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Bress KS, Cascio CJ. Sensorimotor regulation of facial expression - An untouched frontier. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 162:105684. [PMID: 38710425 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Facial expression is a critical form of nonverbal social communication which promotes emotional exchange and affiliation among humans. Facial expressions are generated via precise contraction of the facial muscles, guided by sensory feedback. While the neural pathways underlying facial motor control are well characterized in humans and primates, it remains unknown how tactile and proprioceptive information reaches these pathways to guide facial muscle contraction. Thus, despite the importance of facial expressions for social functioning, little is known about how they are generated as a unique sensorimotor behavior. In this review, we highlight current knowledge about sensory feedback from the face and how it is distinct from other body regions. We describe connectivity between the facial sensory and motor brain systems, and call attention to the other brain systems which influence facial expression behavior, including vision, gustation, emotion, and interoception. Finally, we petition for more research on the sensory basis of facial expressions, asserting that incomplete understanding of sensorimotor mechanisms is a barrier to addressing atypical facial expressivity in clinical populations.
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- Kimberly S Bress
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Bologna M, Paparella G, Valls-Solé J, Hallett M, Berardelli A. Neural control of blinking. Clin Neurophysiol 2024; 161:59-68. [PMID: 38447495 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Blinking is a motor act characterized by the sequential closing and opening of the eyelids, which is achieved through the reciprocal activation of the orbicularis oculi and levator palpebrae superioris muscles. This stereotyped movement can be triggered reflexively, occur spontaneously, or voluntarily initiated. During each type of blinking, the neural control of the antagonistic interaction between the orbicularis oculi and levator palpebrae superioris muscles is governed by partially overlapping circuits distributed across cortical, subcortical, and brainstem structures. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the anatomical and physiological foundations underlying the neural control of blinking. We describe the infra-nuclear apparatus, as well as the supra-nuclear control mechanisms, i.e., how cortical, subcortical, and brainstem structures regulate and coordinate the different types of blinking.
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- Matteo Bologna
- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy.
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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Cao L, Palmisano C, Chen X, Isaias IU, Händel BF. Spontaneous blink-related beta power increase and theta phase reset in subthalamic nucleus of Parkinson patients during walking. Clin Neurophysiol 2024; 161:17-26. [PMID: 38432185 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Both blinking and walking are altered in Parkinson's disease and both motor outputs have been shown to be linked in healthy subjects. Additionally, studies suggest an involvement of basal ganglia activity and striatal dopamine in blink generation. We investigated the role of the basal ganglia circuitry on spontaneous blinking and if this role is dependent on movement state and striatal dopamine. METHODS We analysed subthalamic nucleus (STN) activity in seven chronically implanted patients for deep brain stimulation (DBS) with respect to blinks and movement state (resting state and unperturbed walking). Neurophysiological recordings were combined with individual molecular brain imaging assessing the dopamine reuptake transporter (DAT) density for the left and right striatum separately. RESULTS We found a significantly higher blink rate during walking compared to resting. The blink rate during walking positively correlated with the DAT density of the left caudate nucleus. During walking only, spontaneous blinking was followed by an increase in the right STN beta power and a bilateral subthalamic phase reset in the low frequencies. The right STN blink-related beta power modulation correlated negatively with the DAT density of the contralateral putamen. The left STN blink-related beta power correlated with the DAT density of the putamen in the less dopamine-depleted hemisphere. Both correlations were specific to the walking condition and to beta power following a blink. CONCLUSION Our findings show that spontaneous blinking is related to striatal dopamine and has a frequency specific deployment in the STN. This correlation depends on the current movement state such as walking. SIGNIFICANCE This work indicates that subcortical activity following a motor event as well as the relationship between dopamine and motor events can be dependent on the motor state. Accordingly, disease related changes in brain activity should be assessed during natural movement.
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- Liyu Cao
- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Department of Psychology (III), Julius-Maximilian-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology (III), Julius-Maximilian-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Parkinson Institute Milan, ASST G. Pini CTO, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychology (III), Julius-Maximilian-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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ŞtefŞnescu E, Strilciuc Ş, Chelaru VF, Chira D, Mureşanu D. Eye tracking assessment of Parkinson's disease: a clinical retrospective analysis. J Med Life 2024; 17:360-367. [PMID: 39044921 PMCID: PMC11262608 DOI: 10.25122/jml-2024-0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) presents a significant clinical challenge due to its profound motor and cognitive impacts. Early diagnosis is crucial for implementing effective, stage-based treatment strategies. Recently, eye-tracking technology has emerged as a promising tool for the non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of various neurological disorders, including PD. This retrospective study analyzed eye-tracking parameters, specifically visually-guided saccades (VGS), in PD patients within a clinical setting. We reviewed eye-tracking data from 62 PD patients, focusing on eye movement performance in horizontal and vertical VGS tasks. Our findings revealed significant correlations between demographic profiles, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores, pattern recognition, and spatial working memory tests with saccadic performance in PD patients. Despite the retrospective nature of the study, our results support the potential of eye-tracking technology as a valuable diagnostic tool in PD assessment and monitoring. Future research should prioritize longitudinal studies and more comprehensive assessments to further understand and enhance the clinical application of eye-tracking in PD.
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- Emanuel ŞtefŞnescu
- Department of Neuroscience, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Research Center for Functional Genomics, Biomedicine, and Translational Medicine, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neuroscience, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neuroscience, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neuroscience, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Bianchini E, Rinaldi D, Alborghetti M, Simonelli M, D’Audino F, Onelli C, Pegolo E, Pontieri FE. The Story behind the Mask: A Narrative Review on Hypomimia in Parkinson's Disease. Brain Sci 2024; 14:109. [PMID: 38275529 PMCID: PMC10814039 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14010109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Facial movements are crucial for social and emotional interaction and well-being. Reduced facial expressions (i.e., hypomimia) is a common feature in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and previous studies linked this manifestation to both motor symptoms of the disease and altered emotion recognition and processing. Nevertheless, research on facial motor impairment in PD has been rather scarce and only a limited number of clinical evaluation tools are available, often suffering from poor validation processes and high inter- and intra-rater variability. In recent years, the availability of technology-enhanced quantification methods of facial movements, such as automated video analysis and machine learning application, led to increasing interest in studying hypomimia in PD. In this narrative review, we summarize the current knowledge on pathophysiological hypotheses at the basis of hypomimia in PD, with particular focus on the association between reduced facial expressions and emotional processing and analyze the current evaluation tools and management strategies for this symptom, as well as future research perspectives.
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- Edoardo Bianchini
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy; (E.B.); (D.R.); (M.A.); (M.S.)
- AGEIS, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Sant’Andrea University Hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy; (E.B.); (D.R.); (M.A.); (M.S.)
- Sant’Andrea University Hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy; (E.B.); (D.R.); (M.A.); (M.S.)
- Sant’Andrea University Hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy; (E.B.); (D.R.); (M.A.); (M.S.)
- Ospedale dei Castelli, ASL Rome 6, 00040 Ariccia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy;
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy; (E.B.); (D.R.); (M.A.); (M.S.)
- Sant’Andrea University Hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy;
- Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy
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Francis M, Zirra A, Haque T, Gallagher D, Budu C, Lees AJ, Schrag A, Noyce AJ, Simonet C. Rapid Voluntary Blinking as a Clinical Marker of Parkinson's Disease. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2024; 14:993-997. [PMID: 38943397 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-240005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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Reduced spontaneous blinking is a recognized Parkinson's disease (PD) feature. In contrast, voluntary blinking has been less studied and might serve as a measurable marker of facial bradykinesia. We tested 31 PD patients and 31 controls. Participants were filmed during conversation and a rapid blinking task. Both tasks were videorecorded to count the number of blinks per second. PD patients had lower blink rates. Rapid blinking accurately discriminated between groups with 77% sensitivity and 71% specificity. To conclude, rapid blinking may be a simple and quantifiable task of facial bradykinesia.
