PMID- 30734918 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210427 LR - 20210427 IS - 1931-7565 (Electronic) IS - 1931-7557 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Aug TI - Alterations in effective connectivity within the Papez circuit are correlated with insulin resistance in T2DM patients without mild cognitive impairment. PG - 1238-1246 LID - 10.1007/s11682-019-00049-z [doi] AB - Insulin resistance (IR) can significantly affect the hippocampus, a component of a larger memory circuit called the Papez circuit. This study was performed to identify altered effective connectivity within the Papez circuit in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and to determine the relationships between these alterations and IR. T2DM patients without MCI (n = 105) and age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (n = 106) were included in this study. Granger causality analysis (GCA) with seed regions in the hippocampus was performed to identify abnormal effective connectivity in the brains of T2DM patients without MCI. Furthermore, correlation analysis was conducted to detect the association between aberrant effective connectivity and IR in T2DM patients without MCI. Compared to healthy controls, T2DM patients without MCI demonstrated abnormal directional connectivity both to and from the hippocampus; the main abnormalities were located in several brain areas, including the cingulate cortex, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex, all of which are components of the Papez circuit. This altered effective connectivity network in the Papez circuit was correlated with IR in T2DM patients without MCI. Effective connectivity network alterations within the Papez circuit occurred prior to the appearance of mild cognitive deficits in T2DM patients and were correlated with IR. The current study may improve our understanding of the IR-related neurological mechanisms involved in T2DM. FAU - Xia, Wenqing AU - Xia W AD - Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. FAU - Chen, Yu-Chen AU - Chen YC AD - Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. FAU - Luo, Yong AU - Luo Y AD - Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. FAU - Zhang, Danfeng AU - Zhang D AD - Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. FAU - Chen, Huiyou AU - Chen H AD - Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. FAU - Ma, Jianhua AU - Ma J AD - Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. majianhua@china.com. FAU - Yin, Xindao AU - Yin X AD - Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No.68, Changle Road, Nanjing, 210006, China. y.163yy@163.com. LA - eng GR - 18KJB320007/Natural Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China/ GR - YKK16140/Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation of Nanjing Department of Health/ GR - BE2017614/Jiangsu Provincial Special Program of Medical Science/ GR - QNRC2016062/Youth Medical Talents of Jiangsu Province/ GR - YY-079/14th ?Six Talent Peaks? Project of Jiangsu Province/ GR - 81870563/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Brain Imaging Behav JT - Brain imaging and behavior JID - 101300405 SB - IM MH - Brain/diagnostic imaging MH - *Cognitive Dysfunction MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 MH - Humans MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging OTO - NOTNLM OT - Effective connectivity OT - Insulin resistance OT - Papez circuit OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2019/02/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/28 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/09 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11682-019-00049-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11682-019-00049-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Imaging Behav. 2020 Aug;14(4):1238-1246. doi: 10.1007/s11682-019-00049-z.