Study on the Effect of Autistic Children's Auxiliary Intervention Based on Brain Functional Network Analysis
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摘要: 脑功能网络是分析复杂网络之间连接关系的一种有效方法, 对脑功能障碍分析具有重要意义. 本文基于频域Granger因果分析的定向传递函数(Direction-transfer function, DTF), 构建了各频段的脑功能网络. 采用图论方法分析最佳阈值下经颅直流电刺激(Transcranial direct current stimulation, tDCS)干预前后孤独症(Autism spectrum disorder, ASD)儿童脑网络的平均度、全局效率和平均局部效率等特征, 并对比了经颅直流电刺激对孤独症儿童脑功能状态辅助干预效果. 结果发现刺激前组在各频段的图论特征均低于刺激后组($P<0.05$), 其中Theta频段和低-beta频段的局部效率统计性差异显著, 表明在一定程度上tDCS干预是ASD儿童治疗的有效手段.Abstract: The brain functional network is an effective method to analyze the connection relationship between complex networks, which is of great significance to the analysis of brain dysfunction. In this paper, the brain function network of each frequency band is constructed based on the direction-transfer function (DTF), of frequency domain Granger causality analysis. Graph theory method was used to analyze the network average degree, global efficiency and average local efficiency of brain network of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children in two groups pre-/post-transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) under the optimal threshold values, and compare the auxiliary intervention effect of tDCS on brain function status in ASD children. The results showed that the graph theory characteristics of the pre-tDCS group were lower than those of the post-tDCS group in each frequency band ($P<0.05$), and there were significant statistical differences in local efficiency in Theta and Low-beta bands. It is suggested that tDCS intervention is an effective method for the treatment of ASD children to a certain extent.
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Key words:
- Autism spectrum disorders /
- transcranial direct current stimulation /
- brain function network /
- direction transfer function
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图 1 国际标准10/20系统的16通道电极分布
Fig. 1 16-channel electrode distribution in international standard 10/20 system
图 2 刺激前组受试儿童各个频段的DTF连接矩阵图
Fig. 2 The DTF connection matrix of each frequency band of children in the group post-tDCS
图 3 刺激后组受试儿童各个频段的DTF连接矩阵图
Fig. 3 The DTF connection matrix of each frequency band of children in the group pre-tDCS
表 1 各频段下刺激前后两组ASD儿童全脑DTF总和
Table 1 Total global brain DTF of ASD children in both groups before and after stimulation
DTFsum Theta Alpha Low-beta High-beta Gamma Before 14.88 $ \pm $ 0.015** 14.86 $ \pm $ 0.011*** 14.82 $ \pm $ 0.020*** 14.84 $ \pm $ 0.012** 12.41 $ \pm $ 0.054*** After 14.96 $ \pm $ 0.006 14.95 $ \pm $ 0.005 14.93 $ \pm $ 0.006 14.91 $ \pm $ 0.005 12.98 $ \pm $ 0.084 
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表 2 Theta频段平均度、全局效率、平均局部效率阈值统计表
Table 2 Threshold statistics of theta band average, global efficiency, average local efficiency
Theta $ D $ $ E_{Glob} $ $ E_{Loc} $ $ p<0.05 $* 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.081 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.078 0.095 $ \sim $ 0.1 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.058 $ p<0.01 $** 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.080 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.008 0.01 $ \sim $ 0.013 0.001 0.002 0.01 $ \sim $ 0.053 0.072 $ \sim $ 0.074 0.099 0.1 $ p<0.005 $*** 0.051 $ \sim $ 0.077 0.014 $ \sim $ 0.047
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表 3 Alpha频段平均度、全局效率、平均局部效率阈值统计表
Table 3 Threshold statistics of alpha band average, global efficiency, average local efficiency
Alpha $ D $ $ E_{Glob} $ $ E_{Loc} $ $ p<0.05 $* 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.045 0.052 $ \sim $ 0.059 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.038 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.083 $ p<0.01 $** 0.003 $ \sim $ 0.012 0.018 $ \sim $ 0.021 0.006 $ \sim $ 0.013 0.015 0.002 $ \sim $ 0.083 0.047 0.049 $ \sim $ 0.067 $ p<0.005 $***