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- Michaela Francis
- Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Portsmouth Hospital University Trust, Portsmouth, UK
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- Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Movement Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Kehnemouyi YM, Petrucci MN, Wilkins KB, Melbourne JA, Bronte-Stewart HM. The Sequence Effect Worsens Over Time in Parkinson's Disease and Responds to Open and Closed-Loop Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2023:JPD223368. [PMID: 37125563 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-223368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The sequence effect is the progressive deterioration in speech, limb movement, and gait that leads to an inability to communicate, manipulate objects, or walk without freezing of gait. Many studies have demonstrated a lack of improvement of the sequence effect from dopaminergic medication, however few studies have studied the metric over time or investigated the effect of open-loop deep brain stimulation in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the sequence effect worsens over time and/or is improved on clinical (open-loop) deep brain stimulation (DBS). METHODS Twenty-one people with PD with bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS performed thirty seconds of instrumented repetitive wrist flexion extension and the MDS-UPDRS III off therapy, prior to activation of DBS and every six months for up to three years. A sub-cohort of ten people performed the task during randomized presentations of different intensities of STN DBS. RESULTS The sequence effect was highly correlated with the overall MDS-UPDRS III score and the bradykinesia sub-score and worsened over three years. Increasing intensities of STN open-loop DBS improved the sequence effect and one subject demonstrated improvement on both open-loop and closed-loop DBS. CONCLUSION Sequence effect in limb bradykinesia worsened over time off therapy due to disease progression but improved on open-loop DBS. These results demonstrate that DBS is a useful treatment of the debilitating effects of the sequence effect in limb bradykinesia and upon further investigation closed-loop DBS may offer added improvement.
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- Yasmine M Kehnemouyi
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford University School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford University School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford, CA, USA
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Narrative Review Concerning the Clinical Spectrum of Ophthalmological Impairments in Parkinson's Disease. Neurol Int 2023; 15:140-161. [PMID: 36810467 PMCID: PMC9944508 DOI: 10.3390/neurolint15010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Ophthalmic non-motor impairments are common in Parkinson's disease patients, from the onset of the neurodegenerative disease and even prior to the development of motor symptoms. This is a very crucial component of the potential for early detection of this disease, even in its earliest stages. Since the ophthalmological disease is extensive and impacts all extraocular and intraocular components of the optical analyzer, a competent assessment of it would be beneficial for the patients. Because the retina is an extension of the nervous system and has the same embryonic genesis as the central nervous system, it is helpful to investigate the retinal changes in Parkinson's disease in order to hypothesize insights that may also be applicable to the brain. As a consequence, the detection of these symptoms and signs may improve the medical evaluation of PD and predict the illness' prognosis. Another valuable aspect of this pathology is the fact that the ophthalmological damage contributes significantly to the decrease in the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease. We provide an overview of the most significant ophthalmologic impairments associated with Parkinson's disease. These results certainly constitute a large number of the prevalent visual impairments experienced by PD patients.
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Validating a Portable Device for Blinking Analyses through Laboratory Neurophysiological Techniques. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12091228. [PMID: 36138962 PMCID: PMC9496691 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12091228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Blinking analysis contributes to the understanding of physiological mechanisms in healthy subjects as well as the pathophysiological mechanisms of neurological diseases. To date, blinking is assessed by various neurophysiological techniques, including electromyographic (EMG) recordings and optoelectronic motion analysis. We recorded eye-blink kinematics with a new portable device, the EyeStat (Generation 3, blinktbi, Inc., Charleston, SC, USA), and compared the measurements with data obtained using traditional laboratory-based techniques. Sixteen healthy adults underwent voluntary, spontaneous, and reflex blinking recordings using the EyeStat device and the SMART motion analysis system (BTS, Milan, Italy). During the blinking recordings, the EMG activity was recorded from the orbicularis oculi muscles using surface electrodes. The blinking data were analyzed through dedicated software and evaluated with repeated-measure analyses of variance. The Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient served to assess possible associations between the EyeStat device, the SMART motion system, and the EMG data. We found that the EMG data collected during the EyeStat and SMART system recordings did not differ. The blinking data recorded with the EyeStat showed a linear relationship with the results obtained with the SMART system (r ranging from 0.85 to 0.57; p ranging from <0.001 to 0.02). These results demonstrate a high accuracy and reliability of a blinking analysis through this portable device, compared with standard techniques. EyeStat may make it easier to record blinking in research activities and in daily clinical practice, thus allowing large-scale studies in healthy subjects and patients with neurological diseases in an outpatient clinic setting.
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Murali S, Händel B. Motor restrictions impair divergent thinking during walking and during sitting. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2022; 86:2144-2157. [PMID: 34997860 PMCID: PMC8742166 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-021-01636-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Creativity, specifically divergent thinking, has been shown to benefit from unrestrained walking. Despite these findings, it is not clear if it is the lack of restriction that leads to the improvement. Our goal was to explore the effects of motor restrictions on divergent thinking for different movement states. In addition, we assessed whether spontaneous eye blinks, which are linked to motor execution, also predict performance. In experiment 1, we compared the performance in Guilford’s alternate uses task (AUT) during walking vs. sitting, and analysed eye blink rates during both conditions. We found that AUT scores were higher during walking than sitting. Albeit eye blinks differed significantly between movement conditions (walking vs. sitting) and task phase (baseline vs. thinking vs. responding), they did not correlate with task performance. In experiment 2 and 3, participants either walked freely or in a restricted path, or sat freely or fixated on a screen. When the factor restriction was explicitly modulated, the effect of walking was reduced, while restriction showed a significant influence on the fluency scores. Importantly, we found a significant correlation between the rate of eye blinks and creativity scores between subjects, depending on the restriction condition. Our study shows a movement state-independent effect of restriction on divergent thinking. In other words, similar to unrestrained walking, unrestrained sitting also improves divergent thinking. Importantly, we discuss a mechanistic explanation of the effect of restriction on divergent thinking based on the increased size of the focus of attention and the consequent bias towards flexibility.
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- Supriya Murali
- Department of Psychology III, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology III, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Wilson D, Hallett M, Anderson T. An Eye on Movement Disorders. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2021; 8:1168-1180. [PMID: 34765682 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Eye disorders spanning a range of ocular tissue are common in patients with movement disorders. Highlighting these ocular manifestations will benefit patients and may even aid in diagnosis. In this educational review we outline the anatomy and function of the ocular tissues with a focus on the tissues most affected in movement disorders. We review the movement disorders associated with ocular pathology and where possible explore the underlying cellular basis thought to be driving the pathology and provide a brief overview of ophthalmic investigations available to the neurologist. This review does not cover intracranial primary visual pathways, higher visual function, or the ocular motor system.
