1.Virtual shopping improves cognitive function of patients with mild cognitive impairment:a meta-analysis
Chenghao WU ; Qichao DING ; Xu SUN ; Xiaoying BI
Academic Journal of Naval Medical University 2024;45(9):1097-1106
Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of virtual shopping on cognitive function of patients with mild cognitive impairment. Methods PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane Library,Web of Science,and CNKI were searched for literatures on virtual shopping,mild cognitive impairment,and cognitive function published from database inception to Sep. 2023. The literatures were screened and the data were extracted in strict accordance with the inclusion criteria,and the Review Manager 5.3 was used for meta-analysis. Results A total of 12 randomized controlled trials involving 382 patients with mild cognitive impairment were included. Meta analysis showed that compared with traditional cognitive rehabilitation training,virtual shopping could improve the comprehensive cognitive function,executive function,attention and abilities of daily living of patients with mild cognitive impairment (all P<0.05),but had no significant effects on the memory,language,or visuospatial ability (all P>0.05). Conclusion Virtual shopping is beneficial for improving the comprehensive cognitive function,executive function,attention and abilities of daily living of patients with mild cognitive impairment.
2.Assessment of blood-brain barrier dysfunction in vascular cognitive impairment: advances in magnetic resonance imaging technology research
Weisen WANG ; Xu SUN ; Binghan LI ; Xiaoying BI ; Wenjia PENG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2024;57(7):795-799
Vascular cognitive impairment is a group of disorders characterized by cognitive dysfunction caused by vascular factors. Disruption of the blood-brain barrier is an early pathophysiological mechanism of vascular cognitive impairment. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and arterial spin labeling-based blood-brain barrier imaging techniques can quantitatively assess the integrity of the blood-brain barrier. In recent years, these techniques have gradually been applied to detect the extent of blood-brain barrier dysfunction. This article provides a comprehensive review of the basic principles of relevant magnetic resonance techniques and the progress made in their application to the assessment of the blood-brain barrier in vascular cognitive impairment.
3.Recent advance in role of iron metabolism in vascular cognitive impairment
Xuehao JIAO ; Bingying DU ; Nuo WANG ; Xiaoying BI
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2024;23(5):507-512
Iron is an essential trace element for brain development and cognitive function maintenance. Iron homeostasis disruption in the body, whether due to iron overload or deficiency, may lead to a series of adverse consequences to the brain. Vascular cognitive impairment is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by cognitive impairment such as mental decline and weak thinking, which seriously endangers people's health. At present, the relationship between iron metabolism and vascular cognitive impairment is receiving more and more attention. This paper summarizes the progress of iron metabolism and its role in vascular cognitive impairment, in order to provide new ideas and methods for prevention and treatment of vascular cognitive impairment.
4.Exploration of remote cognitive assessment and rehabilitation guidance
Qichao DING ; Shu ZHOU ; Xiaoying BI
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2023;56(2):220-226
With rapid global growth of the older population, it has been increasingly important for screening, early diagnosis, treatment and daily monitoring of cognitive function in the elderly population. Given the limited effects of pharmacological treatments, cognitive rehabilitation has the potential to improve meaningful outcomes for older people and thus comes into sight. Traditional cognitive assessment and rehabilitation require face-to-face interview, while patients with cognitive impairment are mostly elderly with difficulties in access to medical care, usually needed to be accompanied by caregivers and having other co-morbidities with limited mobility. This contradiction is especially prominent in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, which may even exacerbate cognitive decline of patients. Therefore, remote cognitive assessment and rehabilitation based on information and communication technologies have become new options. This paper introduces the widely used and validated means of remote assessment and its guiding use in cognitive rehabilitation, which can be implemented through the Internet, applications, video and telephone. The advantages of being fast, convenient and geographically agnostic lead to a wider use in large community and safeguard the health of patients with cognitive impairment.
