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Hagmann C, Singer J, Latal B, Knirsch W, Makki M. Regional Microstructural and Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Abnormalities in the Corpus Callosum of Neonates With Congenital Heart Defect Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Child Neurol 2016; 31:300-8. [PMID: 26129977 DOI: 10.1177/0883073815591214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the structural development of the corpus callosum in term neonates with congenital heart defect before and after surgery using diffusion tensor imaging and 3-dimensional T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We compared parallel and radial diffusions, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), fractional anisotropy, and volume of 5 substructures of the corpus callosum: genu, rostral body, body, isthmus, and splenium. Compared to healthy controls, we found a significantly lower volume of the splenium and total corpus callosum and a higher radial diffusion and lower fractional anisotropy in the splenium of patients presurgery; a lower volume in all substructures in the postsurgery group; higher radial diffusion in the rostral body, body, and splenium; and a higher apparent diffusion coefficient in the splenium of postsurgery patients. Similar fractional anisotropy changes in congenital heart defect patients were reported in preterm infants. Our findings in apparent diffusion coefficient in the splenium of these patients (pre and postsurgery) are comparable to findings in preterm neonates with psychomotor delay. Delayed maturation of the isthmus was also reported in preterm infants.
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- Cornelia Hagmann
- Department of Neonatology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neonatology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- MRI Research Centre, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Hunt NJ, Phillips L, Waters KA, Machaalani R. Proteomic MALDI-TOF/TOF-IMS examination of peptide expression in the formalin fixed brainstem and changes in sudden infant death syndrome infants. J Proteomics 2016; 138:48-60. [PMID: 26926438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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UNLABELLED Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionisation imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS) has not previously been utilised to examine sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This study aimed to optimise MALDI IMS for use on archived formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded human infant medulla tissue (n=6, controls; n=6, SIDS) to evaluate differences between multiple nuclei of the medulla by using high resolution IMS. Profiles were compared between SIDS and age/sex matched controls. LC-MALDI identified 55 proteins based on 321 peptides across all samples; 286 peaks were found using IMS, corresponding to these 55 proteins that were directly compared between controls and SIDS. Control samples were used to identify common peptides for neuronal/non-neuronal structures allowing identification of medullary regions. In SIDS, abnormal expression patterns of 41 peptides (p≤0.05) corresponding to 9 proteins were observed; these changes were confirmed with immunohistochemistry. The protein abnormalities varied amongst nuclei, with the majority of variations in the raphe nuclei, hypoglossal and pyramids. The abnormal proteins are not related to a previously identified neurological disease pathway but consist of developmental neuronal/glial/axonal growth, cell metabolism, cyto-architecture and apoptosis components. This suggests that SIDS infants have abnormal neurological development in the raphe nuclei, hypoglossal and pyramids of the brainstem, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of SIDS. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE This study is the first to perform an imaging mass spectrometry investigation in the human brainstem and also within sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). LC MALDI and MALDI IMS identified 55 proteins based on 285 peptides in both control and SIDS tissue; with abnormal expression patterns present for 41/285 and 9/55 proteins in SIDS using IMS. The abnormal proteins are critical for neurological development; with the impairment supporting the hypothesis that SIDS may be due to delayed neurological maturation. The brainstem regions mostly affected included the raphe nuclei, hypoglossal and pyramids. This study highlights that basic cyto-architectural proteins are affected in SIDS and that abnormal expression of these proteins in other CNS disorders should be examined. KEY SENTENCES LC MALDI and MALDI IMS identified 55 proteins based on 285 peptides in both control and SIDS tissue. Abnormal expression patterns were present for 41/285 and 9/55 proteins in SIDS using IMS. Brainstem regions mostly affected included the raphe nuclei, hypoglossal and pyramids.
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- Nicholas J Hunt
- Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; BOSCH Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Hormones and Cancer Division, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; BOSCH Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; BOSCH Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
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OBJECTIVE Children with sleep disorders tend to experience attention problems, yet little is known about the relationship between sleep and attention in early development. This prospective follow-up study investigated the longitudinal relationships between neonatal sleep, attention, and distraction in infants born preterm. METHOD We used actigraphy and sleep-wake diaries in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU, N = 65), attention orienting in a visual-recognition-memory task (VRM) at age 4 months, and structured observation of attention and distractibility at age 18 months. RESULTS Infants with poorer neonatal sleep (n = 31) exhibited longer first gaze durations in the VRM at 4 months and longer distraction episodes at 18 months relative to neonatal controls who slept well (p < .01). Hierarchical regression models support relations between neonatal sleep and gaze behavior at 4 months and distractibility at 18 months; moreover, alterations in orienting attention at 4 months predicted the likelihood of being distracted during the second year of life. CONCLUSION Findings underscore the importance of early sleep-wake and attention regulation in the development of distraction in infants born preterm.
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- Ronny Geva
- Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Numerous events are involved in brain development, some of which are detected by neuroimaging. Major changes in brain morphology are depicted by brain imaging during the fetal period while changes in brain composition can be demonstrated in both pre- and postnatal periods. Although ultrasonography and computed tomography can show changes in brain morphology, these techniques are insensitive to myelination that is one of the most important events occurring during brain maturation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is therefore the method of choice to evaluate brain maturation. MRI also gives insight into the microstructure of brain tissue through diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging. Metabolic changes are also part of brain maturation and are assessed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Understanding and knowledge of the different steps in brain development are required to be able to detect morphologic and structural changes on neuroimaging. Consequently alterations in normal development can be depicted.
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- Nadine Girard
- Neuroradiology Service, Hôpital la Timone, Marseille, France; Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
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- Pediatric Radiology Imaging Service, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre and Laboratoire ICube, Université de Strasbourg-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Neuroradiology Service, Hôpital la Timone, Marseille, France
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Volpe JJ. Impaired Neurodevelopmental Outcome After Mild Germinal Matrix-Intraventricular Hemorrhage. Pediatrics 2015; 136:1185-7. [PMID: 26598456 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Joseph J Volpe
- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Pundir AS, Singh UA, Ahuja N, Makhija S, Dikshit PC, Radotra B, Kumar P, Shankar SK, Mahadevan A, Roy TS, Iyengar S. Growth and refinement of excitatory synapses in the human auditory cortex. Brain Struct Funct 2015; 221:3641-74. [PMID: 26438332 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1124-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We had earlier demonstrated a neurofilament-rich plexus of axons in the presumptive human auditory cortex during fetal development which became adult-like during infancy. To elucidate the origin of these axons, we studied the expression of the vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT) 1 and 2 in the human auditory cortex at different stages of development. While VGLUT-1 expression predominates in intrinsic and cortico-cortical synapses, VGLUT-2 expression predominates in thalamocortical synapses. Levels of VGLUT-2 mRNA were higher in the auditory cortex before birth compared to postnatal development. In contrast, levels of VGLUT-1 mRNA were low before birth and increased during postnatal development to peak during childhood and then began to decrease in adolescence. Both VGLUT-1 and VGLUT-2 proteins were present in the human auditory cortex as early as 15GW. Further, immunohistochemistry revealed that the supra- and infragranular layers were more immunoreactive for VGLUT-1 compared to that in Layer IV at 34GW and this pattern was maintained until adulthood. As for VGLUT-1 mRNA, VGLUT-1 synapses increased in density between prenatal development and childhood in the human auditory cortex after which they appeared to undergo attrition or pruning. The adult pattern of VGLUT-2 immunoreactivity (a dense band of VGLUT-2-positive terminals in Layer IV) also began to appear in the presumptive Heschl's gyrus at 34GW. The density of VGLUT-2-positive puncta in Layer IV increased between prenatal development and adolescence, followed by a decrease in adulthood, suggesting that thalamic axons which innervate the human auditory cortex undergo pruning comparatively late in development.