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- Duncan Wilson
- Department of Neurology Christchurch Hospital Christchurch New Zealand.,New Zealand Brain Research Institute Christchurch New Zealand
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- Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, NIH Bethesda Maryland USA
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- Department of Neurology Christchurch Hospital Christchurch New Zealand.,New Zealand Brain Research Institute Christchurch New Zealand.,Department of Medicine Otago University Dunedin New Zealand
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Diagnostic accuracy of glabellar tap sign for Parkinson's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2021; 128:1655-1661. [PMID: 34328563 PMCID: PMC8536581 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-021-02391-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glabellar tap or reflex (GR) is an old bedside clinical test used in the diagnostics of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but its diagnostic value is unclear. This study examines the diagnostic validity and reliability of GR in PD in relation to brain dopaminergic activity. GR was performed on 161 patients with PD, 47 patients with essential tremor (ET) and 40 healthy controls immediately prior to dopamine transporter (DAT) [123I]FP-CIT SPECT scanning. The binding ratios were investigated with consideration of the GR result (normal/abnormal). In addition, the consistency of the GR was investigated with 89 patients after a mean follow-up of 2.2 years. PD and ET patients had higher GR scores than healthy controls (p < 0.001), but there was no difference in GR between PD and ET patients (p = 0.09). There were no differences in the ratio of abnormal to normal GRs between the PD and ET groups (73% vs. 64% abnormal, respectively, p = 0.13) or in DAT binding between PD patients with abnormal and normal GRs (p > 0.36). Over follow-up, the GR changed from abnormal to normal in 20% of PD patients despite the presence of clinically typical disease. The sensitivity and specificity of GR for differentiating PD from ET were 78.3% and 36.2%, respectively. Although GR has been used by clinicians in the diagnostics of PD, it does not separate PD from ET. It also shows considerable inconsistency over time, and abnormal GR has no relationship with dopamine loss. Its usefulness should be tested for other clinical diagnostic purposes.
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Kuwamizu R, Suwabe K, Damrongthai C, Fukuie T, Ochi G, Hyodo K, Hiraga T, Nagano-Saito A, Soya H. Spontaneous Eye Blink Rate Connects Missing Link between Aerobic Fitness and Cognition. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2021; 53:1425-1433. [PMID: 33433152 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000002590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Higher aerobic fitness, a physiological marker of habitual physical activity, is likely to predict higher executive function based on the prefrontal cortex (PFC), according to current cross-sectional studies. The exact biological link between the brain and the brawn remains unclear, but the brain dopaminergic system, which acts as a driving force for physical activity and exercise, can be hypothesized to connect the missing link above. Recently, spontaneous eye blink rate (sEBR) was proposed and has been used as a potential, noninvasive marker of brain dopaminergic activity in the neuroscience field. To address the hypothesis above, we sought to determine whether sEBR is a mediator of the association between executive function and aerobic fitness. METHODS Thirty-five healthy young males (18-24 yr old) had their sEBR measured while staring at a fixation cross while at rest. They underwent an aerobic fitness assessment using a graded exercise test to exhaustion and performed a color-word Stroop task as an index of executive function. Stroop task-related cortical activation in the left dorsolateral PFC (l-DLPFC) was monitored using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. RESULTS Correlation analyses revealed significant correlations among higher aerobic fitness, less Stroop interference, and higher sEBR. Moreover, mediation analyses showed that sEBR significantly mediated the association between aerobic fitness and Stroop interference. In addition, higher sEBR was correlated with higher neural efficiency of the l-DLPFC (i.e., executive function was high, and the corresponding l-DLPFC activation was relatively low). CONCLUSION These results indicate that the sEBR mediates the association between aerobic fitness and executive function through prefrontal neural efficiency, which clearly supports the hypothesis that brain dopaminergic function works to connect, at least in part, the missing link between aerobic fitness and executive function.
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- Ryuta Kuwamizu
- Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN
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- Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN
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- Physical Fitness Research Institute, Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, JAPAN
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- Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN
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- Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN
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Spontaneous Eye Blinks Predict Executive Functioning in Seniors. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s41465-021-00217-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AbstractAs the world’s population is aging rapidly, cognitive training is an extensively used approach to attempt improvement of age-related cognitive functioning. With increasing numbers of older adults required to remain in the workforce, it is important to be able to reliably predict future functional decline, as well as the individual advantages of cognitive training. Given the correlation between age-related decline and striatal dopaminergic function, we investigated whether eye blink rate (EBR), a non-invasive, indirect indicator of dopaminergic activity, could predict executive functioning (response inhibition, switching and working memory updating) as well as trainability of executive functioning in older adults. EBR was collected before and after a cognitive flexibility training, cognitive training without flexibility, or a mock training. EBR predicted working memory updating performance on two measures of updating, as well as trainability of working memory updating, whereas performance and trainability in inhibition and switching tasks could not be predicted by EBR. Our findings tentatively indicate that EBR permits prediction of working memory performance in older adults. To fully interpret the relationship with executive functioning, we suggest future research should assess both EBR and dopamine receptor availability among seniors.
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Krishnan S, Shetty K, Puthanveedu DK, Kesavapisharady K, Thulaseedharan JV, Sarma G, Kishore A. Apraxia of Lid Opening in Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease-Frequency, Risk Factors and Response to Treatment. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2021; 8:587-593. [PMID: 33981792 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background New-onset apraxia of lid opening (ALO) is reported to occur in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients following Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). There are only few systematic studies on this uncommon disorder of eyelid movements. Objectives We aimed to examine the frequency, temporal evolution, predisposing factors and response to treatment, of new-onset ALO in PD patients who underwent bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients who underwent STN DBS at our centre between 1999 and 2017, with a minimum of 2 years of follow up after surgery. Results New-onset ALO was seen in 17 (9.1%) of the 187 patients after an average of 16.9 months (Range - 6-36 months). Comparison of the groups with and without ALO revealed that ALO occurred more often in older patients, both at the onset of PD symptoms and at surgery and in those with non-tremor dominant subtypes of PD and freezing of gait at baseline. The extent of levodopa dose reduction after surgery and the pre-operative severity of motor symptoms were not risk factors. Response to adjustments of dopaminergic medications and stimulation parameters was ill-sustained or nil. Botulinum toxin therapy resulted in satisfactory improvement in the majority. Conclusions New-onset ALO is an uncommon phenomenon that manifests months after STN DBS. Development of ALO is likely to be due to the effects of chronic stimulation of basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical or brain stem circuits controlling lid movements in susceptible patients. Botulinum toxin therapy offers relatively better relief of symptoms than other strategies.
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- Syam Krishnan
- Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- Department of Neurosurgery Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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Maycas-Cepeda T, López-Ruiz P, Feliz-Feliz C, Gómez-Vicente L, García-Cobos R, Arroyo R, García-Ruiz PJ. Hypomimia in Parkinson's Disease: What Is It Telling Us? Front Neurol 2021; 11:603582. [PMID: 33569034 PMCID: PMC7868377 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.603582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: Amimia is one of the most typical features of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, its significance and correlation with motor and nonmotor symptoms is unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between amimia and motor and nonmotor symptoms, including cognitive status, depression, and quality of life in PD patients. We also tested the blink rate as a potential tool for objectively measuring upper facial bradykinesia. Methods: We prospectively studied amimia in PD patients. Clinical evaluation was performed using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and timed tests. Cognitive status, depression, and quality of life were assessed using the Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Rating Scale (PD-CRS), the 16-Item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-SR16), and the PDQ-39, respectively. Amimia was clinically evaluated according to item 19 of UPDRS III. Finally, we studied upper facial amimia by measuring resting blink frequency and blink rate during spontaneous conversation. Results: We included 75 patients. Amimia (item 19 UPDRS III) correlated with motor and total UPDRS (r: 0.529 and 0.551 Spearman), and its rigidity, distal bradykinesia, and motor axial subscores (r: 0.472; r: 0.252, and r: 0.508, respectively); Hoehn and Yahr scale (r: 0.392), timed tests, gait freezing, cognitive status (r: 0.29), and quality of life (r: 0.268) correlated with amimia. Blinking frequency correlated with amimia (measured with item 19 UPDRS), motor and total UPDRS. Conclusion: Amimia correlates with motor (especially axial symptoms) and cognitive situations in PD. Amimia could be a useful global marker of overall disease severity, including cognitive decline.
