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Yildiz R, Yildiz A, Zorlular R, Elbasan B. Relationship between sensory processing skills and motor skills in 12-month-old infants. Brain Behav 2024; 14:e70052. [PMID: 39317996 PMCID: PMC11422172 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.70052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 08/22/2024] [Accepted: 08/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Identifying sensory processing problems of 12-month-old preterm and term children and defining their relationship with motor skills are essential for appropriate interventions and optimal sensory-motor development. This study aimed to determine sensory processing difficulties in 12-month-old babies and examine their relationship with motor skills. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 61 infants (28 preterm and 33 full-term, ages 12 months). The infants' sensory processing skills were evaluated using the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI), and their gross and fine motor skills were assessed with the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2). RESULTS Sensory processing difficulties were more common in preterm babies. Multiple linear regression models indicated a significant positive association between PDMS-2 gross/fine motor scores and TFSI total scores, reactivity to tactile deep pressure, and ocular-motor control in the total sample. Furthermore, there was a relationship between gross motor and adaptive motor function, and fine motor scores were found to be associated with visual-tactile integration sensory scores. CONCLUSIONS Preterm babies are more likely than their full-term peers to have sensory processing problems around the age of one, which can affect their motor skills. The results support the relationship between children's sensory and motor processing skills. Practitioners such as occupational and physical therapists should be alert to this relationship in infants with sensory processing and motor problems. Taking this relationship into consideration when planning intervention programs can be a guide for an effective intervention.
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- Ramazan Yildiz
- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health SciencesErzurum Technical UniversityErzurumTurkey
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health SciencesErzurum Technical UniversityErzurumTurkey
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Bor Faculty of Health SciencesÖmer Halisdemir UniversityNigdeTurkey
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health SciencesGazi UniversityAnkaraTurkey
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Kim JH, Bae HG, Wu WC, Nip K, Gould E. SCN2A-linked myelination deficits and synaptic plasticity alterations drive auditory processing disorders in ASD. RESEARCH SQUARE 2024:rs.3.rs-4925935. [PMID: 39257993 PMCID: PMC11384822 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4925935/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by complex sensory processing deficits. A key unresolved question is how alterations in neural connectivity and communication translate into the behavioral manifestations seen in ASD. Here, we investigate how oligodendrocyte dysfunction alters myelin plasticity and neuronal activity, leading to auditory processing disorder associated with ASD. We focus on the SCN2A gene, an ASD-risk factor, to understand its role in myelination and neural processing within the auditory nervous system. Through transcriptional profiling, we identified alterations in the expression of myelin-associated genes in Scn2a conditional knockout mice, highlighting the cellular consequences engendered by Scn2a deletion in oligodendrocytes. The results reveal a nuanced interplay between oligodendrocytes and axons, where Scn2a deletion causes alterations in the intricate process of myelination. This disruption instigates changes in axonal properties, presynaptic excitability, and synaptic plasticity at the single cell level. Furthermore, oligodendrocyte-specific Scn2a deletion compromises the integrity of neural circuitry within auditory pathways, leading to auditory hypersensitivity. Our findings reveal a novel pathway linking myelin deficits to synaptic activity and sensory abnormalities in ASD.
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Machado AS, Dias G, P Carvalho I. Disentangling the relationship between sensory processing, alexithymia and broad autism spectrum: A study in parents' of children with autism spectrum disorders and sensory processing disorders. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2024; 149:104742. [PMID: 38678875 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Autistic features and sensory processing difficulties and their phenotypic co-expression with alexithymia share a transdiagnostic vulnerability. In this work, we explored whether the current concept of broad autism phenotype rather translates altered sensory processing (non-specific to autism), meaning that the characteristics of altered sensory processing should be overexpressed among individuals with heightened vulnerability to sensory processing atypicalities (parents of children with sensorial processing disorder, or SPD parents) and individuals with heightened vulnerability to autistic traits (parents of children with autism spectrum disorders, or ASD parents). In addition, the association between altered sensory processing and alexithymia was inspected. METHOD The Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile, Autism Spectrum Quotient, and Toronto Alexithymia Scale were completed by 31 parents of children with ASD, 32 parents of children with SPD, and 52 parents of typically developed (TD) children. RESULTS Extreme sensory patterns were overexpressed both in parents of children with SPD and parents of children with ASD when compared to parents of TD children. In addition, extreme sensory patterns were significantly associated with alexithymia scores. Specifically, sensory avoidance, low registration, and sensory sensitivity were positively correlated with alexithymia. No significant differences were found regarding the proportion of autistic traits and alexithymia between ASD and SPD groups of parents. CONCLUSIONS These results challenge the specificity of broad autism phenotype and suggest a neurodevelopmental atypicity with roots in altered sensory and emotional processing.
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- Ana Sofia Machado
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal; Psychiatry Service of São João University Hospital Center (CHUSJ), Porto, Portugal.
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- Child and Adolescence Psychiatry Service, Santo António University Hospital Center (CHUSA), Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
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Dhiman S, Goyal RK, Mahesan A, Ajmera P, Ganesh GS, Gulati S. Prevalence of Sensory Processing Deficits in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy - An Indian Caregiver's Perspective: Authors' Reply. Indian J Pediatr 2024:10.1007/s12098-024-05176-0. [PMID: 38814511 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-024-05176-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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- Sapna Dhiman
- School of Physiotherapy, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India
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- Centre of Excellence & Advanced Research for Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India
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- Composite Regional Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Centre of Excellence & Advanced Research for Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Mahesan A, Jauhari P, Singhal M, Gulati S, Chakrabarty B, Sirolia V, Pandey RM. A Relook at Cerebral Palsy Beyond Motor Pathology: A Cross-Sectional Study of Sensory Processing Abilities. Neurol India 2024; 72:590-596. [PMID: 39041978 DOI: 10.4103/ni.ni_1108_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND Sensory processing refers to receiving, organizing, and interpreting sensory stimuli from the sensory system. Unlike other neurodevelopmental disorders, knowledge about the sensory processing abilities of children with cerebral palsy (CP) is lacking. OBJECTIVE To study the difference in sensory processing abilities of children with cerebral palsy in comparison to age matched typically developing children (TDC). METHODS AND MATERIAL A cross-sectional analysis of sensory processing abilities of children with CP and TDC was performed from July 2018 through February 2020. The child sensory profile2 (CSP2) caregiver questionnaire was used to detect sensory processing differences (SPD) across nine sensory domains and four sensory processing patterns. A comparison was made between the two study groups as well as between the CP subtypes. RESULT Around 226 children with CP and 58 TDC were screened. Finally, 150 children with CP and 50 TDC were enrolled. Probable SPD (>1SD) was observed in (121/150) 80.7% of children with CP compared to (13/50) 26% in TDC (p < 0.001). Definite SPD (>2SD) was seen in 40.7% (61/150) of children with CP vs. none in TDC (p < 0.001). The body position domain which tests the vestibular and proprioceptive processing was primarily affected in CP. Most children with CP fell under the "bystander" pattern suggesting poor registration of sensory stimuli. No significant difference in the pattern of sensory processing was observed between the CP subtypes. Prevalence of definite SPD positively correlated with the gross motor functional classification system level. CONCLUSION Sensory processing abilities of children with CP differ significantly from TDC. Proprioceptive and vestibular sensory processing is primarily affected in CP.
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- Aakash Mahesan
- Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Deenadayal National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities, New Delhi, India
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- Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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Bae HG, Wu WC, Nip K, Gould E, Kim JH. Scn2a deletion disrupts oligodendroglia function: Implication for myelination, neural circuitry, and auditory hypersensitivity in ASD. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.15.589242. [PMID: 38659965 PMCID: PMC11042360 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.15.589242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by a complex etiology, with genetic determinants significantly influencing its manifestation. Among these, the Scn2a gene emerges as a pivotal player, crucially involved in both glial and neuronal functionality. This study elucidates the underexplored roles of Scn2a in oligodendrocytes, and its subsequent impact on myelination and auditory neural processes. The results reveal a nuanced interplay between oligodendrocytes and axons, where Scn2a deletion causes alterations in the intricate process of myelination. This disruption, in turn, instigates changes in axonal properties and neuronal activities at the single cell level. Furthermore, oligodendrocyte-specific Scn2a deletion compromises the integrity of neural circuitry within auditory pathways, leading to auditory hypersensitivity-a common sensory abnormality observed in ASD. Through transcriptional profiling, we identified alterations in the expression of myelin-associated genes, highlighting the cellular consequences engendered by Scn2a deletion. In summary, the findings provide unprecedented insights into the pathway from Scn2a deletion in oligodendrocytes to sensory abnormalities in ASD, underscoring the integral role of Scn2a -mediated myelination in auditory responses. This research thereby provides novel insights into the intricate tapestry of genetic and cellular interactions inherent in ASD.
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Assayag N, Bar-Shalita T, Rand D. The Functional-Cognitive and Sensory Treatment (F-CaST) to improve rehabilitation outcomes of individuals with substance use disorder: a study protocol for a mixed-method randomized controlled trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract 2024; 19:28. [PMID: 38594737 PMCID: PMC11003090 DOI: 10.1186/s13722-024-00449-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Substance use disorder (SUD) is associated with executive function (EF) deficits and sensory modulation dysfunction (SMD). Yet, these deficits are not addressed therapeutically. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Functional-Cognitive and Sensory Treatment (F-CaST) compared to standard care to improve everyday performance and behavior and length of stay at the therapeutic community (TC) in individuals with SUD. In addition, to assess the improvement in EF, sensory modulation, participation, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and use of strategies within and between groups. Satisfaction with F-CaST will also be assessed. METHODS Forty-eight participants from a community of men in a TC, aged 18-45 years will be randomly allocated to (i) F-CaST-(experimental group) providing sensory and EF strategies for improving daily function; (ii) standard care (control group) as provided in the TC. Assessments will be conducted by assessors blind to group allocation at 4 time points: T1- pre-intervention; T2- post-intervention; T3- 1-month follow-up; and T4- 3-month follow-up. Primary outcome measures will be everyday performance, assessed by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), behavior and length of stay in the TC; secondary outcome measures will assess EF, SMD. Semi-structured in-depth qualitative interviews will be conducted at T1, T2 and T4. DISCUSSION We hypothesize that F-CaST will lead to improved everyday performance and longer length of stay in the TC, compared to the control group. If F-CaST will prove to be effective, cognitive and sensory strategies may be incorporated as an adjunctive intervention in SUD rehabilitation. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05647863 Registered on 13 December 2022, https://classic. CLINICALTRIALS gov/ct2/show/NCT05647863 .
