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Novello M, Bosman LWJ, De Zeeuw CI. A Systematic Review of Direct Outputs from the Cerebellum to the Brainstem and Diencephalon in Mammals. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2024; 23:210-239. [PMID: 36575348 PMCID: PMC10864519 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-022-01499-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The cerebellum is involved in many motor, autonomic and cognitive functions, and new tasks that have a cerebellar contribution are discovered on a regular basis. Simultaneously, our insight into the functional compartmentalization of the cerebellum has markedly improved. Additionally, studies on cerebellar output pathways have seen a renaissance due to the development of viral tracing techniques. To create an overview of the current state of our understanding of cerebellar efferents, we undertook a systematic review of all studies on monosynaptic projections from the cerebellum to the brainstem and the diencephalon in mammals. This revealed that important projections from the cerebellum, to the motor nuclei, cerebral cortex, and basal ganglia, are predominantly di- or polysynaptic, rather than monosynaptic. Strikingly, most target areas receive cerebellar input from all three cerebellar nuclei, showing a convergence of cerebellar information at the output level. Overall, there appeared to be a large level of agreement between studies on different species as well as on the use of different types of neural tracers, making the emerging picture of the cerebellar output areas a solid one. Finally, we discuss how this cerebellar output network is affected by a range of diseases and syndromes, with also non-cerebellar diseases having impact on cerebellar output areas.
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- Manuele Novello
- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
- Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Iosif CI, Bashir ZI, Apps R, Pickford J. Cerebellar Prediction and Feeding Behaviour. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2023; 22:1002-1019. [PMID: 36121552 PMCID: PMC10485105 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-022-01476-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Given the importance of the cerebellum in controlling movements, it might be expected that its main role in eating would be the control of motor elements such as chewing and swallowing. Whilst such functions are clearly important, there is more to eating than these actions, and more to the cerebellum than motor control. This review will present evidence that the cerebellum contributes to homeostatic, motor, rewarding and affective aspects of food consumption.Prediction and feedback underlie many elements of eating, as food consumption is influenced by expectation. For example, circadian clocks cause hunger in anticipation of a meal, and food consumption causes feedback signals which induce satiety. Similarly, the sight and smell of food generate an expectation of what that food will taste like, and its actual taste will generate an internal reward value which will be compared to that expectation. Cerebellar learning is widely thought to involve feed-forward predictions to compare expected outcomes to sensory feedback. We therefore propose that the overarching role of the cerebellum in eating is to respond to prediction errors arising across the homeostatic, motor, cognitive, and affective domains.
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- Cristiana I Iosif
- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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Vásquez-Celaya L, Marín-Márquez G, Manzo J, Carrillo-Castilla P, Martínez AJ, Ortiz Pulido R, Zempoalteca Ramírez R, Coria-Avila GA, García LI. Electrophysiological Characterization of Cerebellar Responses during Exploration and Grooming Behaviors in a Rat Model of Parkinsonism. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13040537. [PMID: 37190502 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13040537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease is currently a global public health challenge due to the rapid growth of aging populations. To understand its pathophysiology is necessary to study the functional correlation between the basal ganglia (BG) and the cerebellum, which are involved in motor control. Herein, we explored multiunit electrical activity (MUA) in the cerebellum of rats with induced Parkinsonism as a result of lesions following bilateral placement of electrodes and passing of current in the ventrolateral striatum (VLS). In one control group, the electrodes descended without electrical current, and another group was left intact in VLS. MUA was recorded in Sim B and Crus II lobes, and in the dentate nucleus (DN) during the execution of exploration behaviors (horizontal and vertical) and grooming. The lesioned and sham groups showed a decrease in MUA amplitude in the Crus II lobe compared to the intact group in all recorded behaviors. However, Sim B and DN did not express differences. Both electrical and physical insults to the VLS induced Parkinsonism, which results in less MUA in Crus II during the execution of motor behaviors. Thus, this type of Parkinsonism is associated with a decrease in the amplitude of Crus II.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91190, Mexico
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- Dirección de Actividades Deportivas, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz City 91020, Mexico
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- Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala 90070, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91190, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91190, Mexico
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Functional correlation between cerebellum and basal ganglia: A parkinsonism model. Neurologia 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2021.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bao SS, Zhao C, Chen HW, Feng T, Guo XJ, Xu M, Rao JS. NT3 treatment alters spinal cord injury-induced changes in the gray matter volume of rhesus monkey cortex. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5919. [PMID: 35396344 PMCID: PMC8993853 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09981-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) may cause structural alterations in brain due to pathophysiological processes, but the effects of SCI treatment on brain have rarely been reported. Here, voxel-based morphometry is employed to investigate the effects of SCI and neurotrophin-3 (NT3) coupled chitosan-induced regeneration on brain and spinal cord structures in rhesus monkeys. Possible association between brain and spinal cord structural alterations is explored. The pain sensitivity and stepping ability of animals are collected to evaluate sensorimotor functional alterations. Compared with SCI, the unique effects of NT3 treatment on brain structure appear in extensive regions which involved in motor control and neuropathic pain, such as right visual cortex, superior parietal lobule, left superior frontal gyrus (SFG), middle frontal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, insula, secondary somatosensory cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and bilateral caudate nucleus. Particularly, the structure of insula is significantly correlated with the pain sensitivity. Regenerative treatment also shows a protective effect on spinal cord structure. The associations between brain and spinal cord structural alterations are observed in right primary somatosensory cortex, SFG, and other regions. These results help further elucidate secondary effects on brain of SCI and provide a basis for evaluating the effects of NT3 treatment on brain structure.