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- Arvind Singh Pundir
- Division of Systems Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre (Deemed University), NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122051, India
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- Division of Systems Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre (Deemed University), NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122051, India
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- Division of Systems Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre (Deemed University), NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122051, India
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- Division of Systems Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre (Deemed University), NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122051, India
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India
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- Department of Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, 110010, India
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Allied Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Allied Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India
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- Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110002, India
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- Division of Systems Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre (Deemed University), NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122051, India.
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Ashwell KWS, Shulruf B. Quantitative comparison of cerebral artery development in human embryos with other eutherians. J Anat 2015; 227:286-96. [PMID: 26183939 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The embryonic and early fetal human brain is known to undergo extraordinary expansion of its cellular population during embryonic and early fetal life, and is critically dependant on a steady supply of nutrients and oxygen for proper brain development. Quantitative analysis of the internal radius of the aorta and cerebral arteries in a range of eutherian mammals has been used to compare arterial flow to the developing human brain with that to the brains of non-human eutherians. Human embryos showed a much steeper rise of internal radius of the aorta with increasing body size than the embryos of non-human eutherians, but the thickness of the aorta rose at the same pace relative to body size in both humans and non-humans, suggesting that aortic pressure is similar in all eutherian embryos of a similar size. The sums of internal radii of both the internal carotids and vertebral arteries of human embryos raised to the fourth power were much lower at embryonic stages (less than 22 mm body length) than in non-human eutherians, were similar between humans and non-humans at 22-30 mm body length, and exceeded the non-humans at body lengths of more than 30 mm. The relative size of the internal calibre of the cerebral feeder arteries (internal carotid and vertebral) to the aorta did not change between embryonic and fetal sizes in either humans or non-humans. The findings suggest that the developing human brain may actually receive less blood flow at embryonic sizes (less than 22 mm body length) than do other mammalian embryos of a similar body size, but that internal carotid and vertebral flow is higher in human fetuses (body length greater than 30 mm) than in developing non-humans of the same body size. Increased flow to the developing human brain relative to non-humans is achieved by simultaneous increases in both aortic and cerebral feeder artery internal calibre.
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- Ken W S Ashwell
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Medical Education, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Neurodevelopment is a complex, dynamic process that involves a precisely orchestrated sequence of genetic, environmental, biochemical, and physical events. Developmental biology and genetics have shaped our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms during neurodevelopment. Recent studies suggest that physical forces play a central role in translating these cellular mechanisms into the complex surface morphology of the human brain. However, the precise impact of neuronal differentiation, migration, and connection on the physical forces during cortical folding remains unknown. Here we review the cellular mechanisms of neurodevelopment with a view toward surface morphogenesis, pattern selection, and evolution of shape. We revisit cortical folding as the instability problem of constrained differential growth in a multi-layered system. To identify the contributing factors of differential growth, we map out the timeline of neurodevelopment in humans and highlight the cellular events associated with extreme radial and tangential expansion. We demonstrate how computational modeling of differential growth can bridge the scales-from phenomena on the cellular level toward form and function on the organ level-to make quantitative, personalized predictions. Physics-based models can quantify cortical stresses, identify critical folding conditions, rationalize pattern selection, and predict gyral wavelengths and gyrification indices. We illustrate that physical forces can explain cortical malformations as emergent properties of developmental disorders. Combining biology and physics holds promise to advance our understanding of human brain development and enable early diagnostics of cortical malformations with the ultimate goal to improve treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders including epilepsy, autism spectrum disorders, and schizophrenia.
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- Silvia Budday
- Chair of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Erlangen/Nuremberg Erlangen, Germany
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- Chair of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Erlangen/Nuremberg Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA
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Huria T, Beeraka NM, Al-Ghamdi B, Fern R. Premyelinated central axons express neurotoxic NMDA receptors: relevance to early developing white-matter injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015; 35:543-53. [PMID: 25515212 PMCID: PMC4420873 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Revised: 11/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ischemic-type injury to developing white matter is associated with the significant clinical condition cerebral palsy and with the cognitive deficits associated with premature birth. Premyelinated axons are the major cellular component of fetal white matter and loss of axon function underlies the disability, but the cellular mechanisms producing ischemic injury to premyelinated axons have not previously been described. Injury was found to require longer periods of modelled ischemia than at latter developmental points. Ischemia produced initial hyperexcitability in axons followed by loss of function after Na(+) and Ca(2+) influx. N-methyl-D-aspartate- (NMDA) type glutamate receptor (GluR) agonists potentiated axon injury while antagonists were protective. The NMDA GluR obligatory Nr1 subunit colocalized with markers of small premyelinated axons and expression was found at focal regions of axon injury. Ischemic injury of glial cells present in early developing white matter was NMDA GluR independent. Axons in human postconception week 18 to 23 white matter had a uniform prediameter expansion phenotype and postembedded immuno-gold labelling showed Nr1 subunit expression on the membrane of these axons, demonstrating a shared key neuropathologic feature with the rodent model. Premyelinated central axons therefore express high levels of functional NMDA GluRs that confer sensitivity to ischemic injury.
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- Tahani Huria
- Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, John Bull Building, Research Way, Plymouth, UK
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Nossin-Manor R, Card D, Raybaud C, Taylor MJ, Sled JG. Cerebral maturation in the early preterm period-A magnetization transfer and diffusion tensor imaging study using voxel-based analysis. Neuroimage 2015; 112:30-42. [PMID: 25731990 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) correlates of early brain development were examined in cohort of 18 very preterm neonates (27-31 gestational weeks) presenting with normal radiological findings scanned within 2weeks after birth (28-32 gestational weeks). A combination of non-linear image registration, tissue segmentation, and voxel-wise regression was used to map the age dependent changes in MTR and DTI-derived parameters in 3D across the brain based on the cross-sectional in vivo preterm data. The regression coefficient maps obtained differed between brain regions and between the different quantitative MRI indices. Significant linear increases as well as decreases in MTR and DTI-derived parameters were observed throughout the preterm brain. In particular, the lamination pattern in the cerebral wall was evident on parametric and regression coefficient maps. The frontal white matter area (subplate and intermediate zone) demonstrated a linear decrease in MTR. While the intermediate zone showed an unexpected decrease in fractional anisotropy (FA) with age, with this decrease (and the increase in mean diffusivity (MD)) driven primarily by an increase in radial diffusivity (RD) values, the subplate showed no change in FA (and an increase in MD). The latter was the result of a concomitant similar increase in axial diffusivity (AD) and RD values. Interpreting the in vivo results in terms of available histological data, we present a biophysical model that describes the relation between various microstructural changes measured by complementary quantitative methods available on clinical scanners and a range of maturational processes in brain tissue.
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- Revital Nossin-Manor
- Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Neurosciences and Mental Health, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
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- Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2, Canada
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- Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Neurosciences and Mental Health, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2, Canada
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- Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada
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Wisnowski JL, Ceschin RC, Choi SY, Schmithorst VJ, Painter MJ, Nelson MD, Blüml S, Panigrahy A. Reduced thalamic volume in preterm infants is associated with abnormal white matter metabolism independent of injury. Neuroradiology 2015; 57:515-25. [PMID: 25666231 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-015-1495-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Altered thalamocortical development is hypothesized to be a key substrate underlying neurodevelopmental disabilities in preterm infants. However, the pathogenesis of this abnormality is not well-understood. We combined magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the parietal white matter and morphometric analyses of the thalamus to investigate the association between white matter metabolism and thalamic volume and tested the hypothesis that thalamic volume would be associated with diminished N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA), a measure of neuronal/axonal maturation, independent of white matter injury. METHODS Data from 106 preterm infants (mean gestational age at birth: 31.0 weeks ± 4.3; range 23-36 weeks) who underwent MR examinations under clinical indications were included in this study. RESULTS Linear regression analyses demonstrated a significant association between parietal white matter NAA concentration and thalamic volume. This effect was above and beyond the effect of white matter injury and age at MRI and remained significant even when preterm infants with punctate white matter lesions (pWMLs) were excluded from the analysis. Furthermore, choline, and among the preterm infants without pWMLs, lactate concentrations were also associated with thalamic volume. Of note, the associations between NAA and choline concentration and thalamic volume remained significant even when the sample was restricted to neonates who were term-equivalent age or older. CONCLUSION These observations provide convergent evidence of a neuroimaging phenotype characterized by widespread abnormal thalamocortical development and suggest that the pathogenesis may involve impaired axonal maturation.