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- Naama Assayag
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Watkyns AF, Cloete LG, Parham LD. Sensory reactivity assessment in children: A systematic review. Dev Med Child Neurol 2024; 66:422-439. [PMID: 37771091 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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AIM To identify sensory reactivity assessments published in the literature for children aged 3 to 12 years and evaluate their psychometric properties to select the most appropriate one for adaptation to South Africa, with implications for other low- and middle-income countries. METHOD We addressed the following two review questions. What tests have been published in the literature in the past 30 years to evaluate sensory reactivity with children aged 3 to 12 years? What is the validity and reliability of the tests reported in the studies? The COnsensus-based standards for the Selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology was used. We searched eight databases. Two reviewers independently screened and selected the studies. RESULTS The reviewers identified 41 studies, representing 19 assessments. The most common type of assessment was the proxy-reported caregiver questionnaire. Sensory systems most often assessed were visual, tactile, auditory, and vestibular. Study populations included those with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and children born preterm. Ratings for measurement properties of most assessments were moderate to low. INTERPRETATION Limited psychometric information was reported, with low ratings for many properties. The Sensory Processing 3-Dimensions Scale was selected on the basis of its psychometric properties and alignment with best-practice recommendation to use a caregiver questionnaire and a performance test to assess sensory reactivity.
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- Ann F Watkyns
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Paediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Heffler KF, Acharya B, Subedi K, Bennett DS. Early-Life Digital Media Experiences and Development of Atypical Sensory Processing. JAMA Pediatr 2024; 178:266-273. [PMID: 38190175 PMCID: PMC10775079 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.5923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Importance Atypical sensory processing is challenging for children and families, yet there is limited understanding of its associated risk factors. Objective To determine the association between early-life digital media exposure and sensory processing outcomes among toddlers. Design, Setting, and Participants This multicenter US study used data that were analyzed from the National Children's Study (NCS), a cohort study of environmental influences on child health and development, with enrollment from 2011 to 2014. Data analysis was performed in 2023. The study included children enrolled in the NCS at birth whose caregivers completed reports of digital media exposure and sensory processing. Exposures Children's viewing of television or video at 12 months (yes or no), 18 months, and 24 months of age (hours per day). Main Outcomes and measures Sensory processing was reported at approximately 33 months of age on the Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile. Quadrant scores (low registration, sensation seeking, sensory sensitivity, and sensation avoiding) were categorized into groups representing typical, high, and low sensory-related behaviors, and multinomial regression analyses were performed. Results A total of 1471 children (50% male) were included. Screen exposure at 12 months of age was associated with a 2-fold increased odds of being in the high category of low registration (odds ratio [OR], 2.05; 95% CI, 1.31-3.20), while the odds of being in the low category instead of the typical category decreased for sensation seeking (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.35-0.87), sensation avoiding (OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.50-0.94), and low registration (OR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.44-0.92). At 18 months of age, greater screen exposure was associated with increased risk of high sensation avoiding (OR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.03-1.46) and low registration (OR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.04-1.44). At 24 months of age, greater screen exposure was associated with increased risk of high sensation seeking (OR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.02-1.42), sensory sensitivity (OR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.05-1.49), and sensation avoiding (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.03-1.42). Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study, early-life digital media exposure was associated with atypical sensory processing outcomes in multiple domains. These findings suggest that digital media exposure might be a potential risk factor for the development of atypical sensory profiles. Further research is needed to understand the relationship between screen time and specific sensory-related developmental and behavioral outcomes, and whether minimizing early-life exposure can improve subsequent sensory-related outcomes.
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- Karen Frankel Heffler
- Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Tower Health, West Reading, Pennsylvania
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health (iREACH), Christiana Care Health Systems, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Jang WH, Lee SH. Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain in children with sensory processing disorder: A review. J Neuroimaging 2024; 34:167-178. [PMID: 38183169 DOI: 10.1111/jon.13186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a clinical condition characterized by difficulties in the neurological processes of registering, discriminating, organizing, and responding to various sensory sensations. This study aimed to review the association between impaired white matter (WM) tract structure and neurofunctional deficits in children with SPD using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). A comprehensive literature search was conducted using the online databases Google Scholar and PubMed (from 2010 to July 2023), resulting in the selection of nine relevant studies. Findings revealed that the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC), superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), posterior corona radiata (PCR), and posterior thalamic radiation (PTR) exhibited reduced microstructural integrity, strongly associated with SPD. Specifically, auditory over-responsivity, a subtype of SPD, was linked to impaired integrity of the PCR, PTR, anterior corona radiata, and SLF. Tactile over-responsivity (TOR) was correlated with markers of decreased integrity in the SCC, superior corona radiata, and left PTR. Among the DTI parameters, decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) emerged as the most reliable factor for identifying SPD, followed by increased radial diffusivity (RD) and mean diffusivity (MD). Notably, significant correlations were observed between with auditory over-responsivity and TOR with the DTI parameters (positive for FA and negative for RD and MD). Overall, this review confirms the impaired integrity of specific WM tracts in children with SPD and establishes correlations between DTI parameters and neurobehavioral deficits associated with the disorder. The insights gained from this review contribute to a better understanding of SPD and hold clinical implications for its diagnosis and treatment.
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- Woo-Hyuk Jang
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si, Republic of Korea
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Kalathil Balakrishnan H, Schultz AG, Lee SM, Alexander R, Dumée LF, Doeven EH, Yuan D, Guijt RM. 3D printed porous membrane integrated devices to study the chemoattractant induced behavioural response of aquatic organisms. LAB ON A CHIP 2024; 24:505-516. [PMID: 38165774 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00488k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Biological models with genetic similarities to humans are used for exploratory research to develop behavioral screening tools and understand sensory-motor interactions. Their small, often mm-sized appearance raises challenges in the straightforward quantification of their subtle behavioral responses and calls for new, customisable research tools. 3D printing provides an attractive approach for the manufacture of custom designs at low cost; however, challenges remain in the integration of functional materials like porous membranes. Nanoporous membranes have been integrated with resin exchange using purpose-designed resins by digital light projection 3D printing to yield functionally integrated devices using a simple, economical and semi-automated process. Here, the impact of the layer thickness and layer number on the porous properties - parameters unique for 3D printing - are investigated, showing decreases in mean pore diameter and porosity with increasing layer height and layer number. From the same resin formulation, materials with average pore size between 200 and 600 nm and porosity between 45% and 61% were printed. Membrane-integrated devices were used to study the chemoattractant induced behavioural response of zebrafish embryos and planarians, both demonstrating a predominant behavioral response towards the chemoattractant, spending >85% of experiment time in the attractant side of the observation chamber. The presented 3D printing method can be used for printing custom designed membrane-integrated devices using affordable 3D printers and enable fine-tuning of porous properties through adjustment of layer height and number. This accessible approach is expected to be adopted for applications including behavioural studies, early-stage pre-clinical drug discovery and (environmental) toxicology.
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- Hari Kalathil Balakrishnan
- Centre for Rural and Regional Futures, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia.
- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia
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- Centre for Rural and Regional Futures, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia.
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- Centre for Rural and Regional Futures, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Research and Innovation Centre on CO2 and Hydrogen, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia
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- Centre for Rural and Regional Futures, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia.
- School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Centre for Rural and Regional Futures, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3320, Australia.
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Demopoulos C, Jesson X, Gerdes MR, Jurigova BG, Hinkley LB, Ranasinghe KG, Desai S, Honma S, Mizuiri D, Findlay A, Nagarajan SS, Marco EJ. Global MEG Resting State Functional Connectivity in Children with Autism and Sensory Processing Dysfunction. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.26.577499. [PMID: 38352614 PMCID: PMC10862722 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.26.577499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Sensory processing dysfunction not only affects most individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but at least 5% of children without ASD also experience dysfunctional sensory processing. Our understanding of the relationship between sensory dysfunction and resting state brain activity is still emerging. This study compared long-range resting state functional connectivity of neural oscillatory behavior in children aged 8-12 years with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; N=18), those with sensory processing dysfunction (SPD; N=18) who do not meet ASD criteria, and typically developing control participants (TDC; N=24) using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Functional connectivity analyses were performed in the alpha and beta frequency bands, which are known to be implicated in sensory information processing. Group differences in functional connectivity and associations between sensory abilities and functional connectivity were examined. Distinct patterns of functional connectivity differences between ASD and SPD groups were found only in the beta band, but not in the alpha band. In both alpha and beta bands, ASD and SPD cohorts differed from the TDC cohort. Somatosensory cortical beta-band functional connectivity was associated with tactile processing abilities, while higher-order auditory cortical alpha-band functional connectivity was associated with auditory processing abilities. These findings demonstrate distinct long-range neural synchrony alterations in SPD and ASD that are associated with sensory processing abilities. Neural synchrony measures could serve as potential sensitive biomarkers for ASD and SPD.