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- Shu-Sheng Bao
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Neural Regeneration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Institute of Rehabilitation Engineering, China Rehabilitation Science Institute, Beijing, 100068, China. .,School of Rehabilitation, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100068, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Neural Regeneration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Neural Regeneration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Neural Regeneration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Neural Regeneration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Silkis IG. Hypothetical Mechanism of Resting Tremor in Parkinson’s Disease. NEUROCHEM J+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712422010111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Morigaki R, Miyamoto R, Matsuda T, Miyake K, Yamamoto N, Takagi Y. Dystonia and Cerebellum: From Bench to Bedside. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:776. [PMID: 34440520 PMCID: PMC8401781 DOI: 10.3390/life11080776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Dystonia pathogenesis remains unclear; however, findings from basic and clinical research suggest the importance of the interaction between the basal ganglia and cerebellum. After the discovery of disynaptic pathways between the two, much attention has been paid to the cerebellum. Basic research using various dystonia rodent models and clinical studies in dystonia patients continues to provide new pieces of knowledge regarding the role of the cerebellum in dystonia genesis. Herein, we review basic and clinical articles related to dystonia focusing on the cerebellum, and clarify the current understanding of the role of the cerebellum in dystonia pathogenesis. Given the recent evidence providing new hypotheses regarding dystonia pathogenesis, we discuss how the current evidence answers the unsolved clinical questions.
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- Ryoma Morigaki
- Department of Advanced Brain Research, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (N.Y.); (Y.T.)
- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (T.M.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (T.M.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (T.M.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Advanced Brain Research, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (N.Y.); (Y.T.)
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan;
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- Department of Advanced Brain Research, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (N.Y.); (Y.T.)
- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan; (T.M.); (K.M.)
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Wei S, Lu C, Chen X, Yang L, Wei J, Jiang W, Liu Y, Li HH, Qin Y, Lei Y, Qin C, Hu C, Luo S. Abnormal regional homogeneity and its relationship with symptom severity in cervical dystonia: a rest state fMRI study. BMC Neurol 2021; 21:55. [PMID: 33546628 PMCID: PMC7863325 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-021-02079-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although several brain networks play important roles in cervical dystonia (CD) patients, regional homogeneity (ReHo) changes in CD patients have not been clarified. We investigated to explore ReHo in CD patients at rest and analyzed its correlations with symptom severity as measured by Tsui scale. METHODS A total of 19 CD patients and 21 gender-, age-, and education-matched healthy controls underwent fMRI scans at rest state. Data were analyzed by ReHo method. RESULTS Patients showed increased ReHo in the right cerebellum crus I and decreased ReHo in the right superior medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). Moreover, the right precentral gyrus, right insula, and bilateral middle cingulate gyrus also showed increased ReHo values. A significantly positive correlation was observed between ReHo value in the right cerebellum crus I and symptom severity (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our investigation suggested abnormal ReHo existed in brain regions of the "pain matrix" and salience network (the right insula and bilateral middle cingulate gyrus), the motor network (the right precentral gyrus), the cerebellum and MPFC and further highlighted the significance of these networks in the pathology of CD.
