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Christidi F, Karavasilis E, Riederer F, Zalonis I, Ferentinos P, Velonakis G, Xirou S, Rentzos M, Argiropoulos G, Zouvelou V, Zambelis T, Athanasakos A, Toulas P, Vadikolias K, Efstathopoulos E, Kollias S, Karandreas N, Kelekis N, Evdokimidis I. Gray matter and white matter changes in non-demented amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with or without cognitive impairment: A combined voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial statistics whole-brain analysis. Brain Imaging Behav 2019; 12:547-563. [PMID: 28425061 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-017-9722-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The phenotypic heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) implies that patients show structural changes within but also beyond the motor cortex and corticospinal tract and furthermore outside the frontal lobes, even if frank dementia is not detected. The aim of the present study was to investigate both gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) changes in non-demented amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with or without cognitive impairment (ALS-motor and ALS-plus, respectively). Nineteen ALS-motor, 31 ALS-plus and 25 healthy controls (HC) underwent 3D-T1-weighted and 30-directional diffusion-weighted imaging on a 3 T MRI scanner. Voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial-statistics analysis were performed to examine GM volume (GMV) changes and WM differences in fractional anisotropy (FA), axial and radial diffusivity (AD, RD, respectively). Compared to HC, ALS-motor patients showed decreased GMV in frontal and cerebellar areas and increased GMV in right supplementary motor area, while ALS-plus patients showed diffuse GMV reduction in primary motor cortex bilaterally, frontotemporal areas, cerebellum and basal ganglia. ALS-motor patients had increased GMV in left precuneus compared to ALS-plus patients. We also found decreased FA and increased RD in the corticospinal tract bilaterally, the corpus callosum and extra-motor tracts in ALS-motor patients, and decreased FA and increased AD and RD in motor and several WM tracts in ALS-plus patients, compared to HC. Multimodal neuroimaging confirms motor and extra-motor GM and WM abnormalities in non-demented cognitively-impaired ALS patients (ALS-plus) and identifies early extra-motor brain pathology in ALS patients without cognitive impairment (ALS-motor).
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- Foteini Christidi
- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Neurological Center Rosenhuegel and Karl Landsteiner Institute for Epilepsy Research and Cognitive Neurology, Vienna, Austria
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Psychiatry, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Clinic of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
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Vázquez-Costa JF, Carratalà-Boscà S, Tembl JI, Fornés-Ferrer V, Pérez-Tur J, Martí-Bonmatí L, Sevilla T. The width of the third ventricle associates with cognition and behaviour in motor neuron disease. Acta Neurol Scand 2019; 139:118-127. [PMID: 30183086 DOI: 10.1111/ane.13022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES An enlarged width of the third ventricle (WTV) has been described in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, although its clinical meaning is unknown. The aims of this study were to evaluate the contribution of demographical, clinical and genetic factors to the WTV in different motor neuron disease (MND) phenotypes and to assess its brain structural correlates. MATERIALS AND METHODS The WTV was measured by transcranial ultrasound in 107 MND patients (82 diagnosed with classical ALS, 16 with progressive muscular atrophy and 9 with primary lateral sclerosis) and 25 controls. Genetic analysis, and neurological and neuropsychological examinations were performed in patients. Brain volumetric analysis of MR images was obtained in 85 patients. The association of WTV with demographical, clinical, genetic and neuropsychological variables as well as with brain volumes was assessed by multivariable models. RESULTS Eighteen patients were diagnosed with genetic MND and 42.3% of patients showed executive or behavioural impairment (EBI). MND patients showed larger WTV than controls. The WTV was significantly associated with age, spinal onset and the presence of EBI, but not with the genetic background, the phenotype or disability. Greater WTV was also associated with reduced subcortical grey matter volume, but not with the cortical or the white matter volume. CONCLUSIONS The enlargement of the WTV found in the different MND phenotypes is attributable to the subcortical grey matter atrophy and is associated with cognitive and behavioural impairment. Larger longitudinal studies are needed to determine its role as biomarker in MND patients with frontotemporal dementia.
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- Juan F. Vázquez-Costa
- Neuromuscular Research Unit; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria la Fe (IIS La Fe); Valencia Spain
- ALS Unit, Department of Neurology; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER); Valencia Spain
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research Group GIBI230; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria la Fe; Valencia Spain
- Multiple Sclerosis and Neural Regeneration Research Group; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Neurosonology Laboratory, Department of Neurology; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Biostatistics Unit; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria la Fe (IIS La Fe); Valencia Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics; Institut de Biomedicina de València-CSIC; Valencia Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Valencia Spain
- Unidad mixta de Neurología y Genética; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria la Fe (IIS La Fe); Valencia Spain
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research Group GIBI230; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria la Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Neuromuscular Research Unit; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria la Fe (IIS La Fe); Valencia Spain
- ALS Unit, Department of Neurology; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER); Valencia Spain
- Department of Medicine; University of Valencia; Valencia Spain
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Placek K, Baer GM, Elman L, McCluskey L, Hennessy L, Ferraro PM, Lee EB, Lee VMY, Trojanowski JQ, Van Deerlin VM, Grossman M, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT. UNC13A polymorphism contributes to frontotemporal disease in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Aging 2019; 73:190-199. [PMID: 30368160 PMCID: PMC6251755 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The majority (90%-95%) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is sporadic, and ∼50% of patients develop symptoms of frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) associated with shorter survival. The genetic polymorphism rs12608932 in UNC13A confers increased risk of sporadic ALS and sporadic FTD and modifies survival in ALS. Here, we evaluate whether rs12608932 is also associated with frontotemporal disease in sporadic ALS. We identified reduced cortical thickness in sporadic ALS with T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (N = 109) relative to controls (N = 113), and observed that minor allele (C) carriers exhibited greater reduction of cortical thickness in the dorsal prefrontal, ventromedial prefrontal, anterior temporal, and middle temporal cortices and worse performance on a frontal lobe-mediated cognitive test (reverse digit span). In sporadic ALS with autopsy data (N = 102), minor allele homozygotes exhibited greater burden of phosphorylated tar DNA-binding protein-43 kda (TDP-43) pathology in the middle frontal, middle temporal, and motor cortices. Our findings demonstrate converging evidence that rs12608932 may modify frontotemporal disease in sporadic ALS and suggest that rs12608932 may function as a prognostic indicator and could be used to define patient endophenotypes in clinical trials.