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- Carly Demopoulos
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 675 18 Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S362, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, 1791 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Cortica Healthcare, Department of Neurodevelopmental Medicine, 4000 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903
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- Cortica Healthcare, Department of Neurodevelopmental Medicine, 4000 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S362, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- University of California-San Francisco, Department of Neurology, 675 Nelson Rising Lane, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- University of California-San Francisco, Department of Neurology, 675 Nelson Rising Lane, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S362, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S362, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S362, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S362, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Cortica Healthcare, Department of Neurodevelopmental Medicine, 4000 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903
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Carrillo-Barberà P, Rondelli AM, Morante-Redolat JM, Vernay B, Williams A, Bankhead P. AimSeg: A machine-learning-aided tool for axon, inner tongue and myelin segmentation. PLoS Comput Biol 2023; 19:e1010845. [PMID: 37976310 PMCID: PMC10691719 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Electron microscopy (EM) images of axons and their ensheathing myelin from both the central and peripheral nervous system are used for assessing myelin formation, degeneration (demyelination) and regeneration (remyelination). The g-ratio is the gold standard measure of assessing myelin thickness and quality, and traditionally is determined from measurements made manually from EM images-a time-consuming endeavour with limited reproducibility. These measurements have also historically neglected the innermost uncompacted myelin sheath, known as the inner tongue. Nonetheless, the inner tongue has been shown to be important for myelin growth and some studies have reported that certain conditions can elicit its enlargement. Ignoring this fact may bias the standard g-ratio analysis, whereas quantifying the uncompacted myelin has the potential to provide novel insights in the myelin field. In this regard, we have developed AimSeg, a bioimage analysis tool for axon, inner tongue and myelin segmentation. Aided by machine learning classifiers trained on transmission EM (TEM) images of tissue undergoing remyelination, AimSeg can be used either as an automated workflow or as a user-assisted segmentation tool. Validation results on TEM data from both healthy and remyelinating samples show good performance in segmenting all three fibre components, with the assisted segmentation showing the potential for further improvement with minimal user intervention. This results in a considerable reduction in time for analysis compared with manual annotation. AimSeg could also be used to build larger, high quality ground truth datasets to train novel deep learning models. Implemented in Fiji, AimSeg can use machine learning classifiers trained in ilastik. This, combined with a user-friendly interface and the ability to quantify uncompacted myelin, makes AimSeg a unique tool to assess myelin growth.
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- Pau Carrillo-Barberà
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Biología Funcional y Antropología Física, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BioTecMed), Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
- Centre for Genomic & Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Biología Funcional y Antropología Física, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BioTecMed), Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre d’imagerie, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire CNRS UMR 7104—Inserm U 1258, Illkirch, France
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Genomic & Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Pathology and CRUK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Escelsior A, Inuggi A, Amadeo MB, Engel-Yeger B, Trabucco A, Esposito D, Campus C, Bovio A, Comparini S, Pereira da Silva B, Serafini G, Gori M, Amore M. Sensation seeking correlates with increased white matter integrity of structures associated with visuospatial processing in healthy adults. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1267700. [PMID: 37954876 PMCID: PMC10637364 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1267700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Introduction The ability to process sensory information is an essential adaptive function, and hyper- or hypo-sensitive maladaptive profiles of responses to environmental stimuli generate sensory processing disorders linked to cognitive, affective, and behavioral alterations. Consequently, assessing sensory processing profiles might help research the vulnerability and resilience to mental disorders. The research on neuroradiological correlates of the sensory processing profiles is mainly limited to the young-age population or neurodevelopmental disorders. So, this study aims to examine the structural MRI correlates of sensory profiles in a sample of typically developed adults. Methods We investigated structural cortical thickness (CT) and white matter integrity, through Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), correlates of Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) questionnaire subscales in 57 typical developing subjects (34F; mean age: 32.7 ± 9.3). Results We found significant results only for the sensation seeking (STS) subscale. Positive and negative correlations emerged with fractional anisotropy (FA) and radial diffusivity (RD) in anterior thalamic radiation, optic radiation, superior longitudinal fasciculus, corpus callosum, and the cingulum bundle. No correlation between sensation seeking and whole brain cortical thickness was found. Discussion Overall, our results suggest a positive correlation between sensation seeking and higher white matter structural integrity in those tracts mainly involved in visuospatial processing but no correlation with gray matter structure. The enhanced structural integrity associated with sensation seeking may reflect a neurobiological substrate linked to active research of sensory stimuli and resilience to major psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
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- Andrea Escelsior
- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Mark IT, Wren-Jarvis J, Xiao J, Cai LT, Parekh S, Bourla I, Lazerwitz MC, Rowe MA, Marco EJ, Mukherjee P. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging of white matter microstructure in sensory processing dysfunction with versus without comorbid ADHD. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1136424. [PMID: 37492404 PMCID: PMC10363610 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1136424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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Introduction Sensory Processing Dysfunction (SPD) is common yet understudied, affecting up to one in six children with 40% experiencing co-occurring challenges with attention. The neural architecture of SPD with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (SPD+ADHD) versus SPD without ADHD (SPD-ADHD) has yet to be explored in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) has yet to be examined. Methods The present study computed DTI and NODDI biophysical model parameter maps of one hundred children with SPD. Global, regional and voxel-level white matter tract measures were analyzed and compared between SPD+ADHD and SPD-ADHD groups. Results SPD+ADHD children had global WM Fractional Anisotropy (FA) and Neurite Density Index (NDI) that trended lower than SPD-ADHD children, primarily in boys only. Data-driven voxelwise and WM tract-based analysis revealed statistically significant decreases of NDI in boys with SPD+ADHD compared to those with SPD-ADHD, primarily in projection tracts of the internal capsule and commissural fibers of the splenium of the corpus callosum. Conclusion We conclude that WM microstructure is more delayed/disrupted in boys with SPD+ADHD compared to SPD-ADHD, with NODDI showing a larger effect than DTI. This may represent the combined WM pathology of SPD and ADHD, or it may result from a greater degree of SPD WM pathology causing the development of ADHD.
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- Ian T. Mark
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Parekh SA, Wren-Jarvis J, Lazerwitz M, Rowe MA, Powers R, Bourla I, Cai LT, Chu R, Trimarchi K, Garcia R, Marco EJ, Mukherjee P. Hemispheric lateralization of white matter microstructure in children and its potential role in sensory processing dysfunction. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1088052. [PMID: 37139524 PMCID: PMC10149818 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1088052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have demonstrated white matter microstructural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. However, the basis of these hemispheric asymmetries is not yet understood in terms of the biophysical properties of white matter microstructure, especially in children. There are reports of altered hemispheric white matter lateralization in ASD; however, this has not been studied in other related neurodevelopmental disorders such as sensory processing disorder (SPD). Firstly, we postulate that biophysical compartment modeling of diffusion MRI (dMRI), such as Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI), can elucidate the hemispheric microstructural asymmetries observed from DTI in children with neurodevelopmental concerns. Secondly, we hypothesize that sensory over-responsivity (SOR), a common type of SPD, will show altered hemispheric lateralization relative to children without SOR. Eighty-seven children (29 females, 58 males), ages 8-12 years, presenting at a community-based neurodevelopmental clinic were enrolled, 48 with SOR and 39 without. Participants were evaluated using the Sensory Processing 3 Dimensions (SP3D). Whole brain 3 T multi-shell multiband dMRI (b = 0, 1,000, 2,500 s/mm2) was performed. Tract Based Spatial Statistics were used to extract DTI and NODDI metrics from 20 bilateral tracts of the Johns Hopkins University White-Matter Tractography Atlas and the lateralization Index (LI) was calculated for each left-right tract pair. With DTI metrics, 12 of 20 tracts were left lateralized for fractional anisotropy and 17/20 tracts were right lateralized for axial diffusivity. These hemispheric asymmetries could be explained by NODDI metrics, including neurite density index (18/20 tracts left lateralized), orientation dispersion index (15/20 tracts left lateralized) and free water fraction (16/20 tracts lateralized). Children with SOR served as a test case of the utility of studying LI in neurodevelopmental disorders. Our data demonstrated increased lateralization in several tracts for both DTI and NODDI metrics in children with SOR, which were distinct for males versus females, when compared to children without SOR. Biophysical properties from NODDI can explain the hemispheric lateralization of white matter microstructure in children. As a patient-specific ratio, the lateralization index can eliminate scanner-related and inter-individual sources of variability and thus potentially serve as a clinically useful imaging biomarker for neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Shalin A. Parekh
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Bruton AM, Senders A, Tost G, Ast H, Robinette LM, Leung B, Hatsu IE, Arnold LE, Johnstone JM. Pain sensitivity and perceptual sensitivity are associated with severity of emotional dysregulation in children with ADHD: a cross-sectional analysis using the Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire. Disabil Rehabil 2023; 45:848-856. [PMID: 35271401 PMCID: PMC9463405 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2043946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Nearly 50% of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience emotional dysregulation or sensory over-responsiveness; this study examines their association. METHODS This cross-sectional analysis (n = 124) used data from the Micronutrients for ADHD in Youth (MADDY) Study, which enrolled children aged 6-12 with ADHD and emotional dysregulation. Sensory responsiveness was assessed using two subscales from the factor-analyzed Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire: Pain Sensitivity and Perceptual Sensitivity. Emotional dysregulation was assessed using the Emotional-Problems and Conduct-Problems subscales from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and a composite score from the Child & Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5. Multivariable linear regression measured the association of pain and perceptual sensitivity with the severity of emotional dysregulation. RESULTS In adjusted models, pain sensitivity was positively associated with Emotional Problems (β = 0.97; 95% CI: 0.52, 1.41; p < 0.0001), Conduct Problems (β = 0.83; 95% CI: 0.44, 1.21; p = 0.0001), and CASI-5 composite (β = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.16, 0.34; p < 0.0001). Perceptual sensitivity was positively associated with Emotional Problems (β = 0.75; 95% CI: 0.15, 1.35; p = 0.01) but not Conduct Problems (β = 0.27; 95% CI: -0.24, 0.77; p = 0.30) or CASI-5 composite (β = 0.12; 95% CI: -0.01, 0.24; p = 0.07). CONCLUSION Pain sensitivity was associated with the severity of emotional dysregulation in this ADHD sample. To better understand possible causal links, longitudinal studies are warranted.Implications for rehabilitationEmotional dysregulation and sensory over-responsiveness are both common in children with ADHD and contribute to added challenges in school and family life.Two types of sensory over-responsiveness, pain sensitivity and perceptual sensitivity, were associated with emotional dysregulation in children with ADHD in our study.Sensory over-responsiveness may be a modifiable treatment target.