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- Jessica L Wisnowski
- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #81, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA,
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Gentil BJ, Tibshirani M, Durham HD. Neurofilament dynamics and involvement in neurological disorders. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 360:609-20. [PMID: 25567110 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-2082-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Neurons are extremely polarised cells in which the cytoskeleton, composed of microtubules, microfilaments and neurofilaments, plays a crucial role in maintaining structure and function. Neurofilaments, the 10-nm intermediate filaments of neurons, provide structure and mechanoresistance but also provide a scaffolding for the organization of the nucleus and organelles such as mitochondria and ER. Disruption of neurofilament organization and expression or metabolism of neurofilament proteins is characteristic of certain neurological syndromes including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth sensorimotor neuropathies and Giant Axonal Neuropathy. Microfluorometric live imaging techniques have been instrumental in revealing the dynamics of neurofilament assembly and transport and their functions in organizing intracellular organelle networks. The insolubility of neurofilament proteins has limited identifying interactors by conventional biochemical techniques but yeast two-hybrid experiments have revealed new roles for oligomeric, nonfilamentous structures including vesicular trafficking. Although having long half-lives, new evidence points to degradation of subunits by the ubiquitin-proteasome system as a mechanism of normal turnover. Although certain E3-ligases ubiquitinating neurofilament proteins have been identified, the overall process of neurofilament degradation is not well understood. We review these mechanisms of neurofilament homeostasis and abnormalities in motor neuron and peripheral nerve disorders. Much remains to discover about the disruption of processes that leads to their pathological aggregation and accumulation and the relevance to pathogenesis. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for identifying novel therapeutic strategies.
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- Benoit J Gentil
- Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery and Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada,
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Danzer E, Kim SS. Neurodevelopmental outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Evaluation, predictors and outcome. World J Clin Pediatr 2014; 3:30-36. [PMID: 25254182 PMCID: PMC4162442 DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v3.i3.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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To review the reported neurodevelopmental outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) survivors, identify important predictors of developmental disabilities, and describe the pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to adverse outcome. A Medline search was performed for English-language articles cross-referencing CDH with pertinent search terms. Retrospective, prospective, and longitudinal follow-up studies were examined. The reference lists of identified articles were also searched. Neurodevelopmental dysfunction has been recognized as one of most common and potentially most disabling outcome of CDH. Intelligence appears to be in the low normal to mildly delayed range. Neuromotor dysfunction is common during early childhood. Behavioral problems, hearing impairment, and quality of life related issues are frequently encountered in older children and adolescence. Disease severity correlates with the degree of neurological dysfunction. Neurodevelopmental follow-up in CDH children should become standard of care to identify those who would benefit from early intervention services and improve neurological outcomes.
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Ortinau C, Neil J. The neuroanatomy of prematurity: Normal brain development and the impact of preterm birth. Clin Anat 2014; 28:168-83. [DOI: 10.1002/ca.22430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Cynthia Ortinau
- Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts USA
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- Departments of Neurology and Radiology; Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts USA
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Atik A, Cheong J, Harding R, Rees S, De Matteo R, Tolcos M. Impact of daily high-dose caffeine exposure on developing white matter of the immature ovine brain. Pediatr Res 2014; 76:54-63. [PMID: 24739937 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Caffeine is widely used to treat apnea of prematurity, but the standard dosing regimen is not always sufficient to prevent apnea. Before higher doses of caffeine can be used, their effects on the immature brain need to be carefully evaluated. Our aim was to determine the impact of daily high-dose caffeine administration on the developing white matter of the immature ovine brain. METHODS High-dose caffeine (25 mg/kg caffeine base loading dose; 20 mg/kg daily maintenance dose; n = 9) or saline (n = 8) were administered to pregnant sheep from 0.7 to 0.8 of term, equivalent to approximately 27-34 wk in humans. At 0.8 of term, the white and gray matter were assessed histologically and immunohistochemically. RESULTS Daily caffeine administration led to peak caffeine concentration of 32 mg/l in fetal plasma at 1 h, followed by a gradual decline, with no effects on mean arterial pressure and heart rate. Initial caffeine exposure led to transient, mild alkalosis in the fetus but did not alter oxygenation. At necropsy, there was no effect of daily high-dose caffeine on brain weight, oligodendrocyte density, myelination, axonal integrity, microgliosis, astrogliosis, apoptosis, or neuronal density. CONCLUSION Daily high-dose caffeine administration does not appear to adversely affect the developing white matter at the microstructural level.
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- Anzari Atik
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- 1] Department of Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Victorian Infant Brain Studies, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [2] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research and Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy markers of axons and astrogliosis in relation to specific features of white matter injury in preterm infants. Neuroradiology 2014; 56:771-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00234-014-1380-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Combining diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and network analysis in the adult human brain has identified a set of highly connected cortical hubs that form a "rich club"--a high-cost, high-capacity backbone thought to enable efficient network communication. Rich-club architecture appears to be a persistent feature of the mature mammalian brain, but it is not known when this structure emerges during human development. In this longitudinal study we chart the emergence of structural organization in mid to late gestation. We demonstrate that a rich club of interconnected cortical hubs is already present by 30 wk gestation. Subsequently, until the time of normal birth, the principal development is a proliferation of connections between core hubs and the rest of the brain. We also consider the impact of environmental factors on early network development, and compare term-born neonates to preterm infants at term-equivalent age. Though rich-club organization remains intact following premature birth, we reveal significant disruptions in both in cortical-subcortical connectivity and short-distance corticocortical connections. Rich club organization is present well before the normal time of birth and may provide the fundamental structural architecture for the subsequent emergence of complex neurological functions. Premature exposure to the extrauterine environment is associated with altered network architecture and reduced network capacity, which may in part account for the high prevalence of cognitive problems in preterm infants.
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Volpe JJ. Encephalopathy of congenital heart disease- destructive and developmental effects intertwined. J Pediatr 2014; 164:962-5. [PMID: 24529617 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Joseph J Volpe
- Bronson Crothers Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Microglia toxicity in preterm brain injury. Reprod Toxicol 2014; 48:106-12. [PMID: 24768662 PMCID: PMC4155935 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Microglia responses in the preterm human brain in association with injury. Microglia responses in animal models of preterm brain injury. Mechanisms of microglia toxicity from in vitro primary microglia cell culture experiments.
Microglia are the resident phagocytic cells of the central nervous system. During brain development they are also imperative for apoptosis of excessive neurons, synaptic pruning, phagocytosis of debris and maintaining brain homeostasis. Brain damage results in a fast and dynamic microglia reaction, which can influence the extent and distribution of subsequent neuronal dysfunction. As a consequence, microglia responses can promote tissue protection and repair following brain injury, or become detrimental for the tissue integrity and functionality. In this review, we will describe microglia responses in the human developing brain in association with injury, with particular focus on the preterm infant. We also explore microglia responses and mechanisms of microglia toxicity in animal models of preterm white matter injury and in vitro primary microglia cell culture experiments.