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- Teresa Maycas-Cepeda
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Europea Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Europea Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Europea Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Europea Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Europea Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Chen HY, Dix A, Goh JOS, Smolka MN, Thurm F, Li SC. Effects and mechanisms of information saliency in enhancing value-based decision-making in younger and older adults. Neurobiol Aging 2020; 99:86-98. [PMID: 33422897 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aging attenuates frontostriatal network functioning, which could lead to deficits in value computation when decision-making involves uncertainty. Although it has been shown that visually enhancing information saliency of outcome probability can improve decision-making in old age, mechanisms of this effect are still unclear. In the present study, the saliency of outcome probability was increased using a color-coding scheme as a decision aid in a mixed lottery choice task, and spontaneous eye-blink rate and pupillary responses were assessed in younger and older adults. Older adults showed lower value sensitivity than younger adults; however, increasing information saliency benefitted choice behaviors in both age groups. Furthermore, the decision aid reduced pupil size during decision-making in both age groups, suggesting that enhancing information saliency decreases cognitive demands of value computation. Baseline value sensitivity was negatively correlated with benefit of enhancing information saliency only in older adults. As value representations in older decision makers are less distinctive at baseline, they may have required more environmental compensation than younger adults.
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- Hsiang-Yu Chen
- Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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- Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Chair of Engineering Psychology and Applied Cognitive Research, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Paparella G, Di Stefano G, Fasolino A, Di Pietro G, Colella D, Truini A, Cruccu G, Berardelli A, Bologna M. Painful stimulation increases spontaneous blink rate in healthy subjects. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20014. [PMID: 33203984 PMCID: PMC7672065 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76804-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Spontaneous blink rate is considered a biomarker of central dopaminergic activity. Recent evidence suggests that the central dopaminergic system plays a role in nociception. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether pain modulates spontaneous blink rate in healthy subjects. We enrolled 15 participants. Spontaneous blink rate was quantified with an optoelectronic system before and after: (1) a painful laser stimulation, and (2) an acoustic startling stimulation. In control experiments, we investigated whether laser stimulation effects depended on stimulation intensity and whether laser stimulation induced any changes in the blink reflex recovery cycle. Finally, we investigated any relationship between spontaneous blink rate modification and pain modulation effect during the cold pressor test. Laser, but not acoustic, stimulation increased spontaneous blink rate. This effect was independent of stimulation intensity and negatively correlated with pain perception. No changes in trigeminal-facial reflex circuit excitability were elicited by laser stimulation. The cold pressor test also induced an increased spontaneous blink rate. Our study provides evidence on the role of dopamine in nociception and suggests that dopaminergic activity may be involved in pain modulation. These findings lay the groundwork for further investigations in patients with pathological conditions characterized by dopaminergic deficit and pain.
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy. .,Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy.,Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Kataoka H, Sawada Y, Shimozato N, Inatomi S, Iguchi N, Yoshiji H, Sugie K. Apraxia of eyelid opening might be critical for levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel treatment. Clin Park Relat Disord 2020; 3:100073. [PMID: 34316652 PMCID: PMC8298764 DOI: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2020.100073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Apraxia of eyelid opening (AEO) has been associated with levodopa. It has also been linked to impaired function of the frontal lobe, with the dopaminergic neuron projected to the frontal lobe. However, dopaminergic treatment for AEO is still controversial. Here we describe two patients with both Parkinson's disease (PD) and AEO, who responded differently to a continuous intrajejunal levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) infusion. One of the patients manifested a deterioration of AEO after LCIG infusion, and off-periods were shortened by the decrease in the severity of dyskinesia. After discontinuing the use of LCIG, there was an improvement in the patient's ability to open her eyelids. The other patient had AEO prior to LCIG treatment, and this treatment spontaneously elevated her eyelids. These two PD patients raised the concern as to whether AEO may be a critical symptom for the indication of LCIG treatment. The different responses to LCIG might have been due to the fluctuation in brain dopamine levels during LCIG treatment.
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- Hiroshi Kataoka
- Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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Orcutt T, Vitek J, Patriat R, Harel N, Matsumoto J. Apraxia of Eyelid Opening Improved by Pallidal Stimulation in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2020; 7:698-700. [PMID: 32775519 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Tseganesh Orcutt
- Department of Neurology University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Department of Neurology University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Department of Radiology Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Department of Radiology Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Department of Neurology University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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Borm CDJM, Smilowska K, de Vries NM, Bloem BR, Theelen T. How I do it: The Neuro-Ophthalmological Assessment in Parkinson's Disease. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2020; 9:427-435. [PMID: 30958314 PMCID: PMC6597980 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-181523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Visual disorders like double vision, dry eyes, and visual field deficits are common but frequently missed in Parkinson’s disease. Here, we aim to increase awareness for these visual disorders in Parkinson patients by discussing several common problems that can be easily diagnosed using comprehensive history taking and a basic neuro-ophthalmological examination. We offer practical guidance for the patient interview and physical exam that can facilitate a timelier recognition of visual disorders. Such recognition has immediate therapeutic relevance, because Parkinson patients are strongly dependent on an adequate vision, for example to optimally benefit from visual cueing strategies.
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- Carlijn D J M Borm
- Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Neurology, Parkinson Center Nijmegen (ParC) Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Neurology, Parkinson Center Nijmegen (ParC) Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Neurology, Parkinson Center Nijmegen (ParC) Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Neurology, Parkinson Center Nijmegen (ParC) Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Ophthalmology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Bologna M, Paparella G, Fasano A, Hallett M, Berardelli A. Evolving concepts on bradykinesia. Brain 2020; 143:727-750. [PMID: 31834375 PMCID: PMC8205506 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bradykinesia is one of the cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other parkinsonisms. The various clinical aspects related to bradykinesia and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying bradykinesia are, however, still unclear. In this article, we review clinical and experimental studies on bradykinesia performed in patients with Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism. We also review studies on animal experiments dealing with pathophysiological aspects of the parkinsonian state. In Parkinson's disease, bradykinesia is characterized by slowness, the reduced amplitude of movement, and sequence effect. These features are also present in atypical parkinsonisms, but the sequence effect is not common. Levodopa therapy improves bradykinesia, but treatment variably affects the bradykinesia features and does not significantly modify the sequence effect. Findings from animal and patients demonstrate the role of the basal ganglia and other interconnected structures, such as the primary motor cortex and cerebellum, as well as the contribution of abnormal sensorimotor processing. Bradykinesia should be interpreted as arising from network dysfunction. A better understanding of bradykinesia pathophysiology will serve as the new starting point for clinical and experimental purposes.
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- Matteo Bologna
- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Center for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (CRANIA), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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Attentional blink and putative noninvasive dopamine markers: Two experiments to consolidate possible associations. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2019; 19:1444-1457. [PMID: 31396846 PMCID: PMC6861702 DOI: 10.3758/s13415-019-00717-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adaptive behavioral control involves a balance between top-down persistence and flexible updating of goals under changing demands. According to the metacontrol state model (MSM), this balance emerges from the interaction between the frontal and the striatal dopaminergic system. The attentional blink (AB) task has been argued to tap into the interaction between persistence and flexibility, as it reflects overpersistence—the too-exclusive allocation of attentional resources to the processing of the first of two consecutive targets. Notably, previous studies are inconclusive about the association between the AB and noninvasive proxies of dopamine including the spontaneous eye blink rate (sEBR), which allegedly assesses striatal dopamine levels. We aimed to substantiate and extend previous attempts to predict individual sizes of the AB in two separate experiments with larger sample sizes (N = 71 & N = 65) by means of noninvasive behavioral and physiological proxies of dopamine (DA), such as sEBR and mood measures, which are likely to reflect striatal dopamine levels, and color discrimination, which has been argued to tap into the frontal dopamine levels. Our findings did not confirm the prediction that AB size covaries with sEBR, mood, or color discrimination. The implications of this inconsistency with previous observations are discussed.