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- Alisha M. Bruton
- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
- Helfgott Research Institute, National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, OR, United States
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Sırtbaş-Işık G, Yardımcı-Lokmanoğlu BN, Livanelioğlu A, Mutlu A. Sensory processing and sleep characteristics in preterm infants in the early period of life. Sleep Med 2023; 106:78-83. [PMID: 37054558 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the following: (i) differences in sensory processing and sleep characteristics between preterm infants born at < 32 weeks', vs. those born at ≥ 32 weeks' gestation; (ii) differences in sleep characteristics between preterm infants with typical vs. atypical sensory processing; and (iii) relationship between sensory processing and sleep characteristics in preterm infants at 3 months of age. METHODS A total of 189 preterm infants, 54 born at < 32 weeks' gestation (26 females; mean gestational age [standard deviation (SD)], 30.1 [1.7] weeks), and 135 born at ≥ 32 weeks' gestation (78 females; mean gestational age [SD], 34.9 [0.9] weeks) were included in the present study. Sleep characteristics were evaluated using the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire, and sensory processing was assessed using the Infant Sensory Profile-2. RESULTS There were no significant differences in sensory processing (P > 0.05) or sleep characteristics (P > 0.05) between the preterm groups; however, more infants snored in the <32 weeks' gestation group (P = 0.035). Preterm infants with atypical sensory processing showed lower nighttime (P = 0.027) and total sleep durations (P = 0.032), and higher rates of nocturnal wakefulness (P = 0.038) and snoring (P = 0.001) than preterm infants with typical sensory processing. A significant relationship, therefore, was observed between sensory processing and sleep characteristics (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Sensory processing patterns may play an important role in understanding sleep problems in preterm infants. The early detection of sleep problems and sensory processing difficulties are necessary for early intervention.
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Surgent O, Riaz A, Ausderau KK, Adluru N, Kirk GR, Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Skaletski EC, Kecskemeti SR, Dean III DC, Weismer SE, Alexander AL, Travers BG. Brainstem white matter microstructure is associated with hyporesponsiveness and overall sensory features in autistic children. Mol Autism 2022; 13:48. [PMID: 36536467 PMCID: PMC9762648 DOI: 10.1186/s13229-022-00524-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Elevated or reduced responses to sensory stimuli, known as sensory features, are common in autistic individuals and often impact quality of life. Little is known about the neurobiological basis of sensory features in autistic children. However, the brainstem may offer critical insights as it has been associated with both basic sensory processing and core features of autism. METHODS Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and parent-report of sensory features were acquired from 133 children (61 autistic children with and 72 non-autistic children, 6-11 years-old). Leveraging novel DWI processing techniques, we investigated the relationship between sensory features and white matter microstructure properties (free-water-elimination-corrected fractional anisotropy [FA] and mean diffusivity [MD]) in precisely delineated brainstem white matter tracts. Follow-up analyses assessed relationships between microstructure and sensory response patterns/modalities and analyzed whole brain white matter using voxel-based analysis. RESULTS Results revealed distinct relationships between brainstem microstructure and sensory features in autistic children compared to non-autistic children. In autistic children, more prominent sensory features were generally associated with lower MD. Further, in autistic children, sensory hyporesponsiveness and tactile responsivity were strongly associated with white matter microstructure in nearly all brainstem tracts. Follow-up voxel-based analyses confirmed that these relationships were more prominent in the brainstem/cerebellum, with additional sensory-brain findings in the autistic group in the white matter of the primary motor and somatosensory cortices, the occipital lobe, the inferior parietal lobe, and the thalamic projections. LIMITATIONS All participants communicated via spoken language and acclimated to the sensory environment of an MRI session, which should be considered when assessing the generalizability of this work to the whole of the autism spectrum. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest unique brainstem white matter contributions to sensory features in autistic children compared to non-autistic children. The brainstem correlates of sensory features underscore the potential reflex-like nature of behavioral responses to sensory stimuli in autism and have implications for how we conceptualize and address sensory features in autistic populations.
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- Olivia Surgent
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Occupational Therapy Program in the Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Occupational Therapy Program in the Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705 USA
- Occupational Therapy Program in the Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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Cooper HE, Halliday LF, Bamiou DE, Mankad K, Clark CA. Brain structure correlates with auditory function in children diagnosed with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2773. [PMID: 36184939 PMCID: PMC9660490 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a term for a collection of test results which indicate disruption of the auditory signal at some point along the neural pathway. This results in a spectrum of functional outcomes, ranging from reasonably normal hearing to profound hearing loss. This study assessed brain structure changes and behavioral correlates in children diagnosed with ANSD. METHODS Seventeen children who had previously been diagnosed with ANSD were recruited to the study and underwent a battery of behavioral measures of hearing, language, and communication, along with structural MR imaging. Analysis of cortical thickness of temporal lobe structures was carried out using FreeSurfer. Tract-based spatial statistics were performed on standard diffusion parameters of fractional anisotropy and diffusivity metrics. The control group comprised imaging data taken from a library of MRI scans from neurologically normal children. Control images were matched as closely as possible to the ANSD group for age and sex. RESULTS Reductions in right temporal lobe cortical thickness were observed in children with ANSD compared to controls. Increases in medial diffusivity in areas including the corpus callosum and in the right occipital white matter were also seen in the group with ANSD compared to controls. Speech perception abilities, both in quiet and in noise, were correlated with cortical thickness measurements for several temporal lobe structures in children with ANSD, and relationships were also seen between diffusion metrics and measures of auditory function. CONCLUSION This study shows that children with ANSD have structural brain differences compared to healthy controls. It also demonstrates associations between brain structure and behavioral hearing abilities in children diagnosed with ANSD. These results show that there is a potential for structural imaging to be used as a biomarker in this population with the possibility of predicting functional hearing outcome.
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- Hannah E Cooper
- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.,Audiology Department, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.,National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Possible Neural Mechanisms Underlying Sensory Over-Responsivity in Individuals with ASD. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS REPORTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40474-022-00257-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chien YL, Lin HY, Tung YH, Hwang TJ, Chen CL, Wu CS, Shang CY, Hwu HG, Tseng WYI, Liu CM, Gau SSF. Neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia revisited: similarity in individual deviation and idiosyncrasy from the normative model of whole-brain white matter tracts and shared brain-cognition covariation with ADHD and ASD. Mol Psychiatry 2022; 27:3262-3271. [PMID: 35794186 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01636-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia is supported by multi-level impairments shared among schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite schizophrenia and typical neurodevelopmental disorders, i.e., autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as disorders of brain dysconnectivity, no study has ever elucidated whether whole-brain white matter (WM) tracts integrity alterations overlap or diverge between these three disorders. Moreover, whether the linked dimensions of cognition and brain metrics per the Research Domain Criteria framework cut across diagnostic boundaries remains unknown. We aimed to map deviations from normative ranges of whole-brain major WM tracts for individual patients to investigate the similarity and differences among schizophrenia (281 patients subgrouped into the first-episode, subchronic and chronic phases), ASD (175 patients), and ADHD (279 patients). Sex-specific WM tract normative development was modeled from diffusion spectrum imaging of 626 typically developing controls (5-40 years). There were three significant findings. First, the patterns of deviation and idiosyncrasy of WM tracts were similar between schizophrenia and ADHD alongside ASD, particularly at the earlier stages of schizophrenia relative to chronic stages. Second, using the WM deviation patterns as features, schizophrenia cannot be separated from neurodevelopmental disorders in the unsupervised machine learning algorithm. Lastly, the canonical correlation analysis showed schizophrenia, ADHD, and ASD shared linked cognitive dimensions driven by WM deviations. Together, our results provide new insights into the neurodevelopmental facet of schizophrenia and its brain basis. Individual's WM deviations may contribute to diverse arrays of cognitive function along a continuum with phenotypic expressions from typical neurodevelopmental disorders to schizophrenia.
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- Yi-Ling Chien
- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre and Adult Neurodevelopmental and Geriatric Psychiatry Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Neurobiology & Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medical Device and Imaging, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Neurobiology & Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Institute of Medical Device and Imaging, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Neurobiology & Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Latency structure of BOLD signals within white matter in resting-state fMRI. Magn Reson Imaging 2022; 89:58-69. [PMID: 34999161 PMCID: PMC9851671 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2021.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE Previous studies have demonstrated that BOLD signals in gray matter in resting-state functional MRI (RSfMRI) have variable time lags, representing apparent propagations of fMRI BOLD signals in gray matter. We complemented existing findings and explored the corresponding variations of signal latencies in white matter. METHODS We used data from the Brain Genomics Superstruct Project, consisting of 1412 subjects (both sexes included) and divided the dataset into ten equal groups to study both the patterns and reproducibility of latency estimates within white matter. We constructed latency matrices by computing cross-covariances between voxel pairs. We also applied a clustering analysis to identify functional networks within white matter, based on which latency analysis was also performed to investigate lead/lag relationship at network level. A dataset consisting of various sensory states (eyes closed, eyes open and eyes open with fixation) was also included to examine the relationship between latency structure and different states. RESULTS Projections of voxel latencies from the latency matrices were highly correlated (average Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.89) across the subgroups, confirming the reproducibility and structure of signal lags in white matter. Analysis of latencies within and between networks revealed a similar pattern of inter- and intra-network communication to that reported for gray matter. Moreover, a dominant direction, from inferior to superior regions, of BOLD signal propagation was revealed by higher resolution clustering. The variations of lag structure within white matter are associated with different sensory states. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide additional insight into the character and roles of white matter BOLD signals in brain functions.
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Ogundele MO, Morton M. Classification, prevalence and integrated care for neurodevelopmental and child mental health disorders: A brief overview for paediatricians. World J Clin Pediatr 2022; 11:120-135. [PMID: 35433298 PMCID: PMC8985496 DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v11.i2.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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‘Neurodevelopmental disorders’ comprise a group of congenital or acquired long-term conditions that are attributed to disturbance of the brain and or neuromuscular system and create functional limitations, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, tic disorder/ Tourette’s syndrome, developmental language disorders and intellectual disability. Cerebral palsy and epilepsy are often associated with these conditions within the broader framework of paediatric neurodisability. Co-occurrence with each other and with other mental health disorders including anxiety and mood disorders and behavioural disturbance is often the norm. Together these are referred to as neurodevelopmental, emotional, behavioural, and intellectual disorders (NDEBIDs) in this paper. Varying prevalence rates for NDEBID have been reported in developed countries, up to 15%, based on varying methodologies and definitions. NDEBIDs are commonly managed by either child health paediatricians or child/ adolescent mental health (CAMH) professionals, working within multidisciplinary teams alongside social care, education, allied healthcare practitioners and voluntary sector. Fragmented services are common problems for children and young people with multi-morbidity, and often complicated by sub-threshold diagnoses. Despite repeated reviews, limited consensus among clinicians about classification of the various NDEBIDs may hamper service improvement based upon research. The recently developed “Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental disorder” chapter of the International Classification of Diseases-11 offers a way forward. In this narrative review we search the extant literature and discussed a brief overview of the aetiology and prevalence of NDEBID, enumerate common problems associated with current classification systems and provide recommendations for a more integrated approach to the nosology and clinical care of these related conditions.