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Chen Y, Zhu H, An H, Armao D, Shen D, Gilmore JH, Lin W. More insights into early brain development through statistical analyses of eigen-structural elements of diffusion tensor imaging using multivariate adaptive regression splines. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 219:551-69. [PMID: 23455648 PMCID: PMC3795940 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0517-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The aim of this study was to characterize the maturational changes of the three eigenvalues (λ1 ≥ λ2 ≥ λ3) of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) during early postnatal life for more insights into early brain development. In order to overcome the limitations of using presumed growth trajectories for regression analysis, we employed Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) to derive data-driven growth trajectories for the three eigenvalues. We further employed Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) to carry out statistical inferences on the growth trajectories obtained with MARS. With a total of 71 longitudinal datasets acquired from 29 healthy, full-term pediatric subjects, we found that the growth velocities of the three eigenvalues were highly correlated, but significantly different from each other. This paradox suggested the existence of mechanisms coordinating the maturations of the three eigenvalues even though different physiological origins may be responsible for their temporal evolutions. Furthermore, our results revealed the limitations of using the average of λ2 and λ3 as the radial diffusivity in interpreting DTI findings during early brain development because these two eigenvalues had significantly different growth velocities even in central white matter. In addition, based upon the three eigenvalues, we have documented the growth trajectory differences between central and peripheral white matter, between anterior and posterior limbs of internal capsule, and between inferior and superior longitudinal fasciculus. Taken together, we have demonstrated that more insights into early brain maturation can be gained through analyzing eigen-structural elements of DTI.
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- Yasheng Chen
- Department of Radiology, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA,
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Ruppe V, Dilsiz P, Reiss CS, Carlson C, Devinsky O, Zagzag D, Weiner HL, Talos DM. Developmental brain abnormalities in tuberous sclerosis complex: A comparative tissue analysis of cortical tubers and perituberal cortex. Epilepsia 2014; 55:539-50. [DOI: 10.1111/epi.12545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Véronique Ruppe
- Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Biology and Neural Science; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
- Department of Neurosurgery; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
- Department of Psychiatry; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Neurosurgery; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
- Department of Pathology; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Neurosurgery; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; New York University; New York New York U.S.A
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Miao X, Qi M, Cui S, Guan Y, Jia Z, Hong X, Jiang Y. Assessing sequence and relationship of regional maturation in corpus callosum and internal capsule in preterm and term newborns by diffusion-tensor imaging. Int J Dev Neurosci 2014; 34:42-7. [PMID: 24480665 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) can be used to investigate water diffusion in living tissue. OBJECTIVE To investigate sequence and relationship of regional maturation in corpus callosum (CC) and internal capsule (IC) in preterm and term. METHODS DTI was performed on 11 preterm infants at less than 37 weeks of corrected gestational age (group I), 21 preterm infants at equivalent-term (group II), 11 term infants during neonatal period (group III). Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) were measured in: anterior limb of IC (ALIC), posterior limb of IC (PLIC), genu and splenium of CC. RESULTS FA in splenium was more than that in other regions except genu of group I. Differences of FA between genu and PLIC were significant only in group III. ADC in genu was more than that in other regions but in splenium of groups I and II. Differences of ADC between splenium and ALIC were insignificant except group II. Higher FA and lower ADC in PLIC were gotten compared with those in ALIC. Correlations of FA and of ADC existed in CC and IC. CONCLUSION Maturation sequence was splenium followed by genu, then by PLIC and last by ALIC in term at neonatal period. Genu's maturation in preterm at equivalent-term was hindered. Regional maturation's correlations existed in CC and IC.
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- XiaoLin Miao
- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu 210029, China
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Site-specific distribution of CD68-positive microglial cells in the brains of human midterm fetuses: a topographical relationship with growing axons. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:762303. [PMID: 24459672 PMCID: PMC3891602 DOI: 10.1155/2013/762303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Using 5 fetuses of gestational age (GA) of 15-16 weeks and 4 of GA of 22–25 weeks, we examined site- and stage-dependent differences in CD68-positive microglial cell distribution in human fetal brains. CD68 positive cells were evident in the floor of the fourth ventricle and the pons and olive at 15-16 weeks, accumulating in and around the hippocampus at 22–25 weeks. At both stages, the accumulation of these cells was evident around the optic tract and the anterior limb of the internal capsule. When we compared CD68-positive cell distribution with the topographical anatomy of GAP43-positive developing axons, we found that positive axons were usually unaccompanied by CD68-positive cells, except in the transpontine corticofugal tract and the anterior limb of the internal capsule. Likewise, microglial cell distribution did not correspond with habenulointerpeduncular tract. Therefore, the distribution of CD68-positive cells during normal brain development may not reflect a supportive role of these microglia in axonogenesis of midterm human fetuses.
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Thompson DK, Lee KJ, Egan GF, Warfield SK, Doyle LW, Anderson PJ, Inder TE. Regional white matter microstructure in very preterm infants: predictors and 7 year outcomes. Cortex 2013; 52:60-74. [PMID: 24405815 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The aims of this study were to investigate regional white matter microstructural differences between very preterm (VPT) (<30 weeks' gestational age and/or <1250 g) and full term (FT) (≥37 weeks' gestational age) infants at term corrected age with diffusion tensor imaging, and to explore perinatal predictors of diffusion measures, and the relationship between regional diffusion measures and neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 7 years in VPT children. Mean (MD) (p = .003), axial (AD) (p = .008), and radial diffusivity (RD) (p = .003) in total white matter were increased in VPT compared with FT infants, with similar fractional anisotropy (FA) in the two groups. There was little evidence that group-wise differences were specific to any of the 8 regions studied for each hemisphere. Perinatal white matter abnormality and intraventricular hemorrhage (grade III or IV) were associated with increased diffusivity in the white matter of VPT infants. Higher white matter diffusivity measures of the inferior occipital and cerebellar region at term-equivalent age were associated with increased risk of impairments in motor and executive function at 7 years in VPT children, but there was little evidence for associations with IQ or memory impairment. In conclusion, myelination is likely disrupted or delayed in VPT infants, especially those with perinatal brain abnormality (BA). Altered diffusivity at term-equivalent age helps explain impaired functioning at 7 years. This study defines the nature of microstructural alterations in VPT infant white matter, assists in understanding the associated risk factors, and is the first study to reveal an important link between inferior occipital and cerebellar white matter disorganization in infancy, and executive and motor functioning 7 years later.
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- Deanne K Thompson
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Vic, Australia.
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Vic, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Vic, Australia; Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Women's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Vic, Australia
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Vic, Australia
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, St Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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Alcauter S, Lin W, Keith Smith J, Gilmore JH, Gao W. Consistent anterior-posterior segregation of the insula during the first 2 years of life. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 25:1176-87. [PMID: 24248433 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The human insula is a complex region characterized by heterogeneous cytoarchitecture, connectivity, and function. Subregional parcellation of the insula in adults has revealed an interesting anterior-posterior subdivision pattern that is highly consistent with its functional differentiation. However, the development of the insula's subregional segregation during the first 2 years of life remains unknown. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that similar segregation of the insula exists during this critical time period based on the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study of a large cohort of infants (n = 143) with longitudinal scans. Our results confirmed a consistent anterior-posterior subdivision of the insula during the first 2 years of life with dissociable connectivity patterns associated with each cluster. Specifically, the anterior insula coupled more with frontal association areas, whereas the posterior insula integrated more with sensorimotor-related regions. More importantly, dramatic development of each subregion's functional network was observed, providing important neuronal correlates for the rapid advancement of its related functions during this time period.