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- Katerina Placek
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Penn Comprehensive ALS Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Penn Comprehensive ALS Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Barritt AW, Gabel MC, Cercignani M, Leigh PN. Emerging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques and Analysis Methods in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2018; 9:1065. [PMID: 30564192 PMCID: PMC6288229 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.01065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Objective markers of disease sensitive to the clinical activity, symptomatic progression, and underlying substrates of neurodegeneration are highly coveted in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in order to more eloquently stratify the highly heterogeneous phenotype and facilitate the discovery of effective disease modifying treatments for patients. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a promising, non-invasive biomarker candidate whose acquisition techniques and analysis methods are undergoing constant evolution in the pursuit of parameters which more closely represent biologically-applicable tissue changes. Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI; a form of diffusion imaging), and quantitative Magnetization Transfer Imaging (qMTi) are two such emerging modalities which have each broadened the understanding of other neurological disorders and have the potential to provide new insights into structural alterations initiated by the disease process in ALS. Furthermore, novel neuroimaging data analysis approaches such as Event-Based Modeling (EBM) may be able to circumvent the requirement for longitudinal scanning as a means to comprehend the dynamic stages of neurodegeneration in vivo. Combining these and other innovative imaging protocols with more sophisticated techniques to analyse ever-increasing datasets holds the exciting prospect of transforming understanding of the biological processes and temporal evolution of the ALS syndrome, and can only benefit from multicentre collaboration across the entire ALS research community.
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- Andrew W Barritt
- Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom.,Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre Haywards Heath, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Trafford Centre for Biomedical Research Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre Haywards Heath, West Sussex, United Kingdom.,Department of Neuroscience, Trafford Centre for Biomedical Research Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, United Kingdom
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Neurodegeneration of brain networks in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal lobar degeneration (ALS-FTLD) continuum: evidence from MRI and MEG studies. CNS Spectr 2018; 23:378-387. [PMID: 29076800 DOI: 10.1017/s109285291700075x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Brain imaging techniques, especially those based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG), have been increasingly applied to study multiple large-scale distributed brain networks in healthy people and neurological patients. With regard to neurodegenerative disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), clinically characterized by the predominant loss of motor neurons and progressive weakness of voluntary muscles, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), the second most common early-onset dementia, have been proven to share several clinical, neuropathological, genetic, and neuroimaging features. Specifically, overlapping or mildly diverging brain structural and functional connectivity patterns, mostly evaluated by advanced MRI techniques-such as diffusion tensor and resting-state functional MRI (DT-MRI, RS-fMRI)-have been described comparing several ALS and FTLD populations. Moreover, though only pioneering, promising clues on connectivity patterns in the ALS-FTLD continuum may derive from MEG investigations. We will herein overview the current state of knowledge concerning the most advanced neuroimaging findings associated with clinical and genetic patterns of neurodegeneration across the ALS-FTLD continuum, underlying the possibility that network-based approaches may be useful to develop novel biomarkers of disease for adequately designing and monitoring more appropriate treatment strategies.
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Christidi F, Karavasilis E, Rentzos M, Kelekis N, Evdokimidis I, Bede P. Clinical and Radiological Markers of Extra-Motor Deficits in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2018; 9:1005. [PMID: 30524366 PMCID: PMC6262087 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.01005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is now universally recognized as a complex multisystem disorder with considerable extra-motor involvement. The neuropsychological manifestations of frontotemporal, parietal, and basal ganglia involvement in ALS have important implications for compliance with assistive devices, survival, participation in clinical trials, caregiver burden, and the management of individual care needs. Recent advances in neuroimaging have been instrumental in characterizing the biological substrate of heterogeneous cognitive and behavioral deficits in ALS. In this review we discuss the clinical and radiological aspects of cognitive and behavioral impairment in ALS focusing on the recognition, assessment, and monitoring of these symptoms.
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- Foteini Christidi
- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, University General Hospital Attikon, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Radiology, University General Hospital Attikon, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Computational Neuroimaging Group, Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Femiano C, Trojsi F, Caiazzo G, Siciliano M, Passaniti C, Russo A, Bisecco A, Cirillo M, Monsurrò MR, Esposito F, Tedeschi G, Santangelo G. Apathy Is Correlated with Widespread Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Behav Neurol 2018; 2018:2635202. [PMID: 30425751 PMCID: PMC6217902 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2635202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Apathy is recognized as the most common behavioral change in several neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder. Particularly, apathy has been reported to be associated with poor ALS prognosis. However, the brain microstructural correlates of this behavioral symptom, reported as the most common in ALS, have not been completely elucidated. Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS), here we aimed to quantify the correlation between brain microstructural damage and apathy scores in the early stages of ALS. Twenty-one consecutive ALS patients, in King's clinical stage 1 or 2, and 19 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological examination. Between-group comparisons did not show any significant difference on cognitive and behavioral variables. When compared to HCs, ALS patients exhibited a decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) [p < .05, threshold-free cluster enhancement (TFCE) corrected] in the corpus callosum and in bilateral anterior cingulate cortices. Self-rated Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) scores and self-rated apathy T-scores of the Frontal Systems Behavior (FrSBe) scale were found inversely correlated to FA measures (p < .05, TFCE corrected) in widespread white matter (WM) areas, including several associative fiber tracts in the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes. These results point towards an early microstructural degeneration of brain areas biologically involved in cognition and behavior regulation in ALS. Moreover, the significant correlations between apathy and DTI measures in several brain areas may suggest that subtle WM changes may be associated with mild behavioral symptoms in ALS even in the absence of overt cognitive and behavioral impairment.