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- Shubao Wei
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jiangbin Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jiangbin Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jiangbin Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
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Chometton S, Barbier M, Risold PY. The zona incerta system: Involvement in attention and movement. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2021; 180:173-184. [PMID: 34225928 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-820107-7.00011-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The zona incerta (ZI) is a large structure made of four neurochemically defined regions (at least, in rodents). It is globally involved in complex connections with telencephalic and brainstem centers. In this work, we focus on some of the anatomical links this structure develops with the cerebral cortex and the tectum. We also point to its integration within a larger basal ganglia network. The functions of this region are still mysterious, even if recent works suggest its participation in behavioral expression. Studies about the functional organization of the vibrissal system have provided the first integrated model, illustrating the ZI's role in sensory-motor programing. In addition, ZI connections with the superior colliculus and the cerebral cortex as well as recent behavioral studies point to this region playing a role in cognitive processes related to attention toward salient stimuli.
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- Sandrine Chometton
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Seaver Autism Center, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- EA481, Integrative and Clinical Neurosciences, UFR Santé, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
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Weber J, Piroth T, Rijntjes M, Jung B, Reinacher PC, Weiller C, Coenen VA, Klebe S. Atypical Presentation of Rapid-onset Dystonia-parkinsonism (DYT12) Unresponsive to Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2018; 5:427-429. [PMID: 30838295 PMCID: PMC6336285 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Juliane Weber
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64D‐79106, FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64D‐79106, FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64D‐79106, FreiburgGermany
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- Doctor's Office for Neurology and Psychiatry79312, EmmendingenGermany
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- Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, D‐79106FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64D‐79106, FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, D‐79106FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Medical FacultyUniversity of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64D‐79106, FreiburgGermany
- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147EssenGermany
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Isolated focal dystonia phenotypes are associated with distinct patterns of altered microstructure. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2018; 19:805-812. [PMID: 30013924 PMCID: PMC6024227 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Objective Isolated adult-onset focal dystonia is considered a network disorder with disturbances to the motor basal ganglia and cerebellar circuits playing a pathophysiological role, but why specific body regions become affected remains unknown. We aimed to use diffusion tensor imaging to determine if the two most common phenotypes of focal dystonia are associated with distinguishing microstructural changes affecting the motor network. Methods Fifteen blepharospasm patients, 20 cervical dystonia patients, and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited. Maps of fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity were analyzed using a voxel-based approach and an automated region-of-interest technique to evaluate deep gray matter nuclei. Correlations between diffusion measures and dystonia severity were tested, and post hoc discriminant analyses were conducted. Results Voxel-based analyses revealed significantly reduced fractional anisotropy in the right cerebellum and increased mean diffusivity in the left caudate of cervical dystonia patients compared to controls, as well as lower fractional anisotropy in the right cerebellum in cervical dystonia patients relative to blepharospasm patients. In addition to reduced fractional anisotropy in the bilateral caudate nucleus of cervical dystonia patients relative to controls and blepharospasm patients, region-of-interest analyses revealed significantly reduced fractional anisotropy in the right globus pallidus internus and left red nucleus of blepharospasm patients compared to both controls and cervical dystonia patients. Diffusivity measures in the red nucleus of blepharospasm patients correlated with disease severity. In a three-group discriminant analysis, participants were correctly classified with only modest reliability (67-75%), but in a two-group discriminant analysis, patients could be distinguished from each other with high reliability (83-100%). Conclusions Different focal dystonia phenotypes are associated with distinct patterns of altered microstructure within constituent regions of basal ganglia and cerebellar circuits.
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Key Words
- BSP, blepharospasm
- Basal ganglia
- Blepharospasm
- CD, cervical dystonia
- Cerebellum
- Cervical dystonia
- DTI, diffusion tensor imaging
- Diffusion tensor imaging
- FA, fractional anisotropy
- HC, healthy control
- JRS, Jankovic Rating Scale
- MD, mean diffusivity
- MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute
- ROI, region of interest
- TWSTRS, Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale
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Dystonia is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, twisting movements, and abnormal postures in various body regions. It is widely accepted that the basal ganglia are involved in the pathogenesis of dystonia. A growing body of evidence, however, is challenging the traditional view and suggest that the cerebellum may also play a role in dystonia. Studies on animals indicate that experimental manipulations of the cerebellum lead to dystonic-like movements. Several clinical observations, including those from secondary dystonia cases as well as neurophysiologic and neuroimaging studies in human patients, provide further evidence in humans of a possible relationship between cerebellar abnormalities and dystonia. Claryfing the role of the cerebellum in dystonia is an important step towards providing alternative treatments based on noninvasive brain stimulation techniques.
