Impaired dynamics of prefrontal beta-band networks during cognitive action control in Parkinson’s disease
biorxiv(2021)
摘要
Among the cognitive symptoms that are associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), alterations in cognitive action control (CAC) are commonly reported in patients. CAC enables the suppression of an automatic action, in favor of a goal-directed one. The implementation of CAC is time-resolved and arguably associated with dynamic changes in functional brain networks. However, the electrophysiological functional networks involved, their dynamic changes, and how these changes are affected by PD, still remain unknown. In this study, to address this gap of knowledge, 21 PD patients and 10 healthy controls (HC) underwent a Simon task while high-density electroencephalography (HD-EEG) was recorded. Source-level dynamic connectivity matrices were estimated using the phase-locking value in the beta (12-25 Hz) and gamma (30-45 Hz) frequency bands. Temporal independent component analyses were used as a dimension reduction tool to isolate the group-specific brain network states that were dominant during the task. Typical microstate metrics were quantified to investigate the presence of these states at the subject-level. Our results first confirmed that PD patients experienced difficulties in inhibiting automatic responses during the task. At the group-level, HC displayed a significant functional network state that involved typical CAC-related prefrontal and cingulate nodes (e.g., inferior frontal cortex). Both group- and subject-level analyses showed that this network was less present in PD to the benefit of other networks involving lateralized temporal and insular components. The presence of this prefrontal network was associated with decreased reaction time. In the gamma band, two networks (fronto-cingulate and fronto-temporal) followed one another in HC, while 3 partially overlapping networks that included fronto-temporal, fronto-occipital and cross-hemispheric temporal connections were found in PD. At the subject-level, differences between PD and HC were less marked. Altogether, this study showed that the functional brain networks observed during CAC and their temporal changes were different in PD patients as compared to HC, and that these differences partially relate to behavioral changes. This study also highlights that task-based dynamic functional connectivity is a promising approach in understanding the cognitive dysfunctions observed in PD and beyond.
Highlights
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
* CAC
: Cognitive action control
dBNS
: Dynamic brain network state
dFC
: Dynamic functional connectivity
DIFFIT
: Difference in data fitting
DLPFC
: Dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex
EEG
: Electroencephalography
FC
: Functional connectivity
fMRI
: Functional magnetic resonance imaging
HC
: Healthy controls
HD-EEG
: High-density
EEG ICA
: Independent component analysis
IFC
: Inferior frontal cortex
MEG
: Magnetoencephalography
PD
: Parkinson’s disease
PLV
: Phase locking value
pre-SMA
: Pre-supplementary motor area
ROIS
: Regions of interest
RT
: Reaction time
tICA
: Temporal ICA
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cognitive action control,parkinson,impaired dynamics,beta-band
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