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- Cinzia Femiano
- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
- Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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Poletti B, Carelli L, Faini A, Solca F, Meriggi P, Lafronza A, Ciringione L, Pedroli E, Ticozzi N, Ciammola A, Cipresso P, Riva G, Silani V. The Arrows and Colors Cognitive Test (ACCT): A new verbal-motor free cognitive measure for executive functions in ALS. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200953. [PMID: 30091987 PMCID: PMC6084851 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background and objective The presence of executive deficits in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is well established, even if standardized measures are difficult to obtain due to progressive physical disability of the patients. We present clinical data concerning a newly developed measure of cognitive flexibility, administered by means of Eye-Tracking (ET) technology in order to bypass verbal-motor limitations. Methods 21 ALS patients and 21 age-and education-matched healthy subjects participated in an ET-based cognitive assessment, including a newly developed test of cognitive flexibility (Arrows and Colors Cognitive Test–ACCT) and other oculomotor-driven measures of cognitive functions. A standard screening of frontal and working memory abilities and global cognitive efficiency was administered to all subjects, in addition to a psychological self-rated assessment. For ALS patients, a clinical examination was also performed. Results ACCT successfully discriminated between patients and healthy controls, mainly concerning execution times obtained at different subtests. A qualitative analysis performed on error distributions in patients highlighted a lower prevalence of perseverative errors, with respect to other type of errors. Correlations between ACCT and other ET-based frontal-executive measures were significant and involved different frontal sub-domains. Limited correlations were observed between ACCT and standard ‘paper and pencil’ cognitive tests. Conclusions The newly developed ET-based measure of cognitive flexibility could be a useful tool to detect slight frontal impairments in non-demented ALS patients by bypassing verbal-motor limitations through the oculomotor-driven administration. The findings reported in the present study represent the first contribution towards the development of a full verbal-motor free executive test for ALS patients.
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- Barbara Poletti
- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, “Dino Ferrari” Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- ICT & Biomedical Technology Integration Unit, Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT), Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
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- Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, “Dino Ferrari” Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
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- Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience—IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, “Dino Ferrari” Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Wirth AM, Khomenko A, Baldaranov D, Kobor I, Hsam O, Grimm T, Johannesen S, Bruun TH, Schulte-Mattler W, Greenlee MW, Bogdahn U. Combinatory Biomarker Use of Cortical Thickness, MUNIX, and ALSFRS-R at Baseline and in Longitudinal Courses of Individual Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2018; 9:614. [PMID: 30104996 PMCID: PMC6077217 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative process affecting upper and lower motor neurons as well as non-motor systems. In this study, precentral and postcentral cortical thinning detected by structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were combined with clinical (ALS-specific functional rating scale revised, ALSFRS-R) and neurophysiological (motor unit number index, MUNIX) biomarkers in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Methods: The unicenter sample included 20 limb-onset classical ALS patients compared to 30 age-related healthy controls. ALS patients were treated with standard Riluzole and additional long-term G-CSF (Filgrastim) on a named patient basis after written informed consent. Combinatory biomarker use included cortical thickness of atlas-based dorsal and ventral subdivisions of the precentral and postcentral cortex, ALSFRS-R, and MUNIX for the musculus abductor digiti minimi (ADM) bilaterally. Individual cross-sectional analysis investigated individual cortical thinning in ALS patients compared to age-related healthy controls in the context of state of disease at initial MRI scan. Beyond correlation analysis of biomarkers at cross-sectional group level (n = 20), longitudinal monitoring in a subset of slow progressive ALS patients (n = 4) explored within-subject temporal dynamics of repeatedly assessed biomarkers in time courses over at least 18 months. Results: Cross-sectional analysis demonstrated individually variable states of cortical thinning, which was most pronounced in the ventral section of the precentral cortex. Correlations of ALSFRS-R with cortical thickness and MUNIX were detected. Individual longitudinal biomarker monitoring in four slow progressive ALS patients revealed evident differences in individual disease courses and temporal dynamics of the biomarkers. Conclusion: A combinatory use of structural MRI, neurophysiological and clinical biomarkers allows for an appropriate and detailed assessment of clinical state and course of disease of ALS.
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- Anna M Wirth
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.,Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Faber I, Martinez ARM, de Rezende TJR, Martins CR, Martins MP, Lourenço CM, Marques W, Montecchiani C, Orlacchio A, Pedroso JL, Barsottini OGP, Lopes-Cendes Í, França MC. SPG11 mutations cause widespread white matter and basal ganglia abnormalities, but restricted cortical damage. Neuroimage Clin 2018; 19:848-857. [PMID: 29946510 PMCID: PMC6008284 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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SPG11 mutations are the major cause of autosomal recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. The disease has a wide phenotypic variability indicating many regions of the nervous system besides the corticospinal tract are affected. Despite this, anatomical and phenotypic characterization is restricted. In the present study, we investigate the anatomical abnormalities related to SPG11 mutations and how they relate to clinical and cognitive measures. Moreover, we aim to depict how the disease course influences the regions affected, unraveling different susceptibility of specific neuronal populations. We performed clinical and paraclinical studies encompassing neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and neurophysiological tools in a cohort of twenty-five patients and age matched controls. We assessed cortical thickness (FreeSurfer software), deep grey matter volumes (T1-MultiAtlas tool), white matter microstructural damage (DTI-MultiAtlas) and spinal cord morphometry (Spineseg software) on a 3 T MRI scan. Mean age and disease duration were 29 and 13.2 years respectively. Sixty-four percent of the patients were wheelchair bound while 84% were demented. We were able to unfold a diffuse pattern of white matter integrity loss as well as basal ganglia and spinal cord atrophy. Such findings contrasted with a restricted pattern of cortical thinning (motor, limbic and parietal cortices). Electromyography revealed motor neuronopathy affecting 96% of the probands. Correlations with disease duration pointed towards a progressive degeneration of multiple grey matter structures and spinal cord, but not of the white matter. SPG11-related hereditary spastic paraplegia is characterized by selective neuronal vulnerability, in which a precocious and widespread white matter involvement is later followed by a restricted but clearly progressive grey matter degeneration.
