NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA TREATMENT EFFECT ON THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION OF THE ATTENTION NETWORK: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE COASTAL CITY OF HANGZHOU (CHINA)

Objective: This study mainly to explore the effect of comprehensive treatment in Hangzhou (China) on cognitive function of attention network in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: Patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma who were initially diagnosed as the pre-treatment group were collected as the pre-treatment group in Hangzhou (China), and the patients who were reexamined within more than half a year after treatment were the post-treatment group. All patients received behavioral tests of attention network cognitive function. The processing efficiency of three sub-networks (executive control network, alertness system and orientation network) of cognitive function of patients' attention network was compared horizontally. Results: After treatment, the score and ratio of processing efficiency of executive control network in the group after treatment were significantly lower than those in the group before treatment, while the scores and score ratios of alertness system and oriented network processing efficiency did not change significantly. Conclusion: After treatment, the processing efficiency of the alert system and orientation network of NPC patients did not change significantly in Hangzhou (China), but the processing efficiency of the executive control network was improved. Conclusion: We determined that the pneumococcal vaccine, which is mainly administered in family medicine centers, has a positive effect on the course of COVID-19, and adult immunization should be given importance in every period. © 2022 A. CARBONE Editore. All rights reserved.

Higher Executive Control Network Coherence Buffers Against Puberty-Related Increases in Internalizing Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

BACKGROUND: Early pubertal maturation has been posited to be a biopsychosocial risk factor for the onset of internalizing psychopathology in adolescence; further, early-maturing youths exhibit heightened reactivity to stressful events. School closures and enforced social distancing, as well as health and financial uncertainties, during the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to adversely affect mental health in youths, particularly adolescents who are already at risk for experiencing emotional difficulties. The executive control network (ECN) supports cognitive processes required to successfully navigate novel challenges and regulate emotions in stressful contexts. METHODS: We examined whether functional coherence of the ECN, measured using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging 5 years before the pandemic (T1), is a neurobiological marker of resilience to increases in the severity of internalizing symptoms during COVID-19 in adolescents who were in more advanced stages of puberty at T1 relative to their same-age peers (N = 85, 49 female). RESULTS: On average, participants reported an increase in symptoms from the 3 months before pandemic to the 2 most recent weeks during the pandemic. We found that early-maturing youths exhibited greater increases in internalizing symptoms during the pandemic if their ECN coherence was low; in contrast, relative pubertal stage was not associated with changes in internalizing symptoms in adolescents with higher ECN coherence at T1. CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the role of the functional architecture of the brain that supports executive functioning in protecting against risk factors that may exacerbate symptoms of internalizing psychopathology during periods of stress and uncertainty.