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- Matteo Bologna
- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy.
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Thalamic interactions of cerebellum and basal ganglia. Brain Struct Funct 2017; 223:569-587. [PMID: 29224175 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1584-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cerebellum and basal ganglia are reciprocally interconnected with the neocortex via oligosynaptic loops. The signal pathways of these loops predominantly converge in motor areas of the frontal cortex and are mainly segregated on subcortical level. Recent evidence, however, indicates subcortical interaction of these systems. We have reviewed literature that addresses the question whether, and to what extent, projections of main output nuclei of basal ganglia (reticular part of the substantia nigra, internal segment of the globus pallidus) and cerebellum (deep cerebellar nuclei) interact with each other in the thalamus. To this end, we compiled data from electrophysiological and anatomical studies in rats, cats, dogs, and non-human primates. Evidence suggests the existence of convergence of thalamic projections originating in basal ganglia and cerebellum, albeit sparse and restricted to certain regions. Four regions come into question to contain converging inputs: (1) lateral parts of medial dorsal nucleus (MD); (2) parts of anterior intralaminar nuclei and centromedian and parafascicular nuclei (CM/Pf); (3) ventromedial nucleus (VM); and (4) border regions of cerebellar and ganglia terminal territories in ventral anterior and ventral lateral nuclei (VA-VL). The amount of convergences was found to exhibit marked interspecies differences. To explain the rather sparse convergences of projection territories and to estimate their physiological relevance, we present two conceivable principles of anatomical organization: (1) a "core-and-shell" organization, in which a central core is exclusive to one projection system, while peripheral shell regions intermingle and occasionally converge with other projection systems and (2) convergences that are characteristic to distinct functional networks. The physiological relevance of these convergences is not yet clear. An oculomotor network proposed in this work is an interesting candidate to examine potential ganglia and cerebellar subcortical interactions.
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Hu C, Zhang LB, Chen H, Xiong Y, Hu B. Neurosubstrates and mechanisms underlying the extinction of associative motor memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Evinger CL. Animal Models of Focal Dystonia. Mov Disord 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-405195-9.00026-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A new field in monkey's frontal cortex: Premotor ear-eye field (PEEF). Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:1434-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Filip P, Lungu OV, Bareš M. Dystonia and the cerebellum: a new field of interest in movement disorders? Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 124:1269-76. [PMID: 23422326 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2012] [Revised: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although dystonia has traditionally been regarded as a basal ganglia dysfunction, recent provocative evidence has emerged of cerebellar involvement in the pathophysiology of this enigmatic disease. This review synthesizes the data suggesting that the cerebellum plays an important role in dystonia etiology, from neuroanatomical research of complex networks showing that the cerebellum is connected to a wide range of other central nervous system structures involved in movement control to animal models indicating that signs of dystonia are due to cerebellum dysfunction and completely disappear after cerebellectomy, and finally to clinical observations in secondary dystonia patients with various types of cerebellar lesions. We propose that dystonia is a large-scale dysfunction, involving not only cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical pathways, but the cortico-ponto-cerebello-thalamo-cortical loop as well. Even in the absence of traditional "cerebellar signs" in most dystonia patients, there are more subtle indications of cerebellar dysfunction. It is clear that as long as the cerebellum's role in dystonia genesis remains unexamined, it will be difficult to significantly improve the current standards of dystonia treatment or to provide curative treatment.