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Key Words
- ACE-R, Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised
- ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- CA, cord area
- CE, cord eccentricity
- CMAP, compound muscle action potential
- CST, corticospinal tract
- Complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia
- DTI, diffusion tensor imaging
- FA, fractional anisotropy
- GM, grey matter
- Grey matter
- HSP, hereditary spastic paraplegia
- LH, left hemisphere
- MD, mean diffusivity
- MOCA, Montreal cognitive assessment
- Motor neuron disorder
- NPI, neuropsychiatric inventory
- PNP, sensory-motor polyneuropathy
- PNS, peripheral nervous system
- RH, right hemisphere
- ROI, region of interest
- SC, spinal cord
- SNAP, sensory nerve action potential
- SPG11
- SPRS, Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale
- STS, cortex adjacent to the superior temporal sulcus
- Spinal cord
- Thinning of the corpus callosum
- WES, whole exome sequencing
- WM, white matter
- White matter
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- Ingrid Faber
- Department of Neurology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo (USP-RP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratorio di Neurogenetica, Centro Europeo di Ricerca sul Cervello (CERC) - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Neurogenetica, Centro Europeo di Ricerca sul Cervello (CERC) - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Biomediche, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Bao Y, Yang L, Chen Y, Zhang B, Li H, Tang W, Geng D, Li Y. Radial diffusivity as an imaging biomarker for early diagnosis of non-demented amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur Radiol 2018; 28:4940-4948. [PMID: 29948064 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5506-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To explore the sensitivity of potential DTI-based biomarkers in detecting microstructural changes for whole-brain white matter in early stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), analyze the relationship between the DTI indices and disease status, and further clarify potential brain regions for disease monitoring and clinical assessment. METHODS Thirty-three non-demented ALS patients and 32 age- and gender-matched subjects participated in this study. DTI data were acquired via 3.0T MRI scanner. Maps of diffusion-related indices including fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD) were obtained. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were used to investigate whole-brain white matter changes of each index. Correlation analyses between both brain-wide and volume-of-interest (VOI)-wide white matter alterations and clinical factors including ALSFRS-R scores, disease duration, and progression rate were performed. RESULTS Compared to healthy subjects, ALS patients showed significantly increased RD, MD and reduced FA, mainly along the corticospinal tract (CST) and the body of corpus callosum (CC). Increases in RD were broader than decreases in FA, in CST of both hemispheres. Meanwhile, involvement of several extra-motor regions was also revealed by RD. Significant positive correlation between ALSFRS-R scores and FA, negative correlation between ALSFRS-R and RD were found in left CST. CONCLUSIONS RD may be the most sensitive biomarker for the detection of early demyelination of white matter. Both RD and FA may serve as objective biomarkers for disease severity assessment. CST may be the most affected brain region in non-demented ALS. KEY POINTS • Changes in RD were broader than those in FA in bilateral CST. • Involvement of extra-motor regions was uncovered by RD. • FA and RD in CST were related to ALSFRS-R scores.
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- Yifang Bao
- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.,Institute of Functional and Molecular Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.,Institute of Functional and Molecular Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Affiliated Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.,Institute of Functional and Molecular Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.,Institute of Functional and Molecular Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China. .,Institute of Functional and Molecular Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China. .,Institute of Functional and Molecular Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Primary lateral sclerosis and the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal dementia spectrum. J Neurol 2018; 265:1819-1828. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-018-8917-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Shen D, Hou B, Xu Y, Cui B, Peng P, Li X, Tai H, Zhang K, Liu S, Fu H, Gao J, Liu M, Feng F, Cui L. Brain Structural and Perfusion Signature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Varying Levels of Cognitive Deficit. Front Neurol 2018; 9:364. [PMID: 29881369 PMCID: PMC5976730 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective To characterize the patterns of brain atrophy and perfusion as measured by arterial spin labeling (ASL)-MRI, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with varying levels of cognitive deficit, including ALS with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Methods A total of 55 ALS patients and 20 healthy controls (HCs) were included, and all participants underwent neuropsychological assessments and MRI scans. According to their cognitive performance, ALS patients were further subclassified into ALS with normal cognition (ALS-Cn, n = 27), ALS with cognitive impairment (ALS-Ci, n = 17), and ALS-FTD (n = 11). Voxel-based comparisons of gray matter (GM) changes and cerebral blood flow (CBF) were conducted among the subgroups. Results The whole-brain comparisons of GM changes and CBF among ALS-Ci, ALS-Cn, and HCs were not significantly different. However, the ALS-FTD patients demonstrated a similar pattern of GM loss and hypoperfusion with more significant alterations in the left frontal and temporal lobe compared with the HCs, ALS-Cn, and ALS-Ci patients. Decreased CBF was found in many of the same brain areas wherein structural alterations occurred, although isolated GM loss and hypoperfusion were also observed. In addition, for both GM and CBF abnormalities, a similar pattern of changes was found in the comparisons of ALS-FTD vs. ALS-Ci, ALS-FTD vs. ALS-Cn, and ALS-FTD vs. HCs, with the differences being most significant between ALS-FTD and HCs. Conclusion The cognitive status of ALS patients is associated with different patterns of GM changes and cerebral perfusion. ASL-MRI might be a useful tool with which to investigate the pathological burden of ALS and to disclose the early signature of possible cognitive impairment.