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- Sarael Alcauter
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center
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Yuan Y, Gilmore JH, Geng X, Martin S, Chen K, Wang JL, Zhu H. FMEM: functional mixed effects modeling for the analysis of longitudinal white matter Tract data. Neuroimage 2013; 84:753-64. [PMID: 24076225 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Many longitudinal imaging studies have collected repeated diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging data to understand white matter maturation and structural connectivity pattern in normal controls and diseased subjects. There is an urgent demand for the development of statistical methods for the analysis of diffusion properties along fiber tracts and clinical data obtained from longitudinal studies. Jointly analyzing repeated fiber-tract diffusion properties and covariates (e.g., age or gender) raises several major challenges including (i) infinite-dimensional functional response data, (ii) complex spatial-temporal correlation structure, and (iii) complex spatial smoothness. To address these challenges, this article is to develop a functional mixed effects modeling (FMEM) framework to delineate the dynamic changes of diffusion properties along major fiber tracts and their association with a set of covariates of interest and the structure of the variability of these white matter tract properties in various longitudinal studies. Our FMEM consists of a functional mixed effects model for addressing all three challenges, an efficient method for spatially smoothing varying coefficient functions, an estimation method for estimating the spatial-temporal correlation structure, a test procedure with local and global test statistics for testing hypotheses of interest associated with functional response, and a simultaneous confidence band for quantifying the uncertainty in the estimated coefficient functions. Simulated data are used to evaluate the finite sample performance of FMEM and to demonstrate that FMEM significantly outperforms the standard pointwise mixed effects modeling approach. We apply FMEM to study the spatial-temporal dynamics of white-matter fiber tracts in a clinical study of neurodevelopment.
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- Ying Yuan
- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Collin G, van den Heuvel MP. The ontogeny of the human connectome: development and dynamic changes of brain connectivity across the life span. Neuroscientist 2013; 19:616-28. [PMID: 24047610 DOI: 10.1177/1073858413503712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The human brain comprises distributed cortical regions that are structurally and functionally connected into a network that is known as the human connectome. Elaborate developmental processes starting in utero herald connectome genesis, with dynamic changes in its architecture continuing throughout life. Connectome changes during development, maturation, and aging may be governed by a set of biological rules or algorithms, forming and shaping the macroscopic architecture of the brain's wiring network. To explore the presence of developmental patterns indicative of such rules, this review considers insights from studies on the cellular and the systems level into macroscopic connectome genesis and dynamics across the life span. We observe that in parallel with synaptogenesis, macroscopic connectome formation and transformation is characterized by an initial overgrowth and subsequent elimination of cortico-cortical axonal projections. Furthermore, dynamic changes in connectome organization throughout the life span are suggested to follow an inverted U-shaped pattern, with an increasingly integrated topology during development, a plateau lasting for the majority of adulthood and an increasingly localized topology in late life. Elucidating developmental patterns in brain connectivity is crucial for our understanding of the human connectome and how it may give rise to brain function, including the occurrence of brain network disorders across the life span.
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- Guusje Collin
- 1Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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The premature brain: developmental and lesional anatomy. Neuroradiology 2013; 55 Suppl 2:23-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1231-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Catts VS, Fung SJ, Long LE, Joshi D, Vercammen A, Allen KM, Fillman SG, Rothmond DA, Sinclair D, Tiwari Y, Tsai SY, Weickert TW, Shannon Weickert C. Rethinking schizophrenia in the context of normal neurodevelopment. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:60. [PMID: 23720610 PMCID: PMC3654207 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The schizophrenia brain is differentiated from the normal brain by subtle changes, with significant overlap in measures between normal and disease states. For the past 25 years, schizophrenia has increasingly been considered a neurodevelopmental disorder. This frame of reference challenges biological researchers to consider how pathological changes identified in adult brain tissue can be accounted for by aberrant developmental processes occurring during fetal, childhood, or adolescent periods. To place schizophrenia neuropathology in a neurodevelopmental context requires solid, scrutinized evidence of changes occurring during normal development of the human brain, particularly in the cortex; however, too often data on normative developmental change are selectively referenced. This paper focuses on the development of the prefrontal cortex and charts major molecular, cellular, and behavioral events on a similar time line. We first consider the time at which human cognitive abilities such as selective attention, working memory, and inhibitory control mature, emphasizing that attainment of full adult potential is a process requiring decades. We review the timing of neurogenesis, neuronal migration, white matter changes (myelination), and synapse development. We consider how molecular changes in neurotransmitter signaling pathways are altered throughout life and how they may be concomitant with cellular and cognitive changes. We end with a consideration of how the response to drugs of abuse changes with age. We conclude that the concepts around the timing of cortical neuronal migration, interneuron maturation, and synaptic regression in humans may need revision and include greater emphasis on the protracted and dynamic changes occurring in adolescence. Updating our current understanding of post-natal neurodevelopment should aid researchers in interpreting gray matter changes and derailed neurodevelopmental processes that could underlie emergence of psychosis.
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- Vibeke S. Catts
- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychology, Australian Catholic UniversitySydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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- Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Schizophrenia Research InstituteSydney, NSW, Australia
- Neuroscience Research AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South WalesSydney, NSW, Australia
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Pandit AS, Robinson E, Aljabar P, Ball G, Gousias IS, Wang Z, Hajnal JV, Rueckert D, Counsell SJ, Montana G, Edwards AD. Whole-brain mapping of structural connectivity in infants reveals altered connection strength associated with growth and preterm birth. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 24:2324-33. [PMID: 23547135 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Cerebral white-matter injury is common in preterm-born infants and is associated with neurocognitive impairments. Identifying the pattern of connectivity changes in the brain following premature birth may provide a more comprehensive understanding of the neurobiology underlying these impairments. Here, we characterize whole-brain, macrostructural connectivity following preterm delivery and explore the influence of age and prematurity using a data-driven, nonsubjective analysis of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data. T1- and T2-weighted and -diffusion MRI were obtained between 11 and 31 months postconceptional age in 49 infants, born between 25 and 35 weeks postconception. An optimized processing pipeline, combining anatomical, and tissue segmentations with probabilistic diffusion tractography, was used to map mean tract anisotropy. White-matter tracts where connection strength was related to age of delivery or imaging were identified using sparse-penalized regression and stability selection. Older children had stronger connections in tracts predominantly involving frontal lobe structures. Increasing prematurity at birth was related to widespread reductions in connection strength in tracts involving all cortical lobes and several subcortical structures. This nonsubjective approach to mapping whole-brain connectivity detected hypothesized changes in the strength of intracerebral connections during development and widespread reductions in connectivity strength associated with premature birth.
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- A S Pandit
- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK, Institute of Clinical Sciences
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- FMRIB, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Statistics Section, Department of Mathematics
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Biomedical Image Analysis Group, Department of Computing
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Statistics Section, Department of Mathematics
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK and
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Tuor UI, Qiao M, Morgunov M, Fullerton E, Foniok T, Kirton A. Magnetization transfer and diffusion imaging of acute axonal damage in the cerebral peduncle following hypoxia-ischemia in neonatal rats. Pediatr Res 2013. [PMID: 23202723 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of axonal degenerative changes in the cerebral peduncle of the corticospinal tract following cerebral hypoxic-ischemic damage might distinguish infants most appropriate for receiving prompt treatment. The optimal MRI sequence for very early diagnosis of axonal degenerative changes is unknown. We hypothesized that magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) imaging would be more sensitive than traditional MRI, e.g., T(2) or diffusion weighted imaging. METHODS Transient unilateral cerebral hypoxia-ischemia was produced in the neonatal rat followed by MRI of changes in T(2), the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water, and MTR, with a focus on the parietal cortex (an ischemic damaged region) and the cerebral peduncle (remote within the corticospinal tract). Rats were imaged at 2 h, 1 d, or 1 wk postinsult. RESULTS In the cerebral peduncle, MTR and T(2) responded similarly, with alterations occurring ipsilaterally at 1 d postinsult. ADC was most sensitive for detecting changes as early as 2 h postinsult, and this corresponded to a reduced staining of axonal filaments ipsilaterally. CONCLUSION MTR and T(2) imaging have comparable sensitivity for distinguishing early axonal damage in the cerebral peduncle. ADC imaging is highly sensitive for detecting early disruption of corticospinal axons, supporting its potential hyperacute diagnostic use clinically.
