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Abstract #2475

The link between perivascular space and resting-state functional connectivity in cognitive healthy population

Nien-Chu Shih1 and Jeiran Choupan1,2
1Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, USC Mark and Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2NeuroScope Inc., New York, NY, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Neurofluids, Neurofluids

Motivation: Perivascular space (PVS) is a pial-lined, fluid-filled structure that accompany penetrating arteries or draining veins from the cerebral cortex. PVS occupies a large portion of the cerebral tissue. The effect of PVS on the brain's functional connectivity has not yet been fully investigated.

Goal(s): In particular, our goal was to determine the link between PVS, sleep and brain functional connectivity.

Approach: We utilized the structural MRI and rs-fMRI data from the HCP-Aging dataset.

Results: Results demonstrated that BG-PVS volume fraction was positively associated with FC of the right anterior medial temporal gyrus and a cluster in temporal regions.

Impact: These findings suggest that PVS morphology may reflect changes in neural connectivity involved in memory-related processing and open a new PVS research field (structure to function) for investigation.

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