Altered brain white matter connectome in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure

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dc.contributor.authorLong, Xiangyu
dc.contributor.authorLittle, Graham
dc.contributor.authorTreit, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorBeaulieu, Christian
dc.contributor.authorGong, Gaolang
dc.contributor.authorLebel, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T16:50:00Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T16:50:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-01
dc.description.abstractDiffuson tensor imaging (DTI) has demonstrated widespread alterations of brain white matter structure in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), yet it remains unclear how these alterations affect the structural brain network as a whole. The present study aimed to examine changes in the DTI-based structural connectome in children and adolescents with PAE compared to unexposed controls. Participants were 121 children and adolescents with PAE (51 females) and 119 typically-developing controls (49 females) aged 5-18 years with DTI data collected at one of four research centers across Canada. Graph-theory based analysis was performed on the connectivity matrix constructed from whole-brain white matter fibers via deterministic tractography. The PAE group had significantly decreased whole-brain global efficiency, degree centrality, and participation coefficients, as well as increased shortest path length and betweenness centrality compared to unexposed controls. Individuals with PAE had decreased connectivity between the attention, somatomotor, and default mode networks compared to controls. This study demonstrates decreased structural white matter connectivity in children and adolescents with PAE at a whole-brain level, suggesting widespread alterations in how networks are connected with each other. This decreased connectivity may underlie cognitive and behavioural difficulties in children with PAE.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencyCanadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)en_US
dc.identifier.citationLong, X., Little, G., Treit, S. et al. Altered brain white matter connectome in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure. Brain Struct Funct 225, 1123–1133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02064-zen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02064-zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114718
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46088
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.publisher.departmentOtheren_US
dc.publisher.facultyCumming School of Medicineen_US
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dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Albertaen_US
dc.publisher.institutionBeijing Normal Universityen_US
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dc.titleAltered brain white matter connectome in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposureen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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