Early deafness leads to re-shaping of functional connectivity beyond the auditory cortex
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Published:2020-07-23
Issue:3
Volume:15
Page:1469-1482
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ISSN:1931-7557
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Container-title:Brain Imaging and Behavior
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Brain Imaging and Behavior
Author:
Bonna Kamil,Finc Karolina,Zimmermann Maria,Bola Lukasz,Mostowski Piotr,Szul Maciej,Rutkowski Pawel,Duch Wlodzislaw,Marchewka Artur,Jednoróg Katarzyna,Szwed Marcin
Abstract
AbstractEarly sensory deprivation, such as deafness, shapes brain development in multiple ways. Deprived auditory areas become engaged in the processing of stimuli from the remaining modalities and in high-level cognitive tasks. Yet, structural and functional changes were also observed in non-deprived brain areas, which may suggest the whole-brain network changes in deaf individuals. To explore this possibility, we compared the resting-state functional network organization of the brain in early deaf adults and hearing controls and examined global network segregation and integration. Relative to hearing controls, deaf adults exhibited decreased network segregation and an altered modular structure. In the deaf, regions of the salience network were coupled with the fronto-parietal network, while in the hearing controls, they were coupled with other large-scale networks. Deaf adults showed weaker connections between auditory and somatomotor regions, stronger coupling between the fronto-parietal network and several other large-scale networks (visual, memory, cingulo-opercular and somatomotor), and an enlargement of the default mode network. Our findings suggest that brain plasticity in deaf adults is not limited to changes in the auditory cortex but additionally alters the coupling between other large-scale networks and the development of functional brain modules. These widespread functional connectivity changes may provide a mechanism for the superior behavioral performance of the deaf in visual and attentional tasks.
Funder
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Psychiatry and Mental health,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience,Neurology (clinical),Cognitive Neuroscience,Neurology,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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