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- Pavel Filip
- Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC MU, Behavioral and Social Neuroscience Research Group, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Red nucleus neurons actively contribute to the acquisition of classically conditioned eyelid responses in rabbits. J Neurosci 2012; 32:12129-43. [PMID: 22933796 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1782-12.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The red nucleus (RN) is a midbrain premotor center that has been suggested as being involved in the acquisition and/or performance of classically conditioned nictitating membrane/eyelid responses. We recorded in rabbits the activity of RN and pararubral neurons during classical eyeblink conditioning using a delay paradigm. Neurons were identified by their antidromic activation from contralateral facial and accessory abducens nuclei and by their synaptic activation from the ipsilateral motor cortex (MC) and the contralateral cerebellar interpositus (IP) nucleus. For conditioning, we used a tone as a conditioned stimulus (CS) followed 250 ms later by a 100 ms air puff as an unconditioned stimulus (US) coterminating with it. Conditioned responses (CRs) were determined from the evoked changes in the electromyographic activity of the orbicularis oculi (OO) muscle. Recorded neurons were classified by their antidromic activation and by their changes in firing rate during the CS-US interval. Identified neurons increased their firing rates in relation to the successive conditioning sessions, but their discharge rates were related more to the EMG activity of the OO muscle than to the learning curves. Reversible inactivation of the IP nucleus with lidocaine during conditioning evoked a complete disappearance of both conditioned and unconditioned eyelid responses, and a progressive decrease in CR-related activity of RN neurons. In contrast, MC inactivation evoked a decrease in the acquisition process and an initial disfacilitation of neuronal firing (which was later recovered), together with the late appearance of CRs. Thus, RN neurons presented learning-dependent changes in activity following MC inactivation.
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Sadnicka A, Hoffland BS, Bhatia KP, van de Warrenburg BP, Edwards MJ. The cerebellum in dystonia - help or hindrance? Clin Neurophysiol 2011; 123:65-70. [PMID: 22078259 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Dystonia has historically been considered a disorder of the basal ganglia. This review aims to critically examine the evidence for a role of the cerebellum in the pathophysiology of dystonia. We compare and attempt to link the information available from both clinical and experimental studies; work detailing cerebellar connectivity in primates; data that suggests a role for the cerebellum in the genesis of dystonia in murine models; clinical observation in humans with structural lesions and heredodegenerative disorders of the cerebellum; and imaging studies of patients with dystonia. The typical electrophysiological findings in dystonia are the converse to those found in cerebellar lesions. However, certain subtypes of dystonia mirror cerebellar patterns of increased cortical inhibition. Furthermore, altered cerebellar function can be demonstrated in adult onset focal dystonia with impaired cerebellar inhibition of motor cortex and abnormal eyeblink classical conditioning. We propose that abnormal, likely compensatory activity of the cerebellum is an important factor within pathophysiological models of dystonia. Work in this exciting area has only just begun but it is likely that the cerebellum will have a key place within future models of dystonia.
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- A Sadnicka
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute for Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Weiss C, Disterhoft JF. Exploring prefrontal cortical memory mechanisms with eyeblink conditioning. Behav Neurosci 2011; 125:318-26. [PMID: 21517143 DOI: 10.1037/a0023520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Several studies in nonhuman primates have shown that neurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex have activity that persists throughout the delay period in delayed matching to sample tasks, and age-related changes in the microcolumnar organization of the prefrontal cortex are significantly correlated with age-related declines in cognition. Activity that persists beyond the presentation of a stimulus could mediate working memory processes, and disruption of those processes could account for memory deficits that often accompany the aging process. These potential memory and aging mechanisms are being systematically examined with eyeblink conditioning paradigms in nonprimate mammalian animal models including the rabbit. The trace version of the conditioning paradigm is a particularly good system to explore declarative memory since humans do not acquire trace conditioning if they are unable to become cognitively aware of the association between a conditioning tone and an airpuff to the eye. This conditioning paradigm has been used to show that the hippocampus and cerebellum interact functionally since both conditioned responses and conditioned hippocampal pyramidal neuron activity are abolished following lesions of the cerebellar nuclei and since hippocampal lesions prevent or abolish trace conditioned blinks. However, because there are no direct connections between the hippocampal formation and the cerebellum, and because the hippocampus is not necessary for trace conditioning after a period of consolidation has elapsed, we and others have been examining the prefrontal cortex for its role in forebrain-dependent trace eyeblink conditioning. This review examines some of the literature which suggests that the prefrontal cortex serves to orchestrate a neuronal network that interacts with the cerebellum to mediate adaptively timed conditioned responses.
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- Craig Weiss
- Department of Physiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA.