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Su Y, Liang Q, Su G, Wang N, Baudouin C, Labbé A. Spontaneous Eye Blink Patterns in Dry Eye: Clinical Correlations. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2019; 59:5149-5156. [PMID: 30372746 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.18-24690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose To evaluate spontaneous eye blink patterns and their correlations with clinical tests in dry eye disease (DED). Methods Twenty-five DED patients and 25 healthy subjects were included in this prospective case-controlled study. Clinical evaluations included the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), lipid layer thickness (LLT), spontaneous eye blink pattern analysis, fluorescein tear film break-up time (FBUT), and so on. Eye blinks were recorded for 20 seconds with a high-speed camera. Eye blink patterns were divided into the following five phases: the eyelid closing phase (ECP), eyelid closed phase (CDP), early opening phase (EOP), late opening phase (LOP), and interblink intervals (IBI). The correlations between blink parameters and clinical tests were analyzed. Results Compared with the control group, mean ECP, CDP, and EOP were significantly longer in DED patients (P < 0.001, P = 0.029, and P < 0.001, respectively). DED patients also had significantly shorter LOP and blink intervals (both P < 0.001) and more partial blinks as compared with control subjects (P = 0.001). FBUT was negatively correlated with ECP (r = -0.618, P=0.001) and the number of partial blinks (r = -0.413, P = 0.040). There was a positive correlation between OSDI and the number of partial blinks (r = 0.446, P = 0.026). The LLT coefficient of variation (LLT-CV) also showed a positive correlation with ECP, CDP, and LOP (P = 0.001, P = 0.050, P = 0.049, respectively). Corneal and conjunctival staining was positively correlated with ECP, CDP, and the number of blinks (r = 0.449, P = 0.024; r = 0.526, P = 0.007; r = 0.456, P = 0.022, respectively) and negatively correlated with IBI (r = -0.420, P = 0.037). Conclusions Partial blinks, prolonged eyelid closed time and short blink intervals were the three main characteristics of DED patients' spontaneous blink patterns.
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- Yuandong Su
- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital, Paris and Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Versailles, France.,INSERM, U968, Paris, F-75012, France; UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris F-75012, France; CNRS, UMR_7210, Paris F-75012, France
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing, China.,Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital, Paris and Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Versailles, France.,INSERM, U968, Paris, F-75012, France; UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris F-75012, France; CNRS, UMR_7210, Paris F-75012, France
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Kang J, Derva D, Kwon DY, Wallraven C. Voluntary and spontaneous facial mimicry toward other's emotional expression in patients with Parkinson's disease. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214957. [PMID: 30973893 PMCID: PMC6459535 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A "masked face", that is, decreased facial expression is considered as one of the cardinal symptoms among individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Both spontaneous and voluntary mimicry toward others' emotional expressions is essential for both social communication and emotional sharing with others. Despite many studies showing impairments in facial movements in PD in general, it is still unclear whether voluntary, spontaneous, or both types of mimicry are affected and how the impairments affect the patients' quality of life. We investigated to verify whether impairments in facial movements happen for spontaneous as well as for voluntary expressions by quantitatively comparing muscle activations using surface electromyography. Dynamic facial expressions of Neutral, Anger, Joy, and Sad were presented during recordings in corrugator and zygomatic areas. In the spontaneous condition, participants were instructed to simply watch clips, whereas in the voluntary condition they were instructed to actively mimic the stimuli. We found that PD patients showed decreased mimicry in both spontaneous and voluntary conditions compared to a matched control group, although movement patterns in each emotion were similar in the two groups. Moreover, whereas the decrease in mimicry correlated with the decrease not in a health-related quality of life index (PDQ), it did so in a more subjective measurement of general quality of life index (SWB). The correlation between facial mimicry and subjective well-being index suggests that the 'masked face' symptom deteriorates patients' quality of life in a complex way affecting social and psychological aspects, which in turn may be linked to the increased depression risk among individuals with PD.
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- June Kang
- Korea University, Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Seoul, South Korea
- Empathy Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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- Korea University, Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Seoul, South Korea
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- Korea University Ansan hospital, Department of Neurology, Ansan City, South Korea
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- Korea University, Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Seoul, South Korea
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Iwaki H, Sogo H, Morita H, Nishikawa N, Ando R, Miyaue N, Tada S, Yabe H, Nagai M, Nomoto M. Using Spontaneous Eye-blink Rates to Predict the Motor Status of Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Intern Med 2019; 58:1417-1421. [PMID: 31092772 PMCID: PMC6548932 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1960-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Objective Assessing daily motor fluctuations is an important part of the disease management for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the frequent recording of subjective and/or objective assessments is not always feasible, and easier monitoring methods have been sought. Previous studies have reported that the spontaneous eye-blink rate (EBR) is correlated with the dopamine levels in the brain. Thus, the continuous monitoring of the EBR may be useful for predicting the motor status in patients with PD. Methods Electrooculograms (EOGs) were recorded for up to 7.5 hours from three PD patients using a wearable device that resembled ordinary glasses. An receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to compare the ability of the EBR estimates at each time-point (Blink Index) and the plasma levodopa levels to predict the motor status. Results The Blink Index was correlated with the plasma levodopa levels. When an indicator for the first hour of the observation period was included in the model, the Blink Index discerned wearing-off and dyskinesia as accurately as the plasma levodopa level. Conclusion Our study provides preliminary evidence regarding the utility of continuous EBR monitoring for the non-invasive evaluation of the motor status in patients with PD.
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- Hirotaka Iwaki
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Hophing L, Bologna M, Berardelli A, Fasano A. Functional eyelid opening apraxia: a kinematic study. Eur J Neurol 2018; 25:e95-e97. [PMID: 29984899 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- L Hophing
- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article discusses visual disorders in both Parkinson disease (PD) and other Parkinsonian disorders. It is organized largely by the anatomical site of pathology and emphasizes practical treatments. Targeted treatment options include medications, surgery, occupational, and physical therapies as well as optical aids. RECENT FINDINGS The causes of visual complaints in Parkinson disease and other similar disorders are being more clearly identified. A new medication approved specifically to treat hallucinations in PD now is available. There is increased understanding of the important role that an ophthalmologist can play in the care of these patients. Finally, research and therapeutic development are unmet needs in accessing and treating visual complaints in PD and Parkinsonian disorders. A better understanding of Parkinson-related visual complaints and of available treatment options is important to optimize patient safety and quality of life. Vision impairment leads to difficulties in many common activities including reading, ambulating, and driving. Falls and injuries, made more likely because of impaired vision, result in an early loss of independence. Awareness of the problem, patient education, ophthalmologic care, selected therapeutics, physical therapy, and occupational therapy are crucial to maximizing quality of life in these patients.
