specificity: 75.0 %). Particularly in the subgroup of DOC patients survived global hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, DOCRP expression exhibited even better discriminatory power between MCS and UWS (P=0.046, AUC=1.000).
Conclusions
DOCRP might serve as an objective biomarker in distinguishing between UWS and MCS, especially in patients survived global hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.
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The Brain Research Bulletin (BRB) aims to publish novel work that advances our knowledge of molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie neural network properties associated with behavior, cognition and other brain functions during neurodevelopment and in the adult. Although clinical research is out of the Journal''s scope, the BRB also aims to publish translation research that provides insight into biological mechanisms and processes associated with neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurological diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders. The Journal is especially interested in research using novel methodologies, such as optogenetics, multielectrode array recordings and life imaging in wild-type and genetically-modified animal models, with the goal to advance our understanding of how neurons, glia and networks function in vivo.
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