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- Dongchao Shen
- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.,Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Consonni M, Contarino VE, Catricalà E, Dalla Bella E, Pensato V, Gellera C, Lauria G, Cappa SF. Cortical markers of cognitive syndromes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2018; 19:675-682. [PMID: 30023173 PMCID: PMC6046611 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2017] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can be associated with a spectrum of cognitive and behavioural symptoms, but the related patterns of focal cortical atrophy in non-demented ALS patients remain largely unknown. We enrolled 48 non-demented ALS patients and 26 healthy controls for a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and a magnetic resonance exam. Behavioural and cognitive impairment was defined on the basis of a data-driven multi-domain approach in 21 ALS patients. Averaged cortical thickness of 74 bilateral brain regions was used as a measure of cortical atrophy. Cortical thinning in a fronto-parietal network, suggesting a disease-specific pattern of neurodegeneration, was present in all patients, independent of cognitive and behavioural status. Between-group and correlational analyses revealed that inferior frontal, temporal, cingular and insular thinning are markers for cognitive and behavioural deficits, with language impairment mainly related to left temporal pole and insular involvement. These specific correlates support the concept of a spectrum of deficits, with an overlap between the ALS cognitive phenotypes and the syndromes of frontotemporal dementia. Language, social cognition and executive dysfunctions are frequent symptoms in ALS. Fronto-parietal cortical thinning is present in non-demented ALS patients. Temporal, cingular and insular thinning are markers for cognitive impairment in ALS. Left temporal pole and insular thinning is linked to language impairment in ALS.
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Key Words
- ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- ALSbi, ALS with mild behavioural impairment
- ALSci, ALS with mild cognitive impairment
- ALScn, cognitively-normal ALS
- ALSimp, ALS with cognitive and/or behavioural impairment
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- C9+ ALS, ALS harbouring C9orf72 repeat expansion
- C9– ALS, ALS without C9orf repeat expansion
- CT, cortical thickness
- Cognitive impairment
- Cognitive profiles
- Cortical thickness
- FTD, frontotemporal dementia
- GM, grey matter
- HC, healthy control
- MD, multi-domain
- Temporal lobe
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- Monica Consonni
- 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Diseases Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology Unit, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Advanced Study-IUSS Pavia, Palazzo del Broletto e Piazza Vittoria 15, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Diseases Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Genetics of Neurodegenerative and Metabolic Diseases Unit and Motor Neuron Diseases Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS Foundation 'Carlo Besta' Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Genetics of Neurodegenerative and Metabolic Diseases Unit and Motor Neuron Diseases Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS Foundation 'Carlo Besta' Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Diseases Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Advanced Study-IUSS Pavia, Palazzo del Broletto e Piazza Vittoria 15, 27100 Pavia, Italy; IRCCS S. Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, via Pilastroni 4, 25125 Brescia, Italy
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Moszczynski AJ, Hintermayer MA, Strong MJ. Phosphorylation of Threonine 175 Tau in the Induction of Tau Pathology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Frontotemporal Spectrum Disorder (ALS-FTSD). A Review. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:259. [PMID: 29731706 PMCID: PMC5919950 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Approximately 50–60% of all patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will develop a deficit of frontotemporal function, ranging from frontotemporal dementia (FTD) to one or more deficits of neuropsychological, speech or language function which are collectively known as the frontotemporal spectrum disorders of ALS (ALS-FTSD). While the neuropathology underlying these disorders is most consistent with a widespread alteration in the metabolism of transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43), in both ALS with cognitive impairment (ALSci) and ALS with FTD (ALS-FTD; also known as MND-FTD) there is evidence for alterations in the metabolism of the microtubule associated protein tau. This alteration in tau metabolism is characterized by pathological phosphorylation at residue Thr175 (pThr175 tau) which in vitro is associated with activation of GSK3β (pTyr216GSK3β), phosphorylation of Thr231tau, and the formation of cytoplasmic inclusions with increased rates of cell death. This putative pathway of pThr175 induction of pThr231 and the formation of pathogenic tau inclusions has been recently shown to span a broad range of tauopathies, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and CTE in association with ALS (CTE-ALS). This pathway can be experimentally triggered through a moderate traumatic brain injury, suggesting that it is a primary neuropathological event and not secondary to a more widespread neuronal dysfunction. In this review, we discuss the neuropathological underpinnings of the postulate that ALS is associated with a tauopathy which manifests as a FTSD, and examine possible mechanisms by which phosphorylation at Thr175tau is induced. We hypothesize that this might lead to an unfolding of the hairpin structure of tau, activation of GSK3β and pathological tau fibril formation through the induction of cis-Thr231 tau conformers. A potential role of TDP-43 acting synergistically with pathological tau metabolism is proposed.
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- Alexander J Moszczynski
- Molecular Medicine Research Group, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Molecular Medicine Research Group, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Molecular Medicine Research Group, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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Ferraro PM, Jester C, Olm CA, Placek K, Agosta F, Elman L, McCluskey L, Irwin DJ, Detre JA, Filippi M, Grossman M, McMillan CT. Perfusion alterations converge with patterns of pathological spread in transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 proteinopathies. Neurobiol Aging 2018; 68:85-92. [PMID: 29751289 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) commonly share the presence of transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) inclusions. Structural magnetic resonance imaging studies demonstrated evidence for TDP-43 pathology spread, but while structural imaging usually reveals overt neuronal loss, perfusion imaging may detect more subtle neural activity alterations. We evaluated perfusion as an early marker for incipient pathology-associated brain alterations in TDP-43 proteinopathies. Cortical thickness (CT) and perfusion measurements were obtained in ALS (N = 18), pathologically and/or genetically confirmed bvFTD-TDP (N = 12), and healthy controls (N = 33). bvFTD showed reduced frontotemporal CT, hypoperfusion encompassing orbitofrontal and temporal cortices, and hyperperfusion in motor and occipital regions. ALS did not show reduced CT, but exhibited hypoperfusion in motor and temporal regions, and hyperperfusion in frontal and occipital cortices. Frontotemporal hypoperfusion and reduced CT correlated with cognitive and behavioral impairments as investigated using Mini-Mental State Examination and Philadelphia Brief Assessment of Cognition in bvFTD, and hypoperfusion in motor regions correlated with motor disability as measured by the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised in ALS. Hypoperfusion marked early pathologically involved regions, while hyperperfusion characterized regions of late pathological involvement. Distinct perfusion patterns may provide early markers of pathology distribution in TDP-43 proteinopathies.
