Dynamic Functional Connectivity Signifies the Joint Impact of Dance Intervention and Cognitive Reserve

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MITTEROVÁ Kristína LAMOŠ Martin MAREČEK Radek PUPÍKOVÁ Monika ŠIMKO Patrik GRMELA Roman SKOTÁKOVÁ Alena VACULÍKOVÁ Pavlína REKTOROVÁ Irena

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Frontiers in aging neuroscience
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Central European Institute of Technology

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Web https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2021.724094/full
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.724094
Keywords cognitive reserve; dance intervention; dynamic resting-state functional connectivity; attention; bottom-up processing; top-down processing; dwell time; coverage
Description Research on dance interventions (DIs) in the elderly has shown promising benefits to physical and cognitive outcomes. The effect of DIs on resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) varies, which is possibly due to individual variability. In this study, we assessed the moderation effects of residual cognitive reserve (CR) on DI-induced changes in dynamic rs-FC and their association on cognitive outcomes. Dynamic rs-FC (rs-dFC) and cognitive functions were evaluated in non-demented elderly subjects before and after a 6-month DI (n = 36) and a control group, referred to as the life-asusual (LAU) group (n = 32). Using linear mixed models and moderation, we examined the interaction effect of DIs and CR on changes in the dwell time and coverage of rs-dFC. Cognitive reserve was calculated as the residual difference between the observed memory performance and the performance predicted by brain state. Partial correlations accounting for CR evaluated the unique association between changes in rs-dFC and cognition in the DI group. In subjects with lower residual CR, we observed DI-induced increases in dwell time [t(58) = -2.14, p = 0.036] and coverage [t(58) = -2.22, p = 0.030] of a rs-dFC state, which was implicated in bottom-up information processing. Increased dwell time was also correlated with a DI-induced improvement in Symbol Search (r = 0.42, p = 0.02). In subjects with higher residual CR, we observed a DI-induced increase in coverage [t(58) = 2.11, p = 0.039] of another rs-dFC state, which was implicated in top-down information processing. The study showed that DIs have a differential and behaviorally relevant effect on dynamic rs-dFC, but these benefits depend on the current CR level.
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