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- Michael O Ogundele
- Department of Community Paediatrics, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Runcorn WA7 1TW, Halton, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow G3 8SJ, United Kingdom
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Muñoz-Gómez E, Inglés M, Aguilar-Rodríguez M, Mollà-Casanova S, Sempere-Rubio N, Serra-Añó P, Espí-López GV. Effect of a Craniosacral Therapy Protocol in People with Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Med 2022; 11:759. [PMID: 35160211 PMCID: PMC8836770 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11030759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Background: Migraine is a common neurological disorder, and it is the second leading cause of disability worldwide. Manual techniques based on physical therapy have been proposed to improve migraine aspects; however, further research is needed on their effectiveness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a craniosacral therapy protocol on different features in migraine patients. Methods: Fifty individuals with migraine were randomly divided into two groups (n = 25 per group): (i) craniosacral therapy group (CTG), following a craniosacral therapy protocol, and (ii) sham control group (SCG), with a sham treatment. The analyzed variables were pain, migraine severity and frequency of episodes, functional, emotional, and overall disability, medication intake, and self-reported perceived changes, at baseline, after a 4 week intervention, and at 8 week follow-up. Results: After the intervention, the CTG significantly reduced pain (p = 0.01), frequency of episodes (p = 0.001), functional (p = 0.001) and overall disability (p = 0.02), and medication intake (p = 0.01), as well as led to a significantly higher self-reported perception of change (p = 0.01), when compared to SCG. In addition, the results were maintained at follow-up evaluation in all variables. Conclusions: A protocol based on craniosacral therapy is effective in improving pain, frequency of episodes, functional and overall disability, and medication intake in migraineurs. This protocol may be considered as a therapeutic approach in migraine patients.
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- Elena Muñoz-Gómez
- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
- Research Unit in Clinical Biomechanics (UBIC), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
- Research Unit in Clinical Biomechanics (UBIC), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
- Research Unit in Clinical Biomechanics (UBIC), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
- Research Unit in Clinical Biomechanics (UBIC), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
- Research Unit in Clinical Biomechanics (UBIC), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
- Research Unit in Clinical Biomechanics (UBIC), Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (E.M.-G.); (M.I.); (M.A.-R.); (S.M.-C.); (N.S.-R.); (G.V.E.-L.)
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Eijsker N, Schröder A, Liebrand LC, Smit DJA, van Wingen G, Denys D. White matter abnormalities in misophonia. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 32:102787. [PMID: 34461433 PMCID: PMC8405911 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Misophonia is a condition in which specific ordinary sounds provoke disproportionately strong negative affect and physiological arousal. Evidence for neurobiological abnormalities underlying misophonia is scarce. Since many psychiatric disorders show white matter (WM) abnormalities, we tested for both macro and micro-structural WM differences between misophonia patients and healthy controls. We collected T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images from 24 patients and 25 matched controls. We tested for group differences in WM volume using whole-brain voxel-based morphometry and used the significant voxels from this analysis as seeds for probabilistic tractography. After calculation of diffusion tensors, we compared group means for fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, and directional diffusivities, and applied tract-based spatial statistics for voxel-wise comparison. Compared to controls, patients had greater left-hemispheric WM volumes in the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, anterior thalamic radiation, and body of the corpus callosum connecting bilateral superior frontal gyri. Patients also had lower averaged radial and mean diffusivities and voxel-wise comparison indicated large and widespread clusters of lower mean diffusivity. We found both macro and microstructural WM abnormalities in our misophonia sample, suggesting misophonia symptomatology is associated with WM alterations. These biological alterations may be related to differences in social-emotional processing, particularly recognition of facial affect, and to attention for affective information.
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- Nadine Eijsker
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands; Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands.
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Takahashi E, Allan N, Peres R, Ortug A, van der Kouwe AJW, Valli B, Ethier E, Levman J, Baumer N, Tsujimura K, Vargas-Maya NI, McCracken TA, Lee R, Maunakea AK. Integration of structural MRI and epigenetic analyses hint at linked cellular defects of the subventricular zone and insular cortex in autism: Findings from a case study. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1023665. [PMID: 36817099 PMCID: PMC9935943 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1023665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social interaction, communication and repetitive, restrictive behaviors, features supported by cortical activity. Given the importance of the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventrical to cortical development, we compared molecular, cellular, and structural differences in the SVZ and linked cortical regions in specimens of ASD cases and sex and age-matched unaffected brain. Methods We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tractography on ex vivo postmortem brain samples, which we further analyzed by Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing (WGBS), Flow Cytometry, and RT qPCR. Results Through MRI, we observed decreased tractography pathways from the dorsal SVZ, increased pathways from the posterior ventral SVZ to the insular cortex, and variable cortical thickness within the insular cortex in ASD diagnosed case relative to unaffected controls. Long-range tractography pathways from and to the insula were also reduced in the ASD case. FACS-based cell sorting revealed an increased population of proliferating cells in the SVZ of ASD case relative to the unaffected control. Targeted qPCR assays of SVZ tissue demonstrated significantly reduced expression levels of genes involved in differentiation and migration of neurons in ASD relative to the control counterpart. Finally, using genome-wide DNA methylation analyses, we identified 19 genes relevant to neurological development, function, and disease, 7 of which have not previously been described in ASD, that were significantly differentially methylated in autistic SVZ and insula specimens. Conclusion These findings suggest a hypothesis that epigenetic changes during neurodevelopment alter the trajectory of proliferation, migration, and differentiation in the SVZ, impacting cortical structure and function and resulting in ASD phenotypes.
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- Emi Takahashi
- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Epigenomics Research Program, Department of Anatomy, Institute for Biogenesis Research, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Epigenomics Research Program, Department of Anatomy, Institute for Biogenesis Research, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Epigenomics Research Program, Department of Anatomy, Institute for Biogenesis Research, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Epigenomics Research Program, Department of Anatomy, Institute for Biogenesis Research, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Epigenomics Research Program, Department of Anatomy, Institute for Biogenesis Research, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Epigenomics Research Program, Department of Anatomy, Institute for Biogenesis Research, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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Many individuals on the autism spectrum are hypersensitive to certain sensory stimuli. For this group, as well as for non-autistic individuals with sensory processing disorders, being exposed to e.g. fluorescent lights, perfume odours, and various sounds and noises can be real torment. In this article, I consider the normative implications of such offence for the design of office spaces, which is a topic that has not received any attention from philosophers. After identifying different ways in which the senses of hypersensitive workers might be protected within these spaces, I show that many of such accommodations can be made at reasonable cost, before arguing that doing so ought to be a legal requirement.
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Habata K, Cheong Y, Kamiya T, Shiotsu D, Omori IM, Okazawa H, Jung M, Kosaka H. Relationship between sensory characteristics and cortical thickness/volume in autism spectrum disorders. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:616. [PMID: 34873147 PMCID: PMC8648722 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01743-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) exhibit atypical sensory characteristics, impaired social skills, deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviors. The relationship between sensory characteristics and brain morphological changes in ASD remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the association between brain morphological changes and sensory characteristics in individuals with ASD using brain image analysis and a sensory profile test. Forty-three adults with ASD and 84 adults with typical development underwent brain image analysis using FreeSurfer. The brain cortex was divided into 64 regions, and the cortical thickness and volume of the limbic system were calculated. The sensory characteristics of the participants were evaluated using the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP). Correlation analysis was performed for cortical thickness, limbic area volume, and AASP scores. In the ASD group, there was a significant positive correlation between visual sensory sensitivity scores and the right lingual cortical thickness (r = 0.500). There were also significant negative correlations between visual sensation avoiding scores and the right lateral orbitofrontal cortical thickness (r = -0.513), taste/smell sensation avoiding scores and the right hippocampal volume (r = -0.510), and taste/smell sensation avoiding scores and the left hippocampal volume (r = -0.540). The study identified associations among the lingual cortical thickness, lateral orbitofrontal cortical thickness, and hippocampal volume and sensory characteristics. These findings suggest that brain morphological changes may trigger sensory symptoms in adults with ASD.
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- Kaie Habata
- grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- grid.452628.f0000 0004 5905 0571Cognitive Science Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, South Korea
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- grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan ,grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan ,grid.163577.10000 0001 0692 8246Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, University of Fukui, Japan, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- Cognitive Science Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, South Korea.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan. .,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan. .,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, University of Fukui, Japan, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan.
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Djerassi M, Ophir S, Atzil S. What Is Social about Autism? The Role of Allostasis-Driven Learning. Brain Sci 2021; 11:1269. [PMID: 34679334 PMCID: PMC8534207 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11101269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Scientific research on neuro-cognitive mechanisms of autism often focuses on circuits that support social functioning. However, autism is a heterogeneous developmental variation in multiple domains, including social communication, but also language, cognition, and sensory-motor control. This suggests that the underlying mechanisms of autism share a domain-general foundation that impacts all of these processes. In this Perspective Review, we propose that autism is not a social deficit that results from an atypical "social brain". Instead, typical social development relies on learning. In social animals, infants depend on their caregivers for survival, which makes social information vitally salient. The infant must learn to socially interact in order to survive and develop, and the most prominent learning in early life is crafted by social interactions. Therefore, the most prominent outcome of a learning variation is atypical social development. To support the hypothesis that autism results from a variation in learning, we first review evidence from neuroscience and developmental science, demonstrating that typical social development depends on two domain-general processes that determine learning: (a) motivation, guided by allostatic regulation of the internal milieu; and (b) multi-modal associations, determined by the statistical regularities of the external milieu. These two processes are basic ingredients of typical development because they determine allostasis-driven learning of the social environment. We then review evidence showing that allostasis and learning are affected among individuals with autism, both neurally and behaviorally. We conclude by proposing a novel domain-general framework that emphasizes allostasis-driven learning as a key process underlying autism. Guided by allostasis, humans learn to become social, therefore, the atypical social profile seen in autism can reflect a domain-general variation in allostasis-driven learning. This domain-general view raises novel research questions in both basic and clinical research and points to targets for clinical intervention that can lower the age of diagnosis and improve the well-being of individuals with autism.