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- Pilar M Ferraro
- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Radiology, Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Penn Comprehensive ALS Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Penn Comprehensive ALS Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Radiology, Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Agosta F, Spinelli EG, Filippi M. Neuroimaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current and emerging uses. Expert Rev Neurother 2018; 18:395-406. [PMID: 29630421 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1463160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Several neuroimaging techniques have been used to define in vivo markers of pathological alterations underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Growing evidence supports the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) for the non-invasive detection of central nervous system involvement in patients with ALS. Areas covered: A comprehensive overview of structural and functional neuroimaging applications in ALS is provided, focusing on motor and extra-motor involvement in the brain and the spinal cord. Implications for pathogenetic models, patient diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring, and the design of clinical trials are discussed. Expert commentary: State-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques provide fundamental instruments for the detection and quantification of upper motor neuron and extra-motor brain involvement in ALS, with relevance for both pathophysiologic investigation and clinical practice. Network-based analysis of structural and functional connectivity alterations and multimodal approaches combining several neuroimaging measures are promising tools for the development of novel diagnostic and prognostic markers to be used at the individual patient level.
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- Federica Agosta
- a Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience , San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University , Milan , Italy
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- a Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience , San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University , Milan , Italy.,b Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience , San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University , Milan , Italy
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- a Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience , San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University , Milan , Italy.,b Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience , San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University , Milan , Italy
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Carelli L, Solca F, Faini A, Madotto F, Lafronza A, Monti A, Zago S, Doretti A, Ciammola A, Ticozzi N, Silani V, Poletti B. The Complex Interplay Between Depression/Anxiety and Executive Functioning: Insights From the ECAS in a Large ALS Population. Front Psychol 2018; 9:450. [PMID: 29674987 PMCID: PMC5895754 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Introduction: The observed association between depressive symptoms and cognitive performances has not been previously clarified in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (pALS). In fact, the use of cognitive measures often not accommodating for motor disability has led to heterogeneous and not conclusive findings about this issue. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between cognitive and depressive/anxiety symptoms by means of the recently developed Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS Screen (ECAS), a brief assessment specifically designed for pALS. Methods: Sample included 168 pALS (114 males, 54 females); they were administered two standard cognitive screening tools (FAB; MoCA) and the ECAS, assessing different cognitive domains, including ALS-specific (executive functions, verbal fluency, and language tests) and ALS non-specific subtests (memory and visuospatial tests). Two psychological questionnaires for depression and anxiety (BDI; STAI/Y) were also administered to patients. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the degree of association between cognitive and psychological measures. Results: Depression assessment negatively correlated with the ECAS, more significantly with regard to the executive functions subdomain. In particular, Sentence Completion and Social Cognition subscores were negatively associated with depression levels measured by BDI total score and Somatic-Performance symptoms subscore. Conversely, no significant correlations were observed between depression level and cognitive functions as measured by traditional screening tools for frontal abilities (FAB) and global cognition (MoCA) assessment. Finally, no significant correlations were observed between state/trait anxiety and the ECAS. Discussion and conclusion: This represents the first study focusing on the relationship between cognitive and psychological components in pALS by means of the ECAS, the current gold standard for ALS cognitive-behavioral assessment. If confirmed by further investigations, the observed association between depression and executive functions suggests the need for a careful screening and treatment of depression, to avoid overestimation of cognitive involvement and possibly improve cognitive performances in ALS.
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- Laura Carelli
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy
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- Research Centre on Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura Privata del Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, IRCCS Fondazione Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy
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Branco LMT, de Rezende TJR, Roversi CDO, Zanao T, Casseb RF, de Campos BM, França MC. Brain signature of mild stages of cognitive and behavioral impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 272:58-64. [PMID: 29175194 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We aimed to assess the brain signature of cognitive and behavioral impairment in C9orf72-negative non-demented ALS patients. The study included 50 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients (out of 75 initially recruited) and 38 healthy controls. High-resolution T1-weighted and spin-echo diffusion tensor images were acquired in a 3T MRI scanner. The multi atlas-based analysis protocol and the FreeSurfer tool were employed for gray matter assessment, and fiber tractography for white matter evaluation. Cognitively impaired ALS patients (n = 12) had bilateral amygdalae and left thalamic volumetric reduction compared to non-impaired ALS patients. Behaviorally impaired ALS patients (n = 14) had lower fractional anisotropy (FA) at the fornix in comparison with healthy subjects. These parameters did correlate with cognitive/behavioral scores, but not with motor-functional parameters in the ALS cohort. We believe that basal ganglia and fornix damage might be related to cognitive and behavioral impairment across ALS-frontotemporal dementia continuum. Also, distinct anatomical areas seem to influence the behavioral and cognitive status of these individuals.
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- Lucas M T Branco
- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departments of Neurology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Crespi C, Dodich A, Cappa SF, Canessa N, Iannaccone S, Corbo M, Lunetta C, Falini A, Cerami C. Multimodal MRI quantification of the common neurostructural bases within the FTD-ALS continuum. Neurobiol Aging 2018; 62:95-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Agosta F, Spinelli EG, Marjanovic IV, Stevic Z, Pagani E, Valsasina P, Salak-Djokic B, Jankovic M, Lavrnic D, Kostic VS, Filippi M. Unraveling ALS due to SOD1 mutation through the combination of brain and cervical cord MRI. Neurology 2018; 90:e707-e716. [PMID: 29367447 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000005002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore structural and functional changes of the brain and cervical cord in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to mutation in the superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene compared with sporadic ALS. METHODS Twenty patients with SOD1 ALS, 11 with sporadic ALS, and 33 healthy controls underwent clinical evaluation and brain MRI. Cortical thickness analysis, diffusion tensor MRI of the corticospinal tracts (CST) and corpus callosum, and resting-state functional connectivity were performed. Patients with ALS also underwent cervical cord MRI to evaluate cord cross-sectional area and magnetization transfer ratio (MTR). RESULTS Patients with SOD1 ALS showed longer disease duration and slower rate of functional decline relative to those with sporadic ALS. No cortical thickness abnormalities were found in patients with ALS compared with controls. Fractional anisotropy showed that sporadic ALS patients had significant CST damage relative to both healthy controls (p = 0.001-0.02) and SOD1-related ALS (p = 0.05), although the latter showed alterations that were intermediate between controls and sporadic ALS. Functional hyperconnectivity of the motor cortex in the sensorimotor network was observed in patients with sporadic ALS relative to controls. Conversely, patients with SOD1 ALS showed lower cord cross-sectional area along the whole cervical cord relative to those with sporadic ALS (p < 0.001). No cord MTR differences were found between patient groups. CONCLUSIONS Patients with SOD1 ALS showed cervical cord atrophy relative to those with sporadic ALS and a relative preservation of brain motor structural and functional networks. Neurodegeneration in SOD1 ALS is likely to occur primarily in the spinal cord. An objective and accurate estimate of spinal cord damage has potential in the future assessment of preventive SOD1 ALS therapies.