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Ginestroni A, Diciotti S, Cecchi P, Pesaresi I, Tessa C, Giannelli M, Della Nave R, Salvatore E, Salvi F, Dotti MT, Piacentini S, Soricelli A, Cosottini M, De Stefano N, Mascalchi M. Neurodegeneration in friedreich's ataxia is associated with a mixed activation pattern of the brain. A fMRI study. Hum Brain Mapp 2011; 33:1780-91. [PMID: 21674694 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Revised: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is associated with a distributed pattern of neurodegeneration in the spinal cord and the brain secondary to selective neuronal loss. We used functional MR Imaging (fMRI) to explore brain activation in FRDA patients during two motor-sensory tasks of different complexity, i.e. continuous hand tapping and writing of "8" figure, with the right dominant hand and without visual feedback. Seventeen FRDA patients and two groups of age-matched healthy controls were recruited. Task execution was monitored and recorded using MR-compatible devices. Hand tapping was correctly performed by 11 (65%) patients and writing of the "8" by 7 (41%) patients. After correction for behavioral variables, FRDA patients showed in both tasks areas of significantly lower activation in the left primary sensory-motor cortex and right cerebellum. Also left thalamus and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex showed hypo-activation during hand tapping. During writing of the "8" task FRDA patients showed areas of higher activation in the right parietal and precentral cortex, globus pallidus, and putamen. Activation of right parietal cortex, anterior cingulum, globus pallidus, and putamen during writing of the "8" increased with severity of the neurological deficit. In conclusion fMRI demonstrates in FRDA a mixed pattern constituted by areas of decreased activation and areas of increased activation. The decreased activation in the primary motor cortex and cerebellum presumably reflects a regional neuronal damage, the decreased activation of the left thalamus and primary sensory cortex could be secondary to deafferentation phenomena, and the increased activation of right parietal cortex and striatum might have a possible compensatory significance.
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- Andrea Ginestroni
- Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Radiodiagnostic Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Valálik I, Jobbágy A, Bognár L, Csókay A. Effectiveness of unilateral pallidotomy for meige syndrome confirmed by motion analysis. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2011; 89:157-61. [PMID: 21494067 DOI: 10.1159/000323341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with bilateral manifestation of Meige syndrome (MS) successfully treated with left-side unilateral ventroposterolateral pallidotomy. METHODS Symptoms were evaluated according to the Burke-Fahn-Marsden dystonia rating scale. Head tremor, blepharospasm and orofacial dyskinesia were measured with an infrared, video-based, computerized, real-time passive marker-based analyzer of motions (RTPAM). RESULTS The Burke-Fahn-Marsden score showed a 90.2% reduction (from 25.5 to 2.5) at 6 months, and an 88.2% long-lasting benefit (to 3.0) at the 3-year follow-up with good bilateral control of the blepharospasm and orofacial movements. The RTPAM showed a substantial regression of acceleration for all markers, and abolishment of the 4.8-Hz head tremor. The correlation between symmetrical markers, and between markers within the right and left sides, was significantly decreased. CONCLUSIONS Pallidotomy with staged procedure is recommended for the treatment of MS in patients on whom deep brain stimulation could not be performed. In case of good bilateral benefits from the unilateral procedure, contralateral surgery is not needed. The RTPAM is a useful tool for the mapping of facial involuntary movements.
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- István Valálik
- Department of Neurosurgery, St. John's Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
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Waddington JL, O'Sullivan GJ, Tomiyama K. Regulation Of Orofacial Movement: Dopamine Receptor Mechanisms And Mutant Models. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2011; 97:39-60. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385198-7.00002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cutuli D, Rossi S, Burello L, Laricchiuta D, De Chiara V, Foti F, De Bartolo P, Musella A, Gelfo F, Centonze D, Petrosini L. Before or after does it matter? Different protocols of environmental enrichment differently influence motor, synaptic and structural deficits of cerebellar origin. Neurobiol Dis 2010; 42:9-20. [PMID: 21182946 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cerebellar compensation is a reliable model of lesion-induced plasticity occurring through profound synaptic and neurochemical modifications in cortical and sub-cortical regions. As the recovery from cerebellar deficits progresses, the firstly enhanced glutamate striatal transmission is then normalized. The time course of cerebellar compensation and the concomitant striatal modifications might be influenced by protocols of environmental enrichment (EE) differently timed in respect to cerebellar lesion. In the present study, we analyzed the effects of different EE protocols on postural and locomotor behaviors (by means of a neurological rating scale), and on striatal synaptic activity (by means of recordings of spontaneous glutamate-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs)) and on morphological correlates (by means of density and dendritic length of Fast Spiking (FS) interneurons) following hemicerebellectomy (HCb) in rats. Cerebellar motor deficits were reduced faster in the enriched animals in comparison to standard housed HCbed rats. The beneficial influence of EE was higher in the animals enriched before the HCb than in rats enriched only after the lesion. In parallel, the HCb-induced increase in striatal sEPSCs was not observed in rats enriched before HCb and attenuated in rats enriched after HCb. Furthermore, the EE prevented the shrinkage of dendritic arborization of FS striatal interneurons. Also this effect was more marked in animals enriched before than after the HCb. The exposure to EE exerted either neuro-protective or therapeutic actions on the cerebellar deficits. The experience-dependent changes of the synaptic and neuronal connectivity observed in the striatal neurons may represent one of the mechanisms through which the enrichment facilitates functional compensation following the cerebellar damage.