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- Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190501, Israel; (M.D.); (S.O.)
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Schudlo LC, Anagnostou E, Chau T, Doyle-Thomas K. Investigating sensory response to physical discomfort in children with autism spectrum disorder using near-infrared spectroscopy. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257029. [PMID: 34478466 PMCID: PMC8415580 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Self-reporting of pain can be difficult in populations with communication challenges or atypical sensory processing, such as children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Consequently, pain can go untreated. An objective method to identify discomfort would be valuable to individuals unable to express or recognize their own bodily distress. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a brain-imaging modality that is suited for this application. We evaluated the potential of detecting a cortical response to discomfort in the ASD population using NIRS. Using a continuous-wave spectrometer, prefrontal and parietal measures were collected from 15 males with ASD and 7 typically developing (TD) males 10-15 years of age. Participants were exposed to a noxious cold stimulus by immersing their hands in cold water and tepid water as a baseline task. Across all participants, the magnitude and timing of the cold and tepid water-induced brain responses were significantly different (p < 0.001). The effect of the task on the brain response depended on the study group (group x task: p < 0.001), with the ASD group exhibiting a blunted response to the cold stimulus. Findings suggest that NIRS may serve as a tool for objective pain assessment and atypical sensory processing.
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- Larissa C. Schudlo
- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Computer and Biomedical Engineering Department, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- School of Health and Community Services, Mohawk College, Hamilton, Canada
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Elucidation of the relationship between sensory processing and white matter using diffusion tensor imaging tractography in young adults. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12088. [PMID: 34103636 PMCID: PMC8187654 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91569-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Sensory processing and behaviors are altered during the development of connectivity between the sensory cortices and multiple brain regions in an experience-dependent manner. To reveal the relationship between sensory processing and brain white matter, we investigated the association between the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) and neural connectivity in the white matter tracts of 84 healthy young adults using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). We observed a positive relationship between AASP scores (i.e., sensory sensitivity, sensation avoiding, activity level)/subscores (i.e., sensory sensitivity–activity level, sensation avoiding–touch) and DTI parameters in the cingulum–cingulate gyrus bundle (CCG) and between AASP subscores (i.e., sensory sensitivity–auditory) and a diffusion parameter in the uncinate fasciculus (UNC). The diffusion parameters that correlated with AASP scores/subscores and AASP quadrant scores (i.e., sensory avoiding and sensitivity) were axonal diffusivity (AD) and mean diffusivity (MD) in the CCG and MD in the UNC. Moreover, the increased sensory avoiding and sensitivity scores represent the sensitization of sensory processing, and the level of diffusivity parameters indicates white matter microstructure variability, such as axons and myelin from diffusivity of water molecules. Thus, the present study suggests that the CCG and UNC are critical white matter microstructures for determining the level of sensory processing in young adults.
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Momtaz S, Moncrieff D, Bidelman GM. Dichotic listening deficits in amblyaudia are characterized by aberrant neural oscillations in auditory cortex. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:2152-2162. [PMID: 34284251 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Children diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD) show deficits in processing complex sounds that are associated with difficulties in higher-order language, learning, cognitive, and communicative functions. Amblyaudia (AMB) is a subcategory of APD characterized by abnormally large ear asymmetries in dichotic listening tasks. METHODS Here, we examined frequency-specific neural oscillations and functional connectivity via high-density electroencephalography (EEG) in children with and without AMB during passive listening of nonspeech stimuli. RESULTS Time-frequency maps of these "brain rhythms" revealed stronger phase-locked beta-gamma (~35 Hz) oscillations in AMB participants within bilateral auditory cortex for sounds presented to the right ear, suggesting a hypersynchronization and imbalance of auditory neural activity. Brain-behavior correlations revealed neural asymmetries in cortical responses predicted the larger than normal right-ear advantage seen in participants with AMB. Additionally, we found weaker functional connectivity in the AMB group from right to left auditory cortex, despite their stronger neural responses overall. CONCLUSION Our results reveal abnormally large auditory sensory encoding and an imbalance in communication between cerebral hemispheres (ipsi- to -contralateral signaling) in AMB. SIGNIFICANCE These neurophysiological changes might lead to the functionally poorer behavioral capacity to integrate information between the two ears in children with AMB.
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- Sara Momtaz
- School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
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- School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA; Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Memphis, TN, USA
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Mulligan S, Douglas S, Armstrong C. Characteristics of Idiopathic Sensory Processing Disorder in Young Children. Front Integr Neurosci 2021; 15:647928. [PMID: 33994966 PMCID: PMC8113623 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2021.647928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study described the developmental and behavioral characteristics of children identified with idiopathic sensory processing disorder (SPD) as well as the relations among specific types of SPD as proposed by the nosology presented by Miller et al. (2007), adaptive behavior profiles, and behaviors associated with mental functioning. A retrospective, non-experimental design applying descriptive and correlational analyses was used. Data were obtained from clinic medical records of 78 children ages 2 to 7 years who were identified with sensory processing problems affecting daily life, but who did not meet criteria for any other neurodevelopmental or mental disorders following a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation. Results revealed that all SPD types as described by current typologies were well represented with the most common being the over-responsivity sensory modulation subtype. Within the sample, 53% of the children displayed more than one SPD type. Atypical externalizing and internalizing behavior scores associated with various mental disorders as measured by the child behavior checklist (CBCL) fell in the borderline dysfunctional range. Adaptive behavior for all developmental domains was below average, and the severity of SPD symptoms moderately and positively correlated with behaviors associated with mental disorders, and with lower adaptive behavior performance. It was concluded that symptoms characteristic of the various types of idiopathic SPD overlap substantially suggesting that current typologies may include more types/subtypes than are necessary or clinically useful. Children with SPD share similar, but often less severe pathological behaviors associated with other mental or related neurodevelopmental disorders. Psychometrically sound measures of SPD are needed, and further study of the neural mechanisms involved in sensory processing deficits is vital for validating idiopathic SPD as its own diagnostic entity.
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- Shelley Mulligan
- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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Miller LJ, Marco EJ, Chu RC, Camarata S. Editorial: Sensory Processing Across the Lifespan: A 25-Year Initiative to Understand Neurophysiology, Behaviors, and Treatment Effectiveness for Sensory Processing. Front Integr Neurosci 2021; 15:652218. [PMID: 33897385 PMCID: PMC8063042 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2021.652218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Lucy Jane Miller
- Department of Pediatrics (Emeritus), University of Colorado, Denver, CO, United States.,Sensory Therapies and Research Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder, Centennial, CO, United States
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- Cortica (United States), San Diego, CA, United States
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- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Growing Healthy Children Therapy Services, Rescue, CA, United States
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- School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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Adra N, Cao A, Makris N, Valera EM. Sensory Modulation Disorder and its Neural Circuitry in Adults with ADHD: A Pilot Study. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:930-940. [PMID: 32770315 PMCID: PMC10655817 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00302-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Compared to healthy controls (HCs), individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit more symptoms of sensory processing disorder (SPD), which is associated with difficulties in educational and social activities. Most studies examining comorbid SPD-ADHD have been conducted with children and have not explored relations to brain volumes. In this pilot study, we assessed a subtype of SPD, sensory modulation disorder (SMD), and its relation to select brain volumes in adults with ADHD. We administered part of the Sensory Processing 3-Dimensions Scale (SP3D) to assess subtypes of SMD and collected structural imaging scans from 25 adults with ADHD and 29 healthy controls (HCs). Relative to HCs, subjects with ADHD scored higher on sensory craving (SC) and sensory under-responsivity (SUR) subscales. Although sensory over-responsivity (SOR) was marginally higher, this was no longer true when accounting for co-occurring anxiety. In individuals with ADHD, both SC and SUR were positively associated with amygdalar volume, SUR was also positively associated with striatal volume, whereas SOR was negatively associated with posterior ventral diencephalon volume. These preliminary findings suggest that SC and SUR may be characteristic of ADHD while SOR may be driven by co-occurring anxiety. Because different modalities were associated with different brain volumes, our findings also suggest that the modalities may involve unique neural circuits, but with a partial overlap between SC and SUR. These pilot data provide support for conducting studies examining SMD in larger samples of adults with ADHD to determine reproducibility, applicability and implications of these findings.
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- Noor Adra
- Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Brain Science Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Narayan A, Rowe MA, Palacios EM, Wren-Jarvis J, Bourla I, Gerdes M, Brandes-Aitken A, Desai SS, Marco EJ, Mukherjee P. Altered Cerebellar White Matter in Sensory Processing Dysfunction Is Associated With Impaired Multisensory Integration and Attention. Front Psychol 2021; 11:618436. [PMID: 33613368 PMCID: PMC7888341 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.618436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Sensory processing dysfunction (SPD) is characterized by a behaviorally observed difference in the response to sensory information from the environment. While the cerebellum is involved in normal sensory processing, it has not yet been examined in SPD. Diffusion tensor imaging scans of children with SPD (n = 42) and typically developing controls (TDC; n = 39) were compared for fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) across the following cerebellar tracts: the middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP), superior cerebellar peduncles (SCP), and cerebral peduncles (CP). Compared to TDC, children with SPD show reduced microstructural integrity of the SCP and MCP, characterized by reduced FA and increased MD and RD, which correlates with abnormal auditory behavior, multisensory integration, and attention, but not tactile behavior or direct measures of auditory discrimination. In contradistinction, decreased CP microstructural integrity in SPD correlates with abnormal tactile and auditory behavior and direct measures of auditory discrimination, but not multisensory integration or attention. Hence, altered cerebellar white matter organization is associated with complex sensory behavior and attention in SPD, which prompts further consideration of diagnostic measures and treatments to better serve affected individuals.
