Summary
An increasing amount of literature has indicated that chronic kidney disease (CKD)
is associated with cognitive deficits that increase with worsening disease severity.
Although abnormalities in brain structure have been widely documented, few studies
to date have examined the functioning of brain areas associated with the specific
cognitive domains affected by CKD (namely, attention and executive functions). Furthermore,
few studies have examined functional connectivity among CKD youth who are relatively
early in the course of the disease. The present study used functional magnetic resonance
imaging to examine the resting state connectivity in 67 youth with CKD (mean age,
17 y) and 58 age-matched healthy controls. Using seed-based multiple regression, decreased
connectivity was observed within the anterior cingulate portion of the default mode
network. In addition, decreased connectivity within the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex,
paracingulate gyrus, and frontal pole were correlated significantly with disease severity.
These data indicate that connectivity deficits in circuits implementing attentional
processes may represent an early marker for cognitive decline in CKD.
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Financial support: Supported by the Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement grant with the Pennsylvania Department of Health SAP 4100054843 (S.L.F.), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health grant KL2TR000139 (E.A.H.), the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (UL1RR024134 and UL1TR000003, to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), and the National Center for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health grant K23DK109203 (E.A.H.).
Conflict of interest statement: none.
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