- Territory-Related Functional Connectivity Changes Associated with Verbal Memory Decline in Patients with Unilateral Asymptomatic Internal Carotid Stenosis
Fifteen healthy controls, 22 patients with left asymptomatic ICS, and 33 patients with right asymptomatic ICS underwent fMRI, Mini-Mental State Examination, Digit Span Test, and Verbal Learning Tests. Patients with asymptomatic ICS had significant impairment in delayed recall of verbal memory. Patients with left and right asymptomatic ICS showed different patterns of FC alterations in both anterior and posterior circulation territories.