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- Anisha Narayan
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Jurigova BG, Gerdes MR, Anguera JA, Marco EJ. Sustained benefits of cognitive training in children with inattention, three-year follow-up. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0246449. [PMID: 33539468 PMCID: PMC7861383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to test for long-term benefits three years after the completion of a cognitive training intervention (Project: EVO™) in a subset of children with Sensory Processing Dysfunction (SPD). Our initial findings revealed that children with SPD who also met research criteria for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (SPD+IA) showed a significant decrease in parent-observed inattentive behaviors, which remained stable in a nine-month follow-up assessment. Forty nine caregivers of participants who completed the Project: EVO™ training were contacted to be included in this follow up study. Each was emailed an invitation to complete the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale, which yielded a completion rate of 39/49 (80%). A Generalized Estimating Equations analysis was used to assess changes in symptoms over time, specifically to determine whether the initial improvements were retained. The SPD+IA cohort continued to show sustained benefits on their parent-reported scores of inattention, with 54% of SPD+IA individuals no longer meeting criteria for ADHD three years following intervention. These findings provide initial insights into the potential long-term benefits of a digital health intervention for children with attention-based issues.
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- Barbora G. Jurigova
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Research Division, Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Research Division, Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, California, United States of America
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Ainsworth K, Ostrolenk A, Irion C, Bertone A. Reduced multisensory facilitation exists at different periods of development in autism. Cortex 2020; 134:195-206. [PMID: 33291045 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Atypical sensory processing is now recognised as a key component of an autism diagnosis. The integration of multiple sensory inputs (multisensory integration (MSI)) is thought to be idiosyncratic in autistic individuals and may have cascading effects on the development of higher-level skills such as social communication. Multisensory facilitation was assessed using a target detection paradigm in 45 autistic and 111 neurotypical individuals, matched on age and IQ. Target stimuli were: auditory (A; 3500 Hz tone), visual (V; white disk 'flash') or audiovisual (AV; simultaneous tone and flash), and were presented on a dark background in a randomized order with varying stimulus onset delays. Reaction time (RT) was recorded via button press. In order to assess possible developmental effects, participants were divided into younger (age 14 or younger) and older (age 15 and older) groups. Redundancy gain (RG) was significantly greater in neurotypical, compared to autistic individuals. No significant effect of age or interaction was found. Race model analysis was used to compute a bound value that represented the facilitation effect provided by MSI. Our results revealed that MSI facilitation occurred (violation of the race model) in neurotypical individuals, with more efficient MSI in older participants. In both the younger and older autistic groups, we found reduced MSI facilitation (no or limited violation of the race model). Autistic participants showed reduced multisensory facilitation compared to neurotypical participants in a simple target detection task, void of social context. This remained consistent across age. Our results support evidence that autistic individuals may not integrate low-level, non-social information in a typical fashion, adding to the growing discussion around the influential effect that basic perceptual atypicalities may have on the development of higher-level, core aspects of autism.
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- Kirsty Ainsworth
- Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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- Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), Montreal, Canada
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- Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), Montreal, Canada
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Ohta H, Aoki YY, Itahashi T, Kanai C, Fujino J, Nakamura M, Kato N, Hashimoto RI. White matter alterations in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in relation to sensory profile. Mol Autism 2020; 11:77. [PMID: 33070774 PMCID: PMC7570037 DOI: 10.1186/s13229-020-00379-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have high rates of co-occurrence and share atypical behavioral characteristics, including sensory symptoms. The present diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study was conducted to examine whether and how white matter alterations are observed in adult populations with developmental disorders (DD) and to determine how brain–sensory relationships are either shared between or distinct to ASD and ADHD. Methods We collected DTI data from adult population with DD (a primary diagnosis of ASD: n = 105, ADHD: n = 55) as well as age- and sex-matched typically developing (TD) participants (n = 58). Voxel-wise fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity (RD) were analyzed using tract-based spatial statistics. The severities of sensory symptoms were assessed using the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP). Results Categorical analyses identified voxel clusters showing significant effects of DD on FA and RD in the posterior portion of the corpus callosum and its extension in the right hemisphere. Furthermore, regression analyses using the AASP scores revealed that slopes in relationships of FA or RD with the degree of sensory symptoms were parallel between the two DDs in large parts of the affected corpus callosum regions. A small but significant cluster did exist showing difference in association between an AASP subscale score and RD across ASD and ADHD. Limitations Wide age range of the participants may be oversimplified. Conclusions These results indicate that white matter alteration and their relationships to sensory symptoms are largely shared between ASD and ADHD, with localized abnormalities showing significant between-diagnosis differences within DD.
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- Haruhisa Ohta
- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11, Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8577, Japan. .,Department of Language Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan.
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Assayag N, Bonneh Y, Parush S, Mell H, Kaplan Neeman R, Bar-Shalita T. Perceived Sensitivity to Pain and Responsiveness to Non-noxious Sensation in Substance Use Disorder. PAIN MEDICINE 2020; 21:1902-1912. [PMID: 31782772 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnz292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This comparative cross-sectional study aimed to characterize individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) in self-perception of pain sensitivity, experimental auditory aversiveness, and non-noxious sensory responsiveness, as well as examine the associations with SUD. METHODS Therapeutic community (TC) individuals with SUD (N = 63, male 88.9%) and healthy controls (N = 60, male 86.7%) completed the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) and the Sensory Responsiveness Questionnaire-Intensity Scale (SRQ-IS), followed by a psychophysical auditory battery, the Battery of Averseness to Sounds (BAS)-Revised. RESULTS The SUD group scored higher on the PSQ (P < 0.0001), BAS-R aversiveness (P < 0.0001), BAS-R-unpleasantness (P < 0.0001), and on the aftersensation of auditory aversiveness (P < 0.0001) and unpleasantness (P < 0.000). Fifty-four percent of the SUD group vs 11.7% of the control group were identified as having sensory modulation dysfunction (SMD; P < 0.0001). Logistic regression modeling revealed that the SRQ-IS-Aversive score had a stronger relationship, indicating a 12.6-times odds ratio for SUD (P = 0.0002). Finally, a risk score calculated from a linear combination of the logistic regression model parameters is presented based on the PSQ and SRQ. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to explore sensory and aversive domains using experimental and self-reporting in situ, revealing pain perception alteration that co-occurs with high prevalence of SMD, specifically of the over-responsive type. Findings may be significant in clinical practice for treating pain, and for expanding therapeutic modalities as part of broader rehabilitation in TC and beyond, to better meet personalized therapy.
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- Naama Assayag
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Yezreel Valley College, Afula, Israel
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- Department of Communication Disorders, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Palacios EM, Owen JP, Yuh EL, Wang MB, Vassar MJ, Ferguson AR, Diaz-Arrastia R, Giacino JT, Okonkwo DO, Robertson CS, Stein MB, Temkin N, Jain S, McCrea M, MacDonald CL, Levin HS, Manley GT, Mukherjee P. The evolution of white matter microstructural changes after mild traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal DTI and NODDI study. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaz6892. [PMID: 32821816 PMCID: PMC7413733 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz6892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Neuroimaging biomarkers that can detect white matter (WM) pathology after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and predict long-term outcome are needed to improve care and develop therapies. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) to investigate WM microstructure cross-sectionally and longitudinally after mTBI and correlate these with neuropsychological performance. Cross-sectionally, early decreases of fractional anisotropy and increases of mean diffusivity corresponded to WM regions with elevated free water fraction on NODDI. This elevated free water was more extensive in the patient subgroup reporting more early postconcussive symptoms. The longer-term longitudinal WM changes consisted of declining neurite density on NODDI, suggesting axonal degeneration from diffuse axonal injury for which NODDI is more sensitive than DTI. Therefore, NODDI is a more sensitive and specific biomarker than DTI for WM microstructural changes due to mTBI that merits further study for mTBI diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring.
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- E. M. Palacios
- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Powell G, Derry-Sumner H, Shelton K, Rushton S, Hedge C, Rajenderkumar D, Sumner P. Visually-induced dizziness is associated with sensitivity and avoidance across all senses. J Neurol 2020; 267:2260-2271. [PMID: 32306170 PMCID: PMC7359147 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-09817-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a common chronic condition presenting in neurology and neuro-otology clinics. Symptoms lie on a spectrum in the general population. The cause is unknown and thought to involve interactions between visual and vestibular systems, but symptoms also correlate with anxiety and migraine. OBJECTIVE To test whether PDDD symptoms are associated with reported differences in other senses (touch, hearing, smell and taste); to investigate possible mediation via anxiety or migraine; to discover the proportion of variance accountable to these non-vestibular factors. METHODS We measured self-report multisensory sensitivity, anxiety, visual difficulties, visual discomfort and migraine in patients with PPPD (N = 29) and a large general population cohort (N > 1100). We used structural equation modelling to examine relationships between the factors using a step-wise approach. RESULTS We found increased self-reported over-sensitivity in sensory domains beyond vision and balance in both patients with PPPD and non-clinical participants with more PPPD symptoms. SEM analysis revealed that anxiety partly, but not wholly, mediated this relationship. Adding visual difficulties and visual discomfort to the model allowed it to explain 50% of PPPD symptom variance. Most of the path coefficients and mediation effects in our model were unchanged between participants with and without migraine. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support the idea that PPPD is a complex neurological condition that includes broad perceptual factors, and may suggest that some brains are predisposed to generalised cross-modal sensory-overload. This may give rise to vulnerability to severe PPPD should a vestibular insult occur.
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- Georgina Powell
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower building, Park Place, Cardiff, UK.
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- Department of Audiovestibular Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower building, Park Place, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower building, Park Place, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower building, Park Place, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Audiovestibular Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower building, Park Place, Cardiff, UK
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Crasta JE, Salzinger E, Lin MH, Gavin WJ, Davies PL. Sensory Processing and Attention Profiles Among Children With Sensory Processing Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Front Integr Neurosci 2020; 14:22. [PMID: 32431600 PMCID: PMC7214749 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2020.00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study explores the differences in the profile of relationships between sensory processing and attention abilities among children with sensory processing disorder (SPD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and typically developing (TD) children. The Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch), a performance-based measure of attention, was administered to 69 children (TD: n = 24; SPD: n = 21; ASD: n = 24), ages 6-10 years. All participants' parents completed the Short Sensory Profile (SSP), a standardized parent-report measure of sensory-related behaviors. Discriminant analyses using the TEA-Ch and the SSP domains revealed two classification functions; the first revealed that both clinical groups significantly differed from the TD group with greater sensory processing challenges in the categories of auditory filtering, under-responsive/seeks sensation, low energy/weak, and taste/smell sensitivity subscales of the SSP. The second function discriminated between the two clinical groups, indicating that children with ASD had significantly greater control and sustained attention deficits and less sensory issues than did children with SPD. Together, the two functions correctly classified 76.8% of the participants as to their group membership. The different profiles of sensory processing and attention abilities in children with SPD and ASD may provide guidance in identifying appropriate individualized therapeutic strategies for these children.
