Functional MRI reveals effects of high intraocular pressure on central nervous system in high-tension glaucoma patients

Acta Ophthalmologica
Yi WangJianfeng Qiu

Abstract

To evaluate the effects of high intraocular pressure (IOP) on central nervous system in patients with high-tension glaucoma (HTG) by using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Thirty-six patients with HTG and twenty age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited and underwent IOP measurement and rs-fMRI scan. The whole brain regional homogeneity (ReHo) value was calculated among the enrolled subjects. Two-sample t tests with permutation test and threshold-free cluster enhancement was performed between HTG group and HCs. Correlation analyses between IOP and ReHo values were conducted. Compared with HCs, HTG group showed increased ReHo values in the left lobule 8 of cerebellar hemisphere, left lobule 4 and 5 of cerebellar hemisphere and left fusiform gyrus (FG) (p < 0.05). HTG group showed decreased ReHo value in the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG) (p < 0.05). Intraocular pressure of the left eye in HTG group experienced a significant positive correlation with ReHo value of the left FG (r = 0.370, p = 0.026), IOP of the right eye in HTG group showed a significant negative correlation with ReHo value in the left MFG (r = -0.421, p = 0.011). Resting-state fMRI ReHo analyses associated elevat...Continue Reading

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