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Du D, Zheng T, Wang Z, Chen Y, Wu S, Yang L, Lu J, Liu L. Evaluating the therapeutic effect of LIPUS in the early stage of traumatic brain injury using FA and T2 * in rats. Aging (Albany NY) 2024; 16:11744-11754. [PMID: 39137314 PMCID: PMC11346775 DOI: 10.18632/aging.206060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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To evaluate the protective effect of LIPUS at the early stage of brain trauma in rats, 45 rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: sham (n = 15), TBI (n = 15) and LIPUS treatment groups (n = 15). Ipsilateral and contralateral cortical and thalamic parameters obtained by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fast low-angle shot magnetic resonance imaging (FLASH-MRI) were measured at different times after trauma. For fractional anisotropy (FA) and T2* values, two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc was used for intergroup comparisons