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- Jewel E. Crasta
- Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Occupational Therapy Division, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA, United States
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Neuroscience, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Department of Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Neuroscience, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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Jirikowic TL, Thorne JC, McLaughlin SA, Waddington T, Lee AKC, Astley Hemingway SJ. Prevalence and patterns of sensory processing behaviors in a large clinical sample of children with prenatal alcohol exposure. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2020; 100:103617. [PMID: 32203885 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Atypical behavioral responses to sensation are reported in a large proportion of children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Systematic examination of symptoms across the fetal alcohol spectrum in a large clinical sample is needed to inform diagnosis and intervention. AIMS To describe the prevalence and patterns of atypical sensory processing symptoms in a clinical sample of children with PAE. METHODS Retrospective analysis of diagnostic clinical data from the University of Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network (FASDPN). Participants were ages 3 through 11 years, had a diagnosis on the fetal alcohol spectrum, and Short Sensory Profile (SSP) assessment. The proportions of children categorized with definite differences on the SSP across selected clinical and demographic features were examined with chi-square analyses. OUTCOMES The sample consisted of 325 children; 73.2 % had SSP total scores in the definite difference range. Atypical sensory processing symptoms were significantly more prevalent among children with higher reported levels of PAE. The prevalence of atypical symptoms was comparably high across age, levels of diagnostic severity, and other prenatal/postnatal risks. CONCLUSIONS Results lend support for altered sensory processing as another domain of brain function affected by the teratogenic impact of PAE, guiding clinical work and research.
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- Tracy L Jirikowic
- University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Occupational Therapy, United States.
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- Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, United States
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- Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, United States
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- Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, United States
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- Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences and Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, United States
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Molholm S, Murphy JW, Bates J, Ridgway EM, Foxe JJ. Multisensory Audiovisual Processing in Children With a Sensory Processing Disorder (I): Behavioral and Electrophysiological Indices Under Speeded Response Conditions. Front Integr Neurosci 2020; 14:4. [PMID: 32116583 PMCID: PMC7026671 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2020.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Maladaptive reactivity to sensory inputs is commonly observed in neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism, ADHD). Little is known, however, about the underlying neural mechanisms. For some children, atypical sensory reactivity is the primary complaint, despite absence of another identifiable neurodevelopmental diagnosis. Studying Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) may well provide a window into the neuropathology of these symptoms. It has been proposed that a deficit in sensory integration underlies the SPD phenotype, but objective quantification of sensory integration is lacking. Here we used neural and behavioral measures of multisensory integration (MSI), which would be affected by impaired sensory integration and for which there are well accepted objective measures, to test whether failure to integrate across the senses is associated with atypical sensory reactivity in SPD. An autism group served to determine if observed differences were unique to SPD. Methods We tested whether children aged 6–16 years with SPD (N = 14) integrate multisensory inputs differently from age-matched typically developing controls (TD: N = 54), or from children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD: N = 44). Participants performed a simple reaction-time task to the occurrence of auditory, visual, and audiovisual stimuli presented in random order, while high-density recordings of electrical brain activity were made. Results Children with SPD showed large reductions in the extent to which they benefited from multisensory inputs compared to TDs. The ASD group showed similarly reduced response speeding to multisensory relative to unisensory inputs. Neural evidence for MSI was seen across all three groups, with the multisensory response differing from the sum of the unisensory responses. Post hoc tests suggested the possibility of enhanced MSI in SPD in timeframes consistent with cortical sensory registration (∼60 ms), followed by reduced MSI during a timeframe consistent with object formation (∼130 ms). The ASD group also showed reduced MSI in the later timeframe. Conclusion Children with SPD showed reduction in their ability to benefit from redundant audio-visual inputs, similar to children with ASD. Neurophysiological recordings, on the other hand, showed that major indices of MSI were largely intact, although post hoc testing pointed to periods of potential differential processing. While these exploratory electrophysiological observations point to potential sensory-perceptual differences in multisensory processing in SPD, it remains equally plausible at this stage that later attentional processing differences may yet prove responsible for the multisensory behavioral deficits uncovered here.
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- Sophie Molholm
- The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States.,Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicin, Bronx, NY, United States.,The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, The Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States
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- The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States.,Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicin, Bronx, NY, United States.,The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, The Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States
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Hou J, Dodd K, Nair VA, Rajan S, Beniwal-Patel P, Saha S, Prabhakaran V. Alterations in brain white matter microstructural properties in patients with Crohn's disease in remission. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2145. [PMID: 32034257 PMCID: PMC7005825 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59098-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have been shown to have abnormal brain morphometry or function, which are associated with psychological symptoms such as stress, depression or anxiety. The present work recruited 20 Crohn’s disease patients in remission (CDs) and 20 age-gender-handedness-education matched healthy controls (HCs) and compared their brain white matter microstructural properties using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Additionally, we examined the correlations between the microstructural properties and cognition (verbal fluency language task, VF) and affect (anxiety) in both groups as well as disease duration in CDs. Results showed that CDs exhibited significant alterations in microstructural properties compared to HCs in various white matter tracts relevant to language function despite no significant difference in VF scores. Furthermore, CDs’ microstructural changes exhibited correlations with anxiety level and disease duration. These findings suggest that CD patients may experience changes in white matter microstructural properties which may be a biomarker of neuropsychiatric comorbidities of CD.
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- Jiancheng Hou
- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA.
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de Paula Machado ACC, de Castro Magalhães L, de Oliveira SR, Bouzada MCF. Is sensory processing associated with prematurity, motor and cognitive development at 12 months of age? Early Hum Dev 2019; 139:104852. [PMID: 31476542 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prematurity may be a risk factor for sensory processing difficulties. Limited research has investigated sensory processing in preterm infants in their first year of life, when sensory processing dysfunctions are more subtle and difficult to detect. AIMS The aims of this study were to investigate the association between prematurity and sensory processing and the associations between sensory processing and motor and cognitive development in infants at 12 months of age. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS 45 infants allocated in two groups: control (37-41 weeks' gestation) and preterm (<34 weeks' gestation). OUTCOME MEASURES Sensory processing was assessed with the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI). Motor and cognitive development was assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III). RESULTS Preterm group was associated with significant decrease in TSFI's total (p < 0.01), reactivity to deep tactile pressure (p = 0.02) and vestibular stimulation reactivity (p = 0.03) scores. Bayley-III motor score was positive associated with TFSI score on ocular-motor control domain (p = 0.03). Bayley-III cognitive score and TSFI scores were not significantly associated. CONCLUSIONS Prematurity negatively interferes with sensory processing, especially in tactile and vestibular domains, and better sensory processing in ocular-motor control contributes to better motor performance at 12 months of age. It is important to consider sensory processing in early developmental evaluation and interventions to promote better developmental outcomes in preterm infants.
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- Ana Carolina Cabral de Paula Machado
- School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena, 190 - Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil.
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- School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena, 190 - Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil
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- School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena, 190 - Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil
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Lane SJ, Reynolds S. Sensory Over-Responsivity as an Added Dimension in ADHD. Front Integr Neurosci 2019; 13:40. [PMID: 31555103 PMCID: PMC6742721 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2019.00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Years of research have added to our understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). None-the-less there is still much that is poorly understood. There is a need for, and ongoing interest in, developing a deeper understanding of this disorder to optimally identify risk and better inform treatment. Here, we present a compilation of findings examining ADHD both behaviorally and using neurophysiologic markers. Drawing on early work of McIntosh and co-investigators, we examined response to sensory challenge in children with ADHD, measuring HPA activity and electrodermal response (EDR) secondary to sensory stressors. In addition, we have examined the relationship between these physiologic measures, and reports of behavioral sensory over-responsivity and anxiety. Findings suggest that sensory responsivity differentiates among children with ADHD and warrants consideration. We link these findings with research conducted both prior to and after our own work and emphasize that there a growing knowledge supporting a relationship between ADHD and sensory over-responsivity, but more research is needed. Given the call from the National Institute of Health to move toward a more dimensional diagnostic process for mental health concerns, and away from the more routine categorical diagnostic process, we suggest sensory over-responsivity as a dimension in the diagnostic process for children with ADHD.
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- Shelly J. Lane
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health and Human Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Faculty of Health and Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Kathryn Lawrence Dragas Sensory Processing and Stress Evaluation Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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Cooper HE, Kaden E, Halliday LF, Bamiou DE, Mankad K, Peters C, Clark CA. White matter microstructural abnormalities in children with severe congenital hypothyroidism. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 24:101980. [PMID: 31446316 PMCID: PMC6713841 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This study assessed white matter microstructural integrity and behavioral correlates for children with severe congenital hypothyroidism (CH) who were identified and treated early following newborn screening. Eighteen children with severe CH and 21 healthy controls underwent a battery of behavioral measures of hearing, language and communication, along with diffusion MR imaging. Tract-based spatial statistics were performed on standard diffusion parameters of fractional anisotropy and diffusivity metrics. Microscopic diffusion anisotropy mapping based on the Spherical Mean Technique was also used to evaluate biologically specific metrics. Compared with age-matched controls, children with severe CH had poorer hearing and communication skills, albeit generally within normal limits. Children with severe CH had fractional anisotropy that was significantly lower in the cerebellum, bilateral thalami and right temporal lobe, and radial diffusivity that was significantly higher in the cerebellum and bilateral thalami. Microscopic fractional anisotropy and intra-neurite volume fraction were also significantly decreased, and transverse microscopic diffusivity was significantly increased, in the CH group in areas including the cerebellum, thalamus, occipital lobe, and corpus callosum, and in the white matter adjacent to sensorimotor cortex, particularly in the left hemisphere. Significant and widespread correlations were observed between behavioral measures and measures of white matter microstructural integrity in children with CH. The results indicate that children with severe CH who are identified through newborn screening may have significant brain white matter microstructural abnormalities despite early treatment. Children with severe CH show reductions in white matter microstructural integrity. Hearing and communication abilities are impaired for some children with severe CH. White matter abnormalities are associated with communication abilities in CH.
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- Hannah E Cooper
- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK.
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- UCL Ear Institute, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK; National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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