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- Joseph Savitt
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Ibrahim FM, Garcia DM, Melchior B, Rocha EM, Augusto V. Cruz A, Paula JS. Spontaneous blinking activity in blind patients. Acta Ophthalmol 2018; 96:e536-e537. [PMID: 29461688 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fuad M. Ibrahim
- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Sao Paulo Brazil
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Pajkossy P, Szőllősi Á, Demeter G, Racsmány M. Physiological Measures of Dopaminergic and Noradrenergic Activity During Attentional Set Shifting and Reversal. Front Psychol 2018; 9:506. [PMID: 29695987 PMCID: PMC5904264 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dopamine (DA) and noradrenaline (NA) are important neurotransmitters, which are suggested to play a vital role in modulating the neural circuitry involved in the executive control of cognition. One way to investigate the functions of these neurotransmitter systems is to assess physiological indices of DA and NA transmission. Here we examined how variations of spontaneous eye-blink rate and pupil size, as indirect measures of DA and NA activity, respectively, are related to performance in a hallmark aspect of executive control: attentional set shifting. We used the Intra/Extradimensional Set Shifting Task, where participants have to choose between different compound stimuli while the stimulus-reward contingencies change periodically. During such rule shifts, participants have to refresh their attentional set while they reassess which stimulus-features are relevant. We found that both eye-blink rate (EBR) and pupil size increased after rule shifts, when explorative processes are required to establish stimulus–reward contingencies. Furthermore, baseline pupil size was related to performance during the most difficult, extradimensional set shifting stage, whereas baseline EBR was associated with task performance prior to this stage. Our results support a range of neurobiological models suggesting that the activity of DA and NA neurotransmitter systems determines individual differences in executive functions (EF), possibly by regulating neurotransmission in prefrontal circuits. We also suggest that assessing specific, easily accessible indirect physiological markers, such as pupil size and blink rate, contributes to the comprehension of the relationship between neurotransmitter systems and EF.
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- Péter Pajkossy
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.,Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.,Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.,Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.,Rehabilitation Department of Brain Injuries, National Institute of Medical Rehabilitation, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.,Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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Hamedani AG, Gold DR. Eyelid Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative, Neurogenetic, and Neurometabolic Disease. Front Neurol 2017; 8:329. [PMID: 28769865 PMCID: PMC5513921 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Eye movement abnormalities are among the earliest clinical manifestations of inherited and acquired neurodegenerative diseases and play an integral role in their diagnosis. Eyelid movement is neuroanatomically linked to eye movement, and thus eyelid dysfunction can also be a distinguishing feature of neurodegenerative disease and complements eye movement abnormalities in helping us to understand their pathophysiology. In this review, we summarize the various eyelid abnormalities that can occur in neurodegenerative, neurogenetic, and neurometabolic diseases. We discuss eyelid disorders, such as ptosis, eyelid retraction, abnormal spontaneous and reflexive blinking, blepharospasm, and eyelid apraxia in the context of the neuroanatomic pathways that are affected. We also review the literature regarding the prevalence of eyelid abnormalities in different neurologic diseases as well as treatment strategies (Table 1).
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- Ali G Hamedani
- Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Eckstein MK, Guerra-Carrillo B, Miller Singley AT, Bunge SA. Beyond eye gaze: What else can eyetracking reveal about cognition and cognitive development? Dev Cogn Neurosci 2017; 25:69-91. [PMID: 27908561 PMCID: PMC6987826 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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This review provides an introduction to two eyetracking measures that can be used to study cognitive development and plasticity: pupil dilation and spontaneous blink rate. We begin by outlining the rich history of gaze analysis, which can reveal the current focus of attention as well as cognitive strategies. We then turn to the two lesser-utilized ocular measures. Pupil dilation is modulated by the brain's locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system, which controls physiological arousal and attention, and has been used as a measure of subjective task difficulty, mental effort, and neural gain. Spontaneous eyeblink rate correlates with levels of dopamine in the central nervous system, and can reveal processes underlying learning and goal-directed behavior. Taken together, gaze, pupil dilation, and blink rate are three non-invasive and complementary measures of cognition with high temporal resolution and well-understood neural foundations. Here we review the neural foundations of pupil dilation and blink rate, provide examples of their usage, describe analytic methods and methodological considerations, and discuss their potential for research on learning, cognitive development, and plasticity.
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- Maria K Eckstein
- Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, United States; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California at Berkeley, United States.
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Defazio G, Hallett M, Jinnah HA, Conte A, Berardelli A. Blepharospasm 40 years later. Mov Disord 2017; 32:498-509. [PMID: 28186662 DOI: 10.1002/mds.26934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Forty years ago, C.D. Marsden proposed that blepharospasm should be considered a form of adult-onset focal dystonia. In the present paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of the findings regarding blepharospasm reported in the past 40 years. Although prolonged spasms of the orbicularis oculi muscles remain the clinical hallmark of blepharospasm, patients with blepharospasm may be characterized by various types of involuntary activation of periocular muscles. In addition to motor features, blepharospasm patients may also have nonmotor manifestations, including psychiatric, mild cognitive, and sensory disturbances. The various motor and nonmotor symptoms are not present in all patients, suggesting that blepharospasm is phenomenologically a heterogeneous condition. This emphasizes the need for tools for severity assessment that take into account both motor and nonmotor manifestations. The cause of blepharospasm remains elusive, but several lines of evidence indicate that blepharospasm is a multifactorial condition in which one, or several, as yet unknown genes together with epigenetic and environmental factors combine to reach the threshold of the disease. Although blepharospasm was originally believed to be solely a basal ganglia disorder, neurophysiological and neuroimaging evidence point to anatomical and functional involvement of several brain regions. The contribution of multiple areas has led to the hypothesis that blepharospasm should be considered as a network disorder, and this might reflect the varying occurrence of motor and nonmotor manifestations in blepharospasm patients. Despite advances in the aetiology and pathophysiology, treatment remains symptomatic. © 2017 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Giovanni Defazio
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, "Aldo Moro", University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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Bologna M, Berardelli I, Paparella G, Marsili L, Ricciardi L, Fabbrini G, Berardelli A. Altered Kinematics of Facial Emotion Expression and Emotion Recognition Deficits Are Unrelated in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol 2016; 7:230. [PMID: 28018287 PMCID: PMC5155007 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Altered emotional processing, including reduced emotion facial expression and defective emotion recognition, has been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, few studies have objectively investigated facial expression abnormalities in PD using neurophysiological techniques. It is not known whether altered facial expression and recognition in PD are related. OBJECTIVE To investigate possible deficits in facial emotion expression and emotion recognition and their relationship, if any, in patients with PD. METHODS Eighteen patients with PD and 16 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Facial expressions of emotion were recorded using a 3D optoelectronic system and analyzed using the facial action coding system. Possible deficits in emotion recognition were assessed using the Ekman test. Participants were assessed in one experimental session. Possible relationship between the kinematic variables of facial emotion expression, the Ekman test scores, and clinical and demographic data in patients were evaluated using the Spearman's test and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS The facial expression of all six basic emotions had slower velocity and lower amplitude in patients in comparison to healthy controls (all Ps < 0.05). Patients also yielded worse Ekman global score and disgust, sadness, and fear sub-scores than healthy controls (all Ps < 0.001). Altered facial expression kinematics and emotion recognition deficits were unrelated in patients (all Ps > 0.05). Finally, no relationship emerged between kinematic variables of facial emotion expression, the Ekman test scores, and clinical and demographic data in patients (all Ps > 0.05). CONCLUSION The results in this study provide further evidence of altered emotional processing in PD. The lack of any correlation between altered facial emotion expression kinematics and emotion recognition deficits in patients suggests that these abnormalities are mediated by separate pathophysiological mechanisms.