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- Debora Cutuli
- Centro Europeo per la Ricerca sul Cervello (CERC)/Fondazione Santa Lucia, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64, 00143, Rome, Italy
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW In the past 18 months, several important studies in neuroimaging, epidemiology of dystonia and animal models have been published. Moreover, new advances in genetics have broadened the spectrum of dystonia. Here, we discuss these findings and their implication in the pathophysiology of dystonia. RECENT FINDINGS From neurophysiological studies and animal models, converging arguments support the role of combined corticostriatal, cerebellar and dopaminergic dysfunctions in the pathophysiology of dystonia. A large study in epidemiology identified several risk factors associated with writer's cramp (time spent handwriting each day and the additional burden of an abrupt increase in the writing time in the year before onset). Important studies on the abnormal structure-function relationship in hereditary and sporadic dystonia explored the relationship between genotype, phenotype and endophenotype. SUMMARY Different pathophysiological mechanisms may underlie similar phenotypes whereas different genotypes may share similar functional abnormalities. The respective roles of corticostriatal-cortical and cerebellar loops remain to be clarified as the original causative process (either degenerative or developmental) is accompanied by functional reorganization.
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Neychev VK, Fan X, Mitev VI, Hess EJ, Jinnah HA. The basal ganglia and cerebellum interact in the expression of dystonic movement. Brain 2008; 131:2499-509. [PMID: 18669484 PMCID: PMC2724906 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Dystonia is a neurological disorder characterized by excessive involuntary muscle contractions that lead to twisting movements or abnormal posturing. Traditional views place responsibility for dystonia with dysfunction of basal ganglia circuits, yet recent evidence has pointed towards cerebellar circuits as well. In the current studies we used two strategies to explore the hypothesis that the expression of dystonic movements depends on influences from a motor network that includes both the basal ganglia and cerebellum. The first strategy was to evaluate the consequences of subthreshold lesions of the striatum in two different animal models where dystonic movements are thought to originate from abnormal cerebellar function. The second strategy employed microdialysis to search for changes in striatal dopamine release in these two animal models where the cerebellum has been already implicated. One of the animal models involved tottering mice, which exhibit paroxysmal dystonia due to an inherited defect affecting calcium channels. In keeping with prior results implicating the cerebellum in this model, surgical removal of the cerebellum eliminated their dystonic attacks. In contrast, subclinical lesions of the striatum with either 6-hydroxydopamine (6OHDA) or quinolinic acid (QA) exaggerated their dystonic attacks. Microdialysis of the striatum revealed dystonic attacks in tottering mice to be associated with a significant reduction in extracellular striatal dopamine. The other animal model involved the induction of dystonia via pharmacological excitation of the cerebellar cortex by local application of kainic acid in normal mice. In this model the site of stimulation determines the origin of dystonia in the cerebellum. However, subclinical striatal lesions with either 6OHDA or QA again exaggerated their generalized dystonia. When dystonic movements were triggered by pharmacological stimulation of the cerebellum, microdialysis revealed significant reductions in striatal dopamine release. These results demonstrate important functional relationships between cerebellar and basal ganglia circuits in two different animal models of dystonia. They suggest that expression of dystonic movements depends on influences from both basal ganglia and cerebellum in both models. These results support the hypothesis that dystonia may result from disruption of a motor network involving both the basal ganglia and cerebellum, rather than isolated dysfunction of only one motor system.
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- Vladimir K. Neychev
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and Department of Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and Department of Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and Department of Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and Department of Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and Department of Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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