Altered intrinsic functional connectivity in language-related brain regions in association with verbal memory performance in euthymic bipolar patients

  • Potential abnormalities in the structure and function of the temporal lobes have been studied much less in bipolar disorder than in schizophrenia. This may not be justified because language-related symptoms, such as pressured speech and flight of ideas, and cognitive deficits in the domain of verbal memory are amongst the hallmark of bipolar disorder (BD), and contribution of temporal lobe dysfunction is therefore likely. In the current study, we examined resting-state functional connectivity (FC) between the auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyrus [HG], planum temporale [PT]) and whole brain using seed correlation analysis in n = 21 BD euthymic patients and n = 20 matched healthy controls and associated it with verbal memory performance. In comparison to controls BD patients showed decreased functional connectivity between Heschl’s gyrus and planum temporale and the left superior and middle temporal gyrus. Additionally, fronto-temporal functional connectivity with the right inferior frontal/precentral gyrus and the insula was increased in patients. Verbal episodic memory deficits in the investigated sample of BD patients and language-related symptoms might therefore be associated with a diminished FC within the auditory/temporal gyrus and a compensatory fronto-temporal pathway.

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Author:Britta Reinke, Vincent van de Ven, Silke MaturaORCiDGND, David Linden, Viola Oertel-KnöchelGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-316497
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci3031357
ISSN:2076-3425
Parent Title (English):Brain Sciences
Publisher:MDPI AG
Place of publication:Basel
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2013/09/12
Date of first Publication:2013/09/12
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/10/04
Volume:3
Issue:3
Page Number:17
First Page:1357
Last Page:1373
Note:
© 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
HeBIS-PPN:353201405
Institutes:Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Psychologie
Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0