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- Matteo Bologna
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy
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Peterson DA, Littlewort GC, Bartlett MS, Macerollo A, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Hallett M, Sejnowski TJ. Objective, computerized video-based rating of blepharospasm severity. Neurology 2016; 87:2146-2153. [PMID: 27770067 PMCID: PMC5109937 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare clinical rating scales of blepharospasm severity with involuntary eye closures measured automatically from patient videos with contemporary facial expression software. METHODS We evaluated video recordings of a standardized clinical examination from 50 patients with blepharospasm in the Dystonia Coalition's Natural History and Biorepository study. Eye closures were measured on a frame-by-frame basis with software known as the Computer Expression Recognition Toolbox (CERT). The proportion of eye closure time was compared with 3 commonly used clinical rating scales: the Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale, Global Dystonia Rating Scale, and Jankovic Rating Scale. RESULTS CERT was reliably able to find the face, and its eye closure measure was correlated with all of the clinical severity ratings (Spearman ρ = 0.56, 0.52, and 0.56 for the Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale, Global Dystonia Rating Scale, and Jankovic Rating Scale, respectively, all p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that CERT has convergent validity with conventional clinical rating scales and can be used with video recordings to measure blepharospasm symptom severity automatically and objectively. Unlike EMG and kinematics, CERT requires only conventional video recordings and can therefore be more easily adopted for use in the clinic.
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- David A Peterson
- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- From the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (D.A.P., T.J.S.) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (T.J.S.), Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Institute for Neural Computation (D.A.P., G.C.L., M.S.B., T.J.S.), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (D.A.P., T.J.S.), Machine Perception Laboratory (G.C.L., M.S.B.), and Division of Biological Sciences (T.J.S.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (A.M.), National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (J.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics (H.A.J.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Human Motor Control Section (M.H.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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Diagnostic value of blink reflex in multisystem atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson disease. Neurol Neurochir Pol 2016; 50:336-41. [PMID: 27591058 DOI: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Abnormal blink reflex (BR) is a result of reticular brainstem pathways dysfunction and seems to be one of the features of brain degenerative disorders. The aim of the study was to estimate the diagnostic value of blink reflex in neurodegenerative diseases such as: multisystem atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and Parkinson disease (PD). Material consisted of 99 patients with clinically probable MSA (51), PSP (28) and PD (20). MSA patients were divided into two subgroups, with dominant cerebellar (MSA-C) and parkinsonian signs (MSA-P). The mean age of patients was 64.9 years (47-79 years); males - 55.3%. Blink reflex was obtained in a typical way. RESULTS The significant differences in mean values of blink reflex latencies between PD and other subgroups (MSA-P, MSA-C, PSP) were found, but all of them were in normal range. In individual patients with PD and PSP (50% and 18%, respectively) delayed R2 latencies were recorded. CONCLUSIONS The most frequently abnormal blink reflexes, comparing the MSA, PSP and PD groups, were present in PD patients. We postulate that this may be explained by pathological influence of nigrostriatal pathway on the circuit linking the basal ganglia, cerebellum and brainstem.
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Spontaneous eye blink rate as predictor of dopamine-related cognitive function-A review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2016; 71:58-82. [PMID: 27555290 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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An extensive body of research suggests the spontaneous eye blink rate (EBR) is a non-invasive indirect marker of central dopamine (DA) function, with higher EBR predicting higher DA function. In the present review we provide a comprehensive overview of this literature. We broadly divide the available research in studies that aim to disentangle the dopaminergic underpinnings of EBR, investigate its utility in diagnosis of DA-related disorders and responsivity to drug treatment, and, lastly, investigate EBR as predictor of individual differences in DA-related cognitive performance. We conclude (i) EBR can reflect both DA receptor subtype D1 and D2 activity, although baseline EBR might be most strongly related to the latter, (ii) EBR can predict hypo- and hyperdopaminergic activity as well as normalization of this activity following treatment, and (iii) EBR can reliably predict individual differences in performance on many cognitive tasks, in particular those related to reward-driven behavior and cognitive flexibility. In sum, this review establishes EBR as a useful predictor of DA in a wide variety of contexts.
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Suppa A, Bologna M, Conte A, Berardelli A, Fabbrini G. The effect of L-dopa in Parkinson’s disease as revealed by neurophysiological studies of motor and sensory functions. Expert Rev Neurother 2016; 17:181-192. [DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2016.1219251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Antonio Suppa
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome and Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome and Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome and Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome and Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome and Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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King NO, Anderson CJ, Dorval AD. Deep brain stimulation exacerbates hypokinetic dysarthria in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci Res 2016; 94:128-38. [PMID: 26498277 PMCID: PMC4681650 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) follow the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) treats some parkinsonian symptoms, such as tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia, but may worsen certain medial motor symptoms, including hypokinetic dysarthria. The mechanisms by which DBS exacerbates dysarthria while improving other symptoms are unclear and difficult to study in human patients. This study proposes an animal model of DBS-exacerbated dysarthria. We use the unilateral, 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) rat model of PD to test the hypothesis that DBS exacerbates quantifiable aspects of vocalization. Mating calls were recorded from sexually experienced male rats under healthy and parkinsonian conditions and during DBS of the subthalamic nucleus. Relative to healthy rats, parkinsonian animals made fewer calls with shorter and less complex vocalizations. In the parkinsonian rats, putatively therapeutic DBS further reduced call frequency, duration, and complexity. The individual utterances of parkinsonian rats spanned a greater bandwidth than those of healthy rats, potentially reducing the effectiveness of the vocal signal. This utterance bandwidth was further increased by DBS. We propose that the parkinsonism-associated changes in call frequency, duration, complexity, and dynamic range combine to constitute a rat analog of parkinsonian dysarthria. Because DBS exacerbates the parkinsonism-associated changes in each of these metrics, the subthalamic stimulated 6-OHDA rat is a good model of DBS-induced hypokinetic dysarthria in PD. This model will help researchers examine how DBS alleviates many motor symptoms of PD while exacerbating parkinsonian speech deficits that can greatly diminish patient quality of life.
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- Nathaniel O King
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Bologna M, Piattella MC, Upadhyay N, Formica A, Conte A, Colosimo C, Pantano P, Berardelli A. Neuroimaging correlates of blinking abnormalities in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy. Mov Disord 2015; 31:138-43. [PMID: 26636556 DOI: 10.1002/mds.26470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to identify the possible relationship between blinking abnormalities and neuroimaging changes in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy. METHODS We studied 18 patients with progressive supranuclear palsy and 13 healthy subjects. Voluntary and spontaneous blinking were recorded using kinematic techniques. Changes in brain structures were detected by T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and voxel-based morphometry. We then sought possible correlations between blinking and neuroimaging abnormalities in patients. RESULTS Kinematic analysis indicated several abnormalities during voluntary blinking and a markedly reduced spontaneous blink rate in patients compared with healthy subjects. Neuroimaging showed gray matter loss in cortical and subcortical structures and lower white matter volume in the brainstem. Gray matter loss in subcortical structures correlated with the prolonged pause duration between the closing and opening phases, during voluntary blinking. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a more specific insight into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying blinking abnormalities in progressive supranuclear palsy.
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.,Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.,Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.,Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Wu T, Hallett M, Chan P. Motor automaticity in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 82:226-234. [PMID: 26102020 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Bradykinesia is the most important feature contributing to motor difficulties in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the pathophysiology underlying bradykinesia is not fully understood. One important aspect is that PD patients have difficulty in performing learned motor skills automatically, but this problem has been generally overlooked. Here we review motor automaticity associated motor deficits in PD, such as reduced arm swing, decreased stride length, freezing of gait, micrographia and reduced facial expression. Recent neuroimaging studies have revealed some neural mechanisms underlying impaired motor automaticity in PD, including less efficient neural coding of movement, failure to shift automated motor skills to the sensorimotor striatum, instability of the automatic mode within the striatum, and use of attentional control and/or compensatory efforts to execute movements usually performed automatically in healthy people. PD patients lose previously acquired automatic skills due to their impaired sensorimotor striatum, and have difficulty in acquiring new automatic skills or restoring lost motor skills. More investigations on the pathophysiology of motor automaticity, the effect of L-dopa or surgical treatments on automaticity, and the potential role of using measures of automaticity in early diagnosis of PD would be valuable.