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- Ursula I Tuor
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Falahati S, Breu M, Waickman AT, Phillips AW, Arauz EJ, Snyder S, Porambo M, Goeral K, Comi AM, Wilson MA, Johnston MV, Fatemi A. Ischemia-induced neuroinflammation is associated with disrupted development of oligodendrocyte progenitors in a model of periventricular leukomalacia. Dev Neurosci 2013; 35:182-96. [PMID: 23445614 DOI: 10.1159/000346682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Microglial activation in crossing white matter tracts is a hallmark of noncystic periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the leading pathology underlying cerebral palsy in prematurely born infants. Recent studies indicate that neuroinflammation within an early time window can produce long-lasting defects in oligodendroglial maturation, myelination deficit, as well as disruption of transcription factors important in oligodendroglial maturation. We recently reported an ischemic mouse model of PVL, induced by unilateral neonatal carotid artery ligation, leading to selective long-lasting bilateral myelination deficits, ipsilateral thinning of the corpus callosum, ventriculomegaly, as well as evidence of axonopathy. Here, we report that permanent unilateral carotid ligation on postnatal day 5 in CD-1 mice induces an inflammatory response, as defined by microglial activation and recruitment, as well as significant changes in cytokine expression (increased IL-1β, IL-6, TGF-β1, and TNF-α) following ischemia. Transient reduction in counts of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) at 24 and 48 h after ischemia, a shift in OPC cell size and morphology towards the more immature form, as well as likely migration of OPCs were found. These OPC changes were topographically associated with areas showing microglial activation, and OPC counts negatively correlated with increased microglial staining. The presented data show a striking neuroinflammatory response in an ischemia-induced model of PVL, associated with oligodendroglial injury. Future studies modulating the neuroinflammatory response in this model may contribute to a better understanding of the interaction between microglia and OPCs in PVL and open opportunities for future therapies.
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- Sina Falahati
- The Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Sannia A, Risso FM, Zimmermann LJI, Gavilanes AWD, Vles HJ, Gazzolo D. S100B urine concentrations in late preterm infants are gestational age and gender dependent. Clin Chim Acta 2012; 417:31-4. [PMID: 23262371 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Late preterm deliveries (LP, between 34 and 36wks), have considerably increased in the last decades. About 20-25% of LP infants who require intensive care and morbidity on public health are of great magnitude. Therefore, we aimed at offering a reference curve in LP period of a well-established neurotrophic and brain damage marker namely S100B protein. METHODS We collected, between December 2009 and March 2012, urine samples, at first void (within 6-hours from birth) for S100B assessment, in 277 healthy LP infants consecutively admitted to our units. Standard clinical and laboratory monitoring parameters were also recorded. S100B was measured by using a commercially available immunoluminometric assay. RESULTS S100B pattern in LP infants was characterized by a slight decrease in protein's concentration from 34 to 35wks. From 35wks onwards S100B started to increase reaching a significant difference (P=0.008) at 36wks. When corrected for gender, significantly higher (P<0.01, for all) S100B concentrations in female were observed from 34 to 36wks. Polynomial type-1 regression analysis showed a significant correlation (R=-0.05; P<0.001) between gestational age and S100B in LP infants considering either the whole study population or when corrected for gender. CONCLUSIONS S100B in LP infants is gestational age and gender dependent. The present reference curve, for S100B in LP period, offers additional support to protein's neurotrophic role and suggests that gestational age and gender have to be taken into due account, whenever S100B is measured, in order to avoid bias factors.
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- Andrea Sannia
- Dept. Critical Care and Perinatal Medicine G. Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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Girard NJ, Dory-Lautrec P, Koob M, Dediu AM. MRI assessment of neonatal brain maturation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.2217/iim.12.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Xu G, Takahashi E, Folkerth RD, Haynes RL, Volpe JJ, Grant PE, Kinney HC. Radial coherence of diffusion tractography in the cerebral white matter of the human fetus: neuroanatomic insights. Cereb Cortex 2012; 24:579-92. [PMID: 23131806 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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High angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) demonstrates transient radial coherence of telencephalic white matter in the human fetus. Our objective was to define the neuroanatomic basis of this radial coherence through correlative HARDI- and postmortem tissue analyses. Applying immunomarkers to radial glial fibers (RGFs), axons, and blood vessels in 18 cases (19 gestational weeks to 3 postnatal years), we compared their developmental profiles to HARDI tractography in brains of comparable ages (n = 11). At midgestation, radial coherence corresponded with the presence of RGFs. At 30-31 weeks, the transition from HARDI-defined radial coherence to corticocortical coherence began simultaneously with the transformation of RGFs to astrocytes. By term, both radial coherence and RGFs had disappeared. White matter axons were radial, tangential, and oblique over the second half of gestation, whereas penetrating blood vessels were consistently radial. Thus, radial coherence in the fetal white matter likely reflects a composite of RGFs, penetrating blood vessels, and radial axons of which its transient expression most closely matches that of RGFs. This study provides baseline information for interpreting radial coherence in tractography studies of the preterm brain in the assessment of the encephalopathy of prematurity.
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- Gang Xu
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Blüml S, Wisnowski JL, Nelson MD, Paquette L, Gilles FH, Kinney HC, Panigrahy A. Metabolic maturation of the human brain from birth through adolescence: insights from in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Cereb Cortex 2012; 23:2944-55. [PMID: 22952278 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Between birth and late adolescence, the human brain undergoes exponential maturational changes. Using in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we determined the developmental profile for 6 metabolites in 5 distinct brain regions based on spectra from 309 children from 0 to 18 years of age. The concentrations of N-acetyl-aspartate (an indicator for adult-type neurons and axons), creatine (energy metabolite), and glutamate (excitatory neurotransmitter) increased rapidly between birth and 3 months, a period of rapid axonal growth and synapse formation. Myo-inositol, implicated in cell signaling and a precursor of membrane phospholipid, as well as an osmolyte and astrocyte marker, declined rapidly during this period. Choline, a membrane metabolite and indicator for de novo myelin and cell membrane synthesis, peaked from birth until approximately 3 months, and then declined gradually, reaching a plateau at early childhood. Similarly, taurine, involved in neuronal excitability, synaptic potentiation, and osmoregulation, was high until approximately 3 months and thereafter declined. These data indicate that the first 3 months of postnatal life are a critical period of rapid metabolic changes in the development of the human brain. This study of the developmental profiles of the major brain metabolites provides essential baseline information for future analyses of the pediatric health and disease.
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Wakeling EN, Joussemet B, Costiou P, Fanuel D, Moullier P, Barkats M, Fyfe JC. Failure of lower motor neuron radial outgrowth precedes retrograde degeneration in a feline model of spinal muscular atrophy. J Comp Neurol 2012; 520:1737-50. [PMID: 22120001 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Feline spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a fully penetrant, autosomal recessive lower motor neuron disease in domestic cats that clinically resembles human SMA Type III. A whole genome linkage scan identified a ∼140-kb deletion that abrogates expression of LIX1, a novel SMA candidate gene of unknown function. To characterize the progression of feline SMA, we assessed pathological changes in muscle and spinal cord from 3 days of age to beyond onset of clinical signs. Electromyographic (EMG) analysis indicating denervation occurred between 10 and 12 weeks, with the first neurological signs occurring at the same time. Compound motor action potential (CMAP) amplitudes were significantly reduced in the soleus and extensor carpi radialis muscles at 8-11 weeks. Quadriceps femoris muscle fibers from affected cats appeared smaller at 10 weeks; by 12 weeks atrophic fibers were more prevalent than in age-matched controls. In affected cats, significant loss of L5 ventral root axons was observed at 12 weeks. By 21 weeks of age, affected cats had 40% fewer L5 motor axons than normal. There was no significant difference in total L5 soma number, even at 21 weeks; thus degeneration begins distal to the cell body and proceeds retrogradely. Morphometric analysis of L5 ventral roots and horns revealed that 4 weeks prior to axon loss, motor axons in affected cats failed to undergo radial enlargement, suggesting a role for the putative disease gene LIX1 in radial growth of axons.