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表 4 Low-beta频段平均度、全局效率、平均局部效率阈值统计表
Table 4 Threshold statistics of low-beta band average, global efficiency, average local efficiency
Low-beta $ D $ $ E_{Glob} $ $ E_{Loc} $ $ p<0.05 $* 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.063 0.093 $ \sim $ 0.1 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.042 0.088 $ \sim $ 0.1 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.072 $ p<0.01 $** 0.002 $ \sim $ 0.012 0.021 $ \sim $ 0.025 0.003 $ \sim $ 0.013 0.093 $ \sim $ 0.1 0.002 $ \sim $ 0.004 0.012 $ \sim $ 0.042 0.027 0.038 0.046 $ \sim $ 0.048 $ p<0.005 $*** 0.018 0.025 $ \sim $ 0.03 0.032 $ \sim $ 0.038
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表 5 High-beta频段平均度、全局效率、平均局部效率阈值统计表
Table 5 Threshold statistics of high-beta band average, global efficiency, average local efficiency
High-beta $ D $ $ E_{Glob} $ $ E_{Loc} $ $ p<0.05 $* 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.056 0.092 $ \sim $ 0.1 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.053 0.098 $ \sim $ 0.1 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.038 $ p<0.01 $** 0.002 $ \sim $ 0.03 0.032 $ \sim $ 0.034 0.002 $ \sim $ 0.018 0.022 $ \sim $ 0.024 0.002 0.003 0.014 $ \sim $ 0.018 0.036 0.01 0.011 $ p<0.005 $***
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表 6 Gamma频段平均度、全局效率、平均局部效率阈值统计表
Table 6 Threshold statistics of gamma band average, global efficiency, average local efficiency
Gamma $ D $ $ E_{Glob} $ $ E_{Loc} $ $ p<0.05 $* 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.083 all 0.001 $ \sim $ 0.017 0.026 $ \sim $ 0.036 0.038 $ p<0.01 $** 0.002 $ \sim $ 0.078 all 0.002 0.003 0.028 0.029 $ p<0.005 $*** 0.046 $ \sim $ 0.071 0.053 $ \sim $ 0.095 注: all表示Eglob在阈值全范围内差异显著度均满足$ p<0.05 $*和$ p<0.01 $**.
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表 7 各频段下刺激前后两组受试儿童脑网络各图论参数的阈值
Table 7 Threshold of graph parameters of brain network in two groups of children before and after stimulation
Theta Alpha Low-beta High-beta Gamma T 0.045 0.038 0.025 0.036 0.029 D ** * ** ** ** $ \rm{E_{Glob}} $ * * * * ** $ \rm{E_{Loc}} $ *** ** *** * ** 注: 显著度*$ p<0.05 $, **$ p<0.01 $, ***$ p<0.001 $
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表 8 最佳阈值下刺激前后脑网络平均度
Table 8 Average degree of brain network before and after stimulation under optimal threshold
频段 Before After Theta 13.44 $ \pm $ 0.389 14.65 $ \pm $ 0.300** Alpha 15.59 $ \pm $ 0.526 16.69 $ \pm $ 0.343* Low-beta 16.92 $ \pm $ 0.609 18.52 $ \pm $ 0.393** High-beta 16.81 $ \pm $ 0.580 18.42 $ \pm $ 0.402** Gamma 16.78 $ \pm $ 0.519 18.56 $ \pm $ 0.379** 注: 显著度*$ p<0.05 $, **$ p<0.01 $, ***$ p<0.001 $
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表 9 最佳阈值下刺激前后脑网络全局效率
Table 9 Global efficiency of pre-and hindbrain network stimulation under optimal threshold
频段 Before After Theta 0.54 $ \pm $ 0.017 0.58 $ \pm $ 0.013* Alpha 0.62 $ \pm $ 0.021 0.66 $ \pm $ 0.013* Low-beta 0.65 $ \pm $ 0.024 0.70 $ \pm $ 0.015* High-beta 0.65 $ \pm $ 0.022 0.70 $ \pm $ 0.016* Gamma 0.68 $ \pm $ 0.023 0.76 $ \pm $ 0.014** 注: 显著度*$ p<0.05 $, **$ p<0.01 $, ***$ p<0.001 $
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表 10 最佳阈值下刺激前后脑网络局部效率
Table 10 Local efficiency of pre-and hindbrain network stimulation under optimal threshold
频段 Before After Theta 0.90 $ \pm $ 0.004 0.91 $ \pm $ 0.003*** Alpha 0.91 $ \pm $ 0.002 0.92 $ \pm $ 0.002** Low-beta 0.93 $ \pm $ 0.002 0.94 $ \pm $ 0.002*** High-beta 0.93 $ \pm $ 0.001 0.94 $ \pm $ 0.002* Gamma 0.89 $ \pm $ 0.002 0.76 $ \pm $ 0.002** 注: 显著度*$ p<0.05 $, **$ p<0.01 $, ***$ p<0.001 $
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