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- Tao Wu
- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory on Neurodegenerative Disorders of Ministry of Education, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson Disease Center of Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.
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- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory on Neurodegenerative Disorders of Ministry of Education, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson Disease Center of Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
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Kaminer J, Thakur P, Evinger C. Effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation on blink abnormalities of 6-OHDA lesioned rats. J Neurophysiol 2015; 113:3038-46. [PMID: 25673748 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01072.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesioned rat model share blink abnormalities. In view of the evolutionarily conserved organization of blinking, characterization of blink reflex circuits in rodents may elucidate the neural mechanisms of PD reflex abnormalities. We examine the extent of this shared pattern of blink abnormalities by measuring blink reflex excitability, blink reflex plasticity, and spontaneous blinking in 6-OHDA lesioned rats. We also investigate whether 130-Hz subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) affects blink abnormalities, as it does in PD patients. Like PD patients, 6-OHDA-lesioned rats exhibit reflex blink hyperexcitability, impaired blink plasticity, and a reduced spontaneous blink rate. At 130 Hz, but not 16 Hz, STN DBS eliminates reflex blink hyperexcitability and restores both short- and long-term blink plasticity. Replicating its lack of effect in PD patients, 130-Hz STN DBS does not reinstate a normal temporal pattern or rate to spontaneous blinking in 6-OHDA lesioned rats. These data show that the 6-OHDA lesioned rat is an ideal model system for investigating the neural bases of reflex abnormalities in PD and highlight the complexity of PD's effects on motor control, by showing that dopamine depletion does not affect all blink systems via the same neural mechanisms.
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- Jaime Kaminer
- Program of Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
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- Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York; and SUNY Eye Institute, Syracuse, New York
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Voluntary control of facial musculature in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Sci 2014; 347:332-6. [PMID: 25467144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aside from being measured in the context of producing facial expressions of emotion, the ability to voluntarily control a range of facial muscles in Parkinson's disease (PD) has not been systematically measured. We used in three enrollment phases an adaptation of the Upper and Lower Face Apraxia test, a measure of the ability to make voluntary movements of the upper and lower face in PD patients and healthy controls. Errors were scored due to (1) pauses prior to movement initiation, (2) loss of individuation, (3) impoverished movement, (4) no movement at all, or (5) content errors (likened to ideational apraxia errors). The results show impaired voluntary control of facial musculature in most but not all with PD (with large effect sizes) which correlated positively and highly with disease severity. Errors by PD patients were predominantly due to impoverished movement and individuation loss whereas those made by controls were predominantly due to individuation loss. Patients committed more errors than controls due to impoverishment and no movement, with negligible differences between groups in other errors. In summary, similarly to spontaneous and voluntary emotional expressions, voluntary non-emotional facial movements are impoverished in PD; impoverishment of all movement types will likely contribute to the mask-like facial appearance that is seen with disease progression. These findings also illustrate the utility of an adapted Face Apraxia test as a practical and sensitive measure of voluntary facial musculature control in PD. The test can be used to supplement clinical observations and as a research tool.
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Fasano A, Lozano AM. The FM/AM world is shaping the future of deep brain stimulation. Mov Disord 2014; 29:161-3. [PMID: 24591170 DOI: 10.1002/mds.25834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Alfonso Fasano
- Movement Disorders Center, TWH, UHN, Division of Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bologna M, Marsili L, Khan N, Parvez AK, Paparella G, Modugno N, Colosimo C, Fabbrini G, Berardelli A. Blinking in patients with clinically probable multiple system atrophy. Mov Disord 2014; 29:415-20. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.25830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Neuromed Institute IRCCS; Pozzilli (IS)
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Neuromed Institute IRCCS; Pozzilli (IS)
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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Marsili L, Agostino R, Bologna M, Belvisi D, Palma A, Fabbrini G, Berardelli A. Bradykinesia of posed smiling and voluntary movement of the lower face in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2014; 20:370-5. [PMID: 24508573 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Impaired facial expression, including spontaneous and emotional movements such as smiling, has been often reported in Parkinson's disease (PD). There is a general consensus that spontaneous smiling is abnormal in PD. Investigations on posed smiling yield contrasting results. Moreover, no study has yet addressed the relationship between posed smiling and abnormalities of voluntary movements of the lower face, global motor impairment and the effects of dopaminergic medication. METHODS We investigated the kinematics of posed smiling (mimicking a smile shown in a picture) and those of voluntary movements of the lower face (showing the teeth as fast as possible - voluntary grinning) in 15 patients with PD (ON and OFF therapy) and in 16 healthy controls. Facial movements were recorded using a 3D optoelectronic system and analyzed using dedicated software. RESULTS Some kinematic parameters of both posed smiling and voluntary grinning were abnormally lower in PD patients in comparison to healthy subjects. The kinematics of posed smiling correlated with those of voluntary grinning in PD patients but not in healthy controls. Posed smiling and voluntary grinning abnormalities were related to global motor severity but did not significantly improve upon L-dopa administration. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that posed smiling and voluntary grinning are both abnormal in PD patients and that they are likely mediated by a common pathophysiological mechanism.
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- Luca Marsili
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is), Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is), Italy.
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Kwon KA, Shipley RJ, Edirisinghe M, Ezra DG, Rose G, Best SM, Cameron RE. High-speed camera characterization of voluntary eye blinking kinematics. J R Soc Interface 2013. [PMID: 23760297 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.20130227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Blinking is vital to maintain the integrity of the ocular surface and its characteristics such as blink duration and speed can vary significantly, depending on the health of the eyes. The blink is so rapid that special techniques are required to characterize it. In this study, a high-speed camera was used to record and characterize voluntary blinking. The blinking motion of 25 healthy volunteers was recorded at 600 frames per second. Master curves for the palpebral aperture and blinking speed were constructed using palpebral aperture versus time data taken from the high-speed camera recordings, which show that one blink can be divided into four phases; closing, closed, early opening and late opening. Analysis of data from the high-speed camera images was used to calculate the palpebral aperture, peak blinking speed, average blinking speed and duration of voluntary blinking and compare it with data generated by other methods previously used to evaluate voluntary blinking. The advantages of the high-speed camera method over the others are discussed, thereby supporting the high potential usefulness of the method in clinical research.
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- Kyung-Ah Kwon
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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Kwon KA, Shipley RJ, Edirisinghe M, Ezra DG, Rose G, Best SM, Cameron RE. High-speed camera characterization of voluntary eye blinking kinematics. J R Soc Interface 2013; 10:20130227. [PMID: 23760297 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Blinking is vital to maintain the integrity of the ocular surface and its characteristics such as blink duration and speed can vary significantly, depending on the health of the eyes. The blink is so rapid that special techniques are required to characterize it. In this study, a high-speed camera was used to record and characterize voluntary blinking. The blinking motion of 25 healthy volunteers was recorded at 600 frames per second. Master curves for the palpebral aperture and blinking speed were constructed using palpebral aperture versus time data taken from the high-speed camera recordings, which show that one blink can be divided into four phases; closing, closed, early opening and late opening. Analysis of data from the high-speed camera images was used to calculate the palpebral aperture, peak blinking speed, average blinking speed and duration of voluntary blinking and compare it with data generated by other methods previously used to evaluate voluntary blinking. The advantages of the high-speed camera method over the others are discussed, thereby supporting the high potential usefulness of the method in clinical research.
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- Kyung-Ah Kwon
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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