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- Erin N Wakeling
- Genetics Program, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
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Picone S, Ritieni A, Fabiano A, Troise AD, Graziani G, Paolillo P, Li Volti G, D'Orazio N, Galvano F, Gazzolo D. Arterial cord blood lutein levels in preterm and term healthy newborns are sex and gestational age dependent. Clin Biochem 2012; 45:1558-63. [PMID: 22885018 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.07.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Lutein is an antioxidant carotenoid exerting a key role in eye health, but no reference curve in the perinatal period is available. DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a prospective study on the distribution of lutein and its metabolite 3'-oxolutein in arterial cord blood of preterm (n=40) and term (n=76) newborns according to gestational age, sex and delivery modalities. RESULTS Lutein and 3'-oxolutein concentrations peaked at the beginning of third trimester (P<0.01, for both) being higher in the preterm than in term group. From 36 weeks onwards, lutein and 3'-oxolutein levels progressively decreased reaching the lowest levels at term between 41 and 42 weeks (P<0.01, for both). Lutein and 3'-oxolutein significantly (P<0.01, for all) correlated with each other (R=0.33) and with gestational age at sampling (R=0.31 and R=0.38 for lutein and 3-oxolutein, respectively) (P<0.001, for all). Indeed, lutein and 3'-oxolutein concentrations were significantly higher (P<0.05, for all) in female than in male and significantly lower (P<0.01, for both) in newborns delivered by caesarean section when compared to vaginal delivery. CONCLUSIONS Since macula densa and retina are sites of lutein accumulation, the present findings open-up a new cue on the potential role of lutein in the prevention of the retinopathy of prematurity.
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Cui QL, D'Abate L, Fang J, Leong SY, Ludwin S, Kennedy TE, Antel J, Almazan G. Human Fetal Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells from Different Gestational Stages Exhibit Substantially Different Potential to Myelinate. Stem Cells Dev 2012; 21:1831-7. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2011.0494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Qiao-Ling Cui
- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Modeling the encephalopathy of prematurity in animals: the important role of translational research. Neurol Res Int 2012; 2012:295389. [PMID: 22685653 PMCID: PMC3366246 DOI: 10.1155/2012/295389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Translational research in preterm brain injury depends upon the delineation of the human neuropathology in order that animal models faithfully reiterate it, thereby ensuring direct relevance to the human condition. The major substrate of human preterm brain injury is the encephalopathy of prematurity that is characterized by gray and white matter lesions reflecting combined acquired insults, altered developmental trajectories, and reparative phenomena. Here we highlight the key features of human preterm brain development and the encephalopathy of prematurity that are critical for modeling in animals. The complete mimicry of the complex human neuropathology is difficult in animal models. Many models focus upon mechanisms related to a specific feature, for example, loss of premyelinating oligodendrocytes in the cerebral white matter. Nevertheless, animal models that simultaneously address oligodendrocyte, neuronal, and axonal injury carry the potential to decipher shared mechanisms and synergistic treatments to ameliorate the global consequences of the encephalopathy of prematurity.
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Quantitative tract-based white matter development from birth to age 2years. Neuroimage 2012; 61:542-57. [PMID: 22510254 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Few large-scale studies have been done to characterize the normal human brain white matter growth in the first years of life. We investigated white matter maturation patterns in major fiber pathways in a large cohort of healthy young children from birth to age two using diffusion parameters fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (RD) and axial diffusivity (RD). Ten fiber pathways, including commissural, association and projection tracts, were examined with tract-based analysis, providing more detailed and continuous spatial developmental patterns compared to conventional ROI based methods. All DTI data sets were transformed to a population specific atlas with a group-wise longitudinal large deformation diffeomorphic registration approach. Diffusion measurements were analyzed along the major fiber tracts obtained in the atlas space. All fiber bundles show increasing FA values and decreasing radial and axial diffusivities during development in the first 2years of life. The changing rates of the diffusion indices are faster in the first year than the second year for all tracts. RD and FA show larger percentage changes in the first and second years than AD. The gender effects on the diffusion measures are small. Along different spatial locations of fiber tracts, maturation does not always follow the same speed. Temporal and spatial diffusion changes near cortical regions are in general smaller than changes in central regions. Overall developmental patterns revealed in our study confirm the general rules of white matter maturation. This work shows a promising framework to study and analyze white matter maturation in a tract-based fashion. Compared to most previous studies that are ROI-based, our approach has the potential to discover localized development patterns associated with fiber tracts of interest.
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Chen J, Mizushige T, Nishimune H. Active zone density is conserved during synaptic growth but impaired in aged mice. J Comp Neurol 2012; 520:434-52. [PMID: 21935939 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Presynaptic active zones are essential structures for synaptic vesicle release, but the developmental regulation of their number and maintenance during aging at mammalian neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) remains unknown. Here, we analyzed the distribution of active zones in developing, mature, and aged mouse NMJs by immunohistochemical detection of the active zone-specific protein Bassoon. Bassoon is a cytosolic scaffolding protein essential for the active zone assembly in ribbon synapses and some brain synapses. Bassoon staining showed a punctate pattern in nerve terminals and axons at the nascent NMJ on embryonic days 16.5-18.5. Three-dimensional reconstruction of NMJs revealed that the majority of Bassoon puncta within an NMJ were attached to the presynaptic membrane from postnatal day 0 to adulthood, and colocalized with another active zone protein, Piccolo. During postnatal development, the number of Bassoon puncta increased as the size of the synapses increased. Importantly, the density of Bassoon puncta remained relatively constant from postnatal day 0 to 54 at 2.3 puncta/μm(2) , while the synapse size increased 3.3-fold. However, Bassoon puncta density and signal intensity were significantly attenuated at the NMJs of 27-month-old aged mice. These results suggest that synapses maintain the density of synaptic vesicle release sites while the synapse size changes, but this density becomes impaired during aging.
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- Jie Chen
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Gao W, Gilmore JH, Shen D, Smith JK, Zhu H, Lin W. The synchronization within and interaction between the default and dorsal attention networks in early infancy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 23:594-603. [PMID: 22368080 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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An anticorrelated interaction between the dorsal attention and the default-mode networks has been observed, although how these 2 networks establish such relationship remains elusive. Behavioral studies have reported the emergence of attention and default network-related functions and a preliminary competing relationship between them at early infancy. This study attempted to test the hypothesis--resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging will demonstrate not only improved network synchronization of the dorsal attention and the default networks, respectively, during the first 2 years of life but also an anticorrelated network interaction pattern between the 2 networks at 1 year which will be further enhanced at 2 years old. Our results demonstrate that both networks start from an isolated region in neonates but evolve to highly synchronized networks at 1 year old. Paralleling the individual network maturation process, the anticorrelated behaviors are absent at birth but become apparent at 1 year and are further enhanced during the second year of life. Our studies elucidate not only the individual maturation process of the dorsal attention and default networks but also offer evidence that the maturation of the individual networks may be needed prior exhibiting the adult-like interaction patterns between the 2 networks.