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- Federica Agosta
- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., E.G.S., E.P., P.V., M.F.) and Department of Neurology (M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; and Clinic of Neurology (I.V.M., Z.S., B.S.-D., M.J., D.L., V.S.K.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
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Christidi F, Karavasilis E, Ferentinos P, Xirou S, Velonakis G, Rentzos M, Zouvelou V, Zalonis I, Efstathopoulos E, Kelekis N, Evdokimidis I. Investigating the neuroanatomical substrate of pathological laughing and crying in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with multimodal neuroimaging techniques. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2017; 19:12-20. [DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2017.1386689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Foteini Christidi
- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, and
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- Second Department of Psychiatry, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, and
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, and
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- Second Department of Radiology, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, and
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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Trojsi F, Caiazzo G, Di Nardo F, Fratello M, Santangelo G, Siciliano M, Femiano C, Russo A, Monsurrò MR, Cirillo M, Tedeschi G, Esposito F. High angular resolution diffusion imaging abnormalities in the early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2017; 380:215-222. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ferraro PM, Agosta F, Riva N, Copetti M, Spinelli EG, Falzone Y, Sorarù G, Comi G, Chiò A, Filippi M. Multimodal structural MRI in the diagnosis of motor neuron diseases. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2017; 16:240-247. [PMID: 28794983 PMCID: PMC5545829 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This prospective study developed an MRI-based method for identification of individual motor neuron disease (MND) patients and test its accuracy at the individual patient level in an independent sample compared with mimic disorders. 123 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 44 patients with predominantly upper motor neuron disease (PUMN), 20 patients with ALS-mimic disorders, and 78 healthy controls were studied. The diagnostic accuracy of precentral cortical thickness and diffusion tensor (DT) MRI metrics of corticospinal and motor callosal tracts were assessed in a training cohort and externally proved in a validation cohort using a random forest analysis. In the training set, precentral cortical thickness showed 0.86 and 0.89 accuracy in differentiating ALS and PUMN patients from controls, while DT MRI distinguished the two groups from controls with 0.78 and 0.92 accuracy. In ALS vs controls, the combination of cortical thickness and DT MRI metrics (combined model) improved the classification pattern (0.91 accuracy). In the validation cohort, the best accuracy was reached by DT MRI (0.87 and 0.95 accuracy in ALS and PUMN vs mimic disorders). The combined model distinguished ALS and PUMN patients from mimic syndromes with 0.87 and 0.94 accuracy. A multimodal MRI approach that incorporates motor cortical and white matter alterations yields statistically significant improvement in accuracy over using each modality separately in the individual MND patient classification. DT MRI represents the most powerful tool to distinguish MND from mimic disorders. Motor cortical and white matter alterations yield high accuracy in the individual MND patient classification. DT MRI represents the most powerful tool to distinguish MND from mimic disorders. The most pronounced damage in MND patients relative to mimic subjects was found in the motor callosal fibers.
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- Pilar M Ferraro
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Biostatistics Unit, IRCCS-Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- ALS Center, 'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Chaves M, Bettini M, Fernandez MC, Basalo MJG, Rojas JI, Besada C, Cristiano E, Golimstok A, Rugiero M. Usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: potential biomarker and association with the cognitive profile. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2017; 75:272-276. [PMID: 28591385 DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20170032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Methods This was a case-control study conducted from December 1, 2012 to December 1, 2014. Clinical and demographic data were recorded. A neuropsychological test battery adapted to ALS patients was used. An MRI with DTI was performed in all patients and fractional anisotropy (FA) was analyzed in the white matter using the tract based spatial statistics program. Results Twenty-four patients with ALS (15 females, mean age 66.9 + -2.3) and 13 healthy controls (four females, average age 66.9 + - 2) were included. The DTI showed white matter damage in ALS patients vs. healthy controls (p < 0.001). Discussion In our preliminary study the alterations of white matter in DTI were significantly associated with cognitive impairment in patients with ALS.
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- Marcelo Chaves
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Neurology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Neurology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Neurology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Radiology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Neurology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Neurology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Neurology Department, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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Agosta F, Ferraro PM, Riva N, Spinelli EG, Domi T, Carrera P, Copetti M, Falzone Y, Ferrari M, Lunetta C, Comi G, Falini A, Quattrini A, Filippi M. Structural and functional brain signatures of C9orf72 in motor neuron disease. Neurobiol Aging 2017; 57:206-219. [PMID: 28666709 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study investigated structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in hexanucleotide repeat expansion in chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72) motor neuron disease (MND) relative to disease severity-matched sporadic MND cases. We enrolled 19 C9orf72 and 67 disease severity-matched sporadic MND patients, and 22 controls. Sporadic cases were grouped in patients with: no cognitive/behavioral deficits (sporadic-motor); same patterns of cognitive/behavioral impairment as C9orf72 cases (sporadic-cognitive); shorter disease duration versus other sporadic groups (sporadic-early). C9orf72 patients showed cerebellar and thalamic atrophy versus all sporadic cases. All MND patients showed motor, frontal, and temporoparietal cortical thinning and motor and extramotor white matter damage versus controls, independent of genotype and presence of cognitive impairment. Compared with sporadic-early, C9orf72 patients revealed an occipital cortical thinning. C9orf72 patients had enhanced visual network functional connectivity versus sporadic-motor and sporadic-early cases. Structural cerebellar and thalamic damage and posterior cortical alterations are the brain magnetic resonance imaging signatures of C9orf72 MND. Frontotemporal cortical and widespread white matter involvement are likely to be an effect of the disease evolution rather than a C9orf72 marker.