5.Research progress on the relationships of immune disorders with depression and dementia
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2023;40(9):780-784
Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. Depression increases the risk of stroke,cardiovascular disease,and dementia. Certain types of depression may be a harbinger of cognitive impairment. Chronic stress and inflammation jointly compromise vascular and brain functions. The resulting microglial activation and increases in proinflammatory cytokines lead to depression and cognitive impairment,which may progress to dementia. Anti-inflammatory treatments can improve depressive symptoms,and anti-inflammatory and antidepressant treatments may prevent cognitive impairment in patients with inflammatory depression. This paper reviews the relationship between inflammation, depression,and cognition,aiming to provide a reference for the clinical research of inflammatory depression and dementia.
6.Resting state functional magnetic imaging resonance research in depression combined with cognitive impairment
Wen WU ; Lue LU ; Zhengsheng GU ; Xiaoying BI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2022;31(1):61-65
Cognitive impairment is one of the important clinical manifestations in depression. The particularly vulnerable cognition domains included executive function, attention, memory, and processing speed. Depression with cognitive impairment is not only a predictor of poor efficacy, but also closely related to dementia. Previous studies have suggested that multiple physiological mechanisms may be altered between depression and cognitive impairment. With the rapid development of neuroimaging technology, resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging has been widely used to explore the neurobiological mechanisms of depression and cognitive impairment. After reviewing the resting-state functional MRI manifestations of the comorbidity, it was found that the default mode network, cognitive control network, and salience network were activated or weakened in the brain. In addition, the inter-network functional connectivity was altered with the co-existence of impairment and compensation. The aforementioned changes of brain function are expected to be the therapeutic targets for depression with cognitive dysfunction.
7.Delay in anticoagulation in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: influencing factors and its effect on outcome
Rui SUN ; Rundong CHEN ; Ge YIN ; Qichao DING ; Wen WU ; Cunxiu FAN ; Xu SUN ; Meng LIANG ; Xiaobei LIU ; Qiang LI ; Xiaoying BI
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2022;30(8):577-583
Objective:To investigate the factors associated with delay in anticoagulant therapy in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and its effect on outcome.Methods:Patients with CVST admitted to Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University from January 2010 to August 2021 were retrospectively enrolled. Patients were divided into early anticoagulation group and late anticoagulation group by the median time interval from first symptom to initiation of anticoagulation. The modified Rankin Scale was used for outcome assessment at 90 d after onset. 0-2 scores were defined as good outcome and 3-6 were defined as poor outcome. Demographic and clinical data were compared for the early versus late anticoagulation group and for the good versus poor outcome groups. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify independent influencing factors of delay in anticoagulation and the correlation of delay in anticoagulation with poor outcome. Results:A total of 131 patients were included, their age was 40.07±15.11 years old, and 68 (51.91%) were male. Of these, 65 patients (49.62%) were in the early anticoagulation group and 14 (10.69%) were in the poor outcome group. Compared with the late anticoagulation group, the early anticoagulation group had a significantly higher proportion of patients with seizures and brain parenchymal damage as well as higher D-dimer levels on admission, while the proportion of patients with visual impairment/papilloedema was significantly lower (all P<0.05). Compared with the good outcome group, the poor outcome group had significantly higher proportions of patients with seizures, dyskinesia, impaired consciousness, low Glasgow Coma Scale score, and brain parenchymal damage as well as higher D-dimer, total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, sites of thrombus involvement were more common in the superior sagittal and straight sinuses, and significantly lower proportions of patients with headache and lower albumin levels on admission (all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that visual impairment/papilloedema (odds ratio [ OR] 0.119, 95% confidence interval [ CI] 0.030-0.473; P=0.002) and brain parenchymal damage ( OR 1.341, 95% CI 1.042-1.727; P=0.023) were independently associated with a delay in anticoagulation treatment, and a delay in anticoagulation treatment ( OR 6.102, 95% CI 1.185-30.504; P=0.030) and D-dimer level on admission ( OR 1.299, 95% CI 1.141-1.480; P<0.001) were the independent predictors of poor outcome in patients with CVST. Conclusions:Visual impairment/papilloedema and absence of brain parenchymal damage on cranial imaging are the independent risk factors for delay in anticoagulation in patients with CVST. The delay in anticoagulation is strongly associated with the poor outcome in patients with CVST.