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- Wei Gao
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Volpe JJ. Systemic inflammation, oligodendroglial maturation, and the encephalopathy of prematurity. Ann Neurol 2012; 70:525-9. [PMID: 22028217 DOI: 10.1002/ana.22533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Grant-Beuttler M, Glynn LM, Salisbury AL, Davis EP, Holliday C, Sandman CA. Development of Fetal Movement between 26 and 36-Weeks' Gestation in Response to Vibro-Acoustic Stimulation. Front Psychol 2011; 2:350. [PMID: 22207855 PMCID: PMC3245669 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ultrasound observation of fetal movement has documented general trends in motor development and fetal age when motor response to stimulation is observed. Evaluation of fetal movement quality, in addition to specific motor activity, may improve documentation of motor development and highlight specific motor responses to stimulation. AIM The aim of this investigation was to assess fetal movement at 26 and 36-weeks gestation during three conditions (baseline, immediate response to vibro-acoustic stimulation (VAS), and post-response). DESIGN A prospective, longitudinal design was utilized. SUBJECTS Twelve normally developing fetuses, eight females and four males, were examined with continuous ultrasound imaging. OUTCOME MEASURES The fetal neurobehavioral coding system (FENS) was used to evaluate the quality of motor activity during 10-s epochs over the three conditions. RESULTS Seventy-five percent of the fetuses at the 26-week assessment and 100% of the fetuses at the 36-week assessment responded with movement immediately following stimulation. Significant differences in head, fetal breathing, general, limb, and mouthing movements were detected between the 26 and 36-week assessments. Movement differences between conditions were detected in head, fetal breathing, limb, and mouthing movements. CONCLUSION Smoother and more complex movement was observed with fetal maturation. Following VAS stimulation, an immediate increase of large, jerky movements suggests instability in fetal capabilities. Fetal movement quality changes over gestation may reflect sensorimotor synaptogenesis in the central nervous system, while observation of immature movement patterns following VAS stimulation may reflect movement pattern instability.
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- Marybeth Grant-Beuttler
- Department of Physical Therapy, Crean School of Health and Life Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University Orange, CA, USA
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Pinar H, Koch MA, Hawkins H, Heim-Hall J, Shehata B, Thorsten VR, Chin S, Willinger M, Monte SD. The Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network neuropathologic examination protocol. Am J Perinatol 2011; 28:793-802. [PMID: 21780010 PMCID: PMC4320122 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1284229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We describe the neuropathologic procedure utilized in the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network (SCRN), focusing on the examination of central nervous system (CNS) in stillbirth (SB). The SCRN was organized to perform a case-control study to determine the scope and causes of SB. Pathologists at all the participating centers agreed on and used the same standardized neuropathologic techniques. Standardized sections were taken and detailed data were collected. Fresh brain tissue was saved for investigative purposes. A total of 663 women with SB were enrolled into the case-control study: 620 delivered a single stillborn, 42 delivered twins, and 1 delivered triplets. Of the 560 (84.5%) who consented to postmortem examination, 465 (70.1%) also gave consent to the examination of the CNS. In the 440 stillborn infants in whom CNS examination was possible, 248 (56.4%) of the brains were intact, 72 were fragmented (16.4%), and 120 (27.3%) were liquefied. In summary, this is the largest prospective study dedicated to investigate the causes of SB and collect essential information and biological samples in the United States. A protocol for neuropathologic examination was instituted, and a brain tissue repository was created to provide samples and related data for future investigations.
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- Division of Perinatal Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA.
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- Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatric Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas
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- Pathology Laboratory, Egleston Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Statistics and Data Analysis, RTI International, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland
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Bone morphogenetic protein inhibition promotes neurological recovery after intraventricular hemorrhage. J Neurosci 2011; 31:12068-82. [PMID: 21865450 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0013-11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) results in neural cell death and white matter injury in premature infants. No therapeutic strategy is currently available against this disorder. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling suppresses oligodendrocyte development through basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors and promotes astrocytosis. Therefore, we hypothesized that IVH in premature newborns initiates degeneration and maturation arrest of oligodendrocyte lineage and that BMP inhibition alleviates hypomyelination, gliosis, and motor impairment in the survivors of IVH. To test the hypotheses, a rabbit model of IVH was used in which premature rabbit pups (E29) are treated with intraperitoneal glycerol at 2 h of age to induce IVH; and the pups with IVH exhibit hypomyelination and gliosis at 2 weeks of postnatal age. Maturation of oligodendrocyte lineage was evaluated by specific markers, and the expression of bHLH transcription factors was assessed. BMP levels were measured in both premature rabbit pups and autopsy materials from premature infants. Recombinant human noggin was used to suppress BMP action; and neurobehavioral performance, myelination and gliosis were assessed in noggin-treated pups compared with untreated controls. We found that IVH resulted in apoptosis and reduced proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitors, as well as arrested maturation of preoligodendrocytes in rabbits. BMP4 levels were significantly elevated in both rabbit pups and human premature infants with IVH compared with controls. Importantly, BMP inhibition by recombinant human noggin restored the levels of phospho-Smad1/5/8, Olig2 transcription factor, oligodendrocyte maturation, myelination, astrocyte morphology, and motor function in premature pups with IVH. Hence, BMP inhibition might enhance neurological recovery in premature infants with IVH.
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Pundir AS, Hameed LS, Dikshit PC, Kumar P, Mohan S, Radotra B, Shankar SK, Mahadevan A, Iyengar S. Expression of medium and heavy chain neurofilaments in the developing human auditory cortex. Brain Struct Funct 2011; 217:303-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0352-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Broadbelt KG, Rivera KD, Paterson DS, Duncan JR, Trachtenberg FL, Paulo JA, Stapels MD, Borenstein NS, Belliveau RA, Haas EA, Stanley C, Krous HF, Steen H, Kinney HC. Brainstem deficiency of the 14-3-3 regulator of serotonin synthesis: a proteomics analysis in the sudden infant death syndrome. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 11:M111.009530. [PMID: 21976671 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.009530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Impaired brainstem responses to homeostatic challenges during sleep may result in the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Previously we reported a deficiency of serotonin (5-HT) and its key biosynthetic enzyme, tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH2), in SIDS infants in the medullary 5-HT system that modulates homeostatic responses during sleep. Yet, the underlying basis of the TPH2 and 5-HT deficiency is unknown. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that proteomics would uncover previously unrecognized abnormal levels of proteins related to TPH2 and 5-HT regulation in SIDS cases compared with controls, which could provide novel insight into the basis of their deficiency. We first performed a discovery proteomic analysis of the gigantocellularis of the medullary 5-HT system in the same data set with deficiencies of TPH2 and 5-HT levels. Analysis in 6 SIDS cases and 4 controls revealed a 42-75% reduction in abundance in 5 of the 6 isoforms identified of the 14-3-3 signal transduction family, which is known to influence TPH2 activity (p < 0.07). These findings were corroborated in an additional SIDS and control sample using an orthogonal MS(E)-based quantitative proteomic strategy. To confirm these proteomics results in a larger data set (38 SIDS, 11 controls), we applied Western blot analysis in the gigantocellularis and found that 4/7 14-3-3 isoforms identified were significantly reduced in SIDS cases (p ≤ 0.02), with a 43% reduction in all 14-3-3 isoforms combined (p < 0.001). Abnormalities in 5-HT and TPH2 levels and 5-HT(1A) receptor binding were associated with the 14-3-3 deficits in the same SIDS cases. These data suggest a potential molecular defect in SIDS related to TPH2 regulation, as 14-3-3 is critical in this process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kevin G Broadbelt
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Proteomics Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Jhodie R Duncan
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
| | | | - Joao A Paulo
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Proteomics Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Richard A Belliveau
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Rady Children's Hospital San Diego and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California
| | | | - Henry F Krous
- Rady Children's Hospital San Diego and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Proteomics Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Hannah C Kinney
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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