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- Federica Agosta
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology and Cytogenetics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Biostatistics Unit, IRCCS-Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology and Cytogenetics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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Strong MJ, Abrahams S, Goldstein LH, Woolley S, Mclaughlin P, Snowden J, Mioshi E, Roberts-South A, Benatar M, HortobáGyi T, Rosenfeld J, Silani V, Ince PG, Turner MR. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD): Revised diagnostic criteria. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2017; 18:153-174. [PMID: 28054827 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2016.1267768.amyotrophic] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This article presents the revised consensus criteria for the diagnosis of frontotemporal dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on an international research workshop on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and ALS held in London, Canada in June 2015. Since the publication of the Strong criteria, there have been considerable advances in the understanding of the neuropsychological profile of patients with ALS. Not only is the breadth and depth of neuropsychological findings broader than previously recognised - - including deficits in social cognition and language - but mixed deficits may also occur. Evidence now shows that the neuropsychological deficits in ALS are extremely heterogeneous, affecting over 50% of persons with ALS. When present, these deficits significantly and adversely impact patient survival. It is the recognition of this clinical heterogeneity in association with neuroimaging, genetic and neuropathological advances that has led to the current re-conceptualisation that neuropsychological deficits in ALS fall along a spectrum. These revised consensus criteria expand upon those of 2009 and embrace the concept of the frontotemporal spectrum disorder of ALS (ALS-FTSD).
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- Michael J Strong
- a Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry , London , Ontario , Canada
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- b Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences , Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK
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- c King's College London, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience , London , UK
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- d Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Centre, California Pacific Medical Centre , San Francisco , CA , USA
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- e Western University , Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry , London , ON , Canada
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- f Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre , Salford Royal NHS Trust and University of Manchester , Manchester , UK
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- g Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich , UK
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- h Northwestern University , Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders , Evanston , IL , USA
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- i Department of Neurology , University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami , FL , USA
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- j Department of Neuropathology , Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen , Debrecen , Hungary
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- k Department of Neurology , Loma Linda University School of Medicine , Loma Linda , CA , USA
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- l Department of Neurology and Laboratory Neuroscience - IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation , 'Dino Ferrari' Centre, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
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- m Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience , The University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK , and
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- n Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Strong MJ, Abrahams S, Goldstein LH, Woolley S, Mclaughlin P, Snowden J, Mioshi E, Roberts-South A, Benatar M, HortobáGyi T, Rosenfeld J, Silani V, Ince PG, Turner MR. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD): Revised diagnostic criteria. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2017; 18:153-174. [PMID: 28054827 PMCID: PMC7409990 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2016.1267768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 563] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
This article presents the revised consensus criteria for the diagnosis of frontotemporal dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on an international research workshop on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and ALS held in London, Canada in June 2015. Since the publication of the Strong criteria, there have been considerable advances in the understanding of the neuropsychological profile of patients with ALS. Not only is the breadth and depth of neuropsychological findings broader than previously recognised - - including deficits in social cognition and language - but mixed deficits may also occur. Evidence now shows that the neuropsychological deficits in ALS are extremely heterogeneous, affecting over 50% of persons with ALS. When present, these deficits significantly and adversely impact patient survival. It is the recognition of this clinical heterogeneity in association with neuroimaging, genetic and neuropathological advances that has led to the current re-conceptualisation that neuropsychological deficits in ALS fall along a spectrum. These revised consensus criteria expand upon those of 2009 and embrace the concept of the frontotemporal spectrum disorder of ALS (ALS-FTSD).
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- Michael J Strong
- a Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry , London , Ontario , Canada
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- b Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences , Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK
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- c King's College London, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience , London , UK
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- d Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Centre, California Pacific Medical Centre , San Francisco , CA , USA
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- e Western University , Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry , London , ON , Canada
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- f Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre , Salford Royal NHS Trust and University of Manchester , Manchester , UK
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- g Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich , UK
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- h Northwestern University , Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders , Evanston , IL , USA
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- i Department of Neurology , University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami , FL , USA
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- j Department of Neuropathology , Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen , Debrecen , Hungary
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- k Department of Neurology , Loma Linda University School of Medicine , Loma Linda , CA , USA
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- l Department of Neurology and Laboratory Neuroscience - IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation , 'Dino Ferrari' Centre, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
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- m Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience , The University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK , and
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- n Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Pain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Lancet Neurol 2017; 16:144-157. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(16)30358-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Menke RAL, Agosta F, Grosskreutz J, Filippi M, Turner MR. Neuroimaging Endpoints in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neurotherapeutics 2017; 14:11-23. [PMID: 27752938 PMCID: PMC5233627 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-016-0484-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative, clinically heterogeneous syndrome pathologically overlapping with frontotemporal dementia. To date, therapeutic trials in animal models have not been able to predict treatment response in humans, and the revised ALS Functional Rating Scale, which is based on coarse disability measures, remains the gold-standard measure of disease progression. Advances in neuroimaging have enabled mapping of functional, structural, and molecular aspects of ALS pathology, and these objective measures may be uniquely sensitive to the detection of propagation of pathology in vivo. Abnormalities are detectable before clinical symptoms develop, offering the potential for neuroprotective intervention in familial cases. Although promising neuroimaging biomarker candidates for diagnosis, prognosis, and disease progression have emerged, these have been from the study of necessarily select patient cohorts identified in specialized referral centers. Further multicenter research is now needed to establish their validity as therapeutic outcome measures.
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- Ricarda A L Menke
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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