8.Pathophysiological mechanism of vascular cognitive impairment
Rui SUN ; Ge YIN ; Meng LIANG ; Cunxiu FAN ; Xiutian ZHANG ; Xiaoying BI
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021;29(8):613-618
Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is a progressive cognitive impairment caused by cerebrovascular disease or vascular risk factors. It is the second common type of cognitive impairment after Alzheimer's disease. VCI can be caused by a variety of signal and metabolic pathways. Its core mechanism is that cerebrovascular disease destroys the neurovascular unit composed of neurons, glial cells, and cerebrovascular endothelial cells. This article summarizes and discusses the known mechanisms of VCI, in order to deepen the understanding of the molecular pathological process of VCI and provide ideas for its prevention and treatment.
9.Association between somatization symptoms and BMI, sleep and cognitive function in patients with depression
Yue LU ; Jiasi LI ; Shu ZHOU ; Wen WU ; Chao CHEN ; Zhengsheng GU ; Ge YIN ; Rui SUN ; Ruoru WANG ; Xiaoying BI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2021;30(2):134-138
Objective:To study the relationship between somatization symptoms and body mass index (BMI), sleep and cognitive function in patients with depression.Methods:A total of 119 patients with depression were selected from January to December in 2019.According to the score of patient health questionnaire-15(PHQ15), they were divided into mild somatization group ( n=75) and moderate severe somatization group ( n=44). Hamilton depression scale-24(HAMD-24), patient health questionnaire-15, Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI) and Montreal cognitive assessment(MoCA) were used to evaluate all subjects.SPSS 23.0 software was used for data analysis.Independent sample t-test was used to compare BMI, sleep and cognitive function scores between the two groups.Pearson correlation analysis was used to study the correlation between somatization symptoms and sleep quality and cognitive function. Results:There were significant differences in BMI((21.70±3.09)kg/m 2, (23.31±3.51)kg/m 2), PSQI((12.56±4.37), (14.37±3.72)), sleep quality(1.87±0.86), (2.21±0.80)), sleep disorder ((1.24±0.59), (1.65±0.53))and daytime dysfunction((2.45±0.81), (2.77±0.48)) between the two groups ( t=-3.783--2.133, all P<0.05), but no difference was found in cognition ( P>0.05). Correlation analysis showed that after controlling HAMD, PHQ-15 was positively correlated with PSQI, sleep quality, sleep disorder, daytime dysfunction and language score in MoCA ( r=0.205-0.298, all P<0.05). Conclusion:The severity of somatization in patients with depression is related to BMI, sleep quality, sleep disorder, daytime dysfunction and language function, suggesting that they may play an important role in the pathogenesis of depression with somatization.
10.Vitamin D and cognitive function
Ge YIN ; Jiasi LI ; Cunxiu FAN ; Rui SUN ; Meng LIANG ; Ruoru WANG ; Xiaoying BI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2021;30(4):367-372
Cognitive impairment includes several clinical processes from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, and now it has been a serious public health problem, as there is no effective treatment, it has caused a heavy economic and psychological burden on the family and society, therefore, it seems important to find effective intervention means.Vitamin D is an essential nutrient element for the human body, more and more evidences show that it also participates in many extraskeletal biological reactions, such as nervous system regulatory processes, in addition to calcium and phosphorus metabolism.Several researches have revealed that Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired cognition, the mechanisms mediating this link are poorly understood, what's more, for further clinical application, we need to solve the problems like choosing the suitable populations and drug dosage, therefore, this article summarizes and analyzes the effects of serum Vitamin D levels on the cognitive function of different populations, the research progress of Vitamin D intervention research and its possible mechanism of action, hoping to provide references for the clinical application of Vitamin D in the treatment of cognitive impairment.The results show that Vitamin D deficiency is related to the decline of cognitive function in different populations, and Vitamin D can improve cognitive function through reducing Aβ toxicity, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress and other mechanisms, its supplementation is expected to be an important measure of treating cognitive impairment, in the future, large-scale longitudinal cohort studies are needed to determine the optimal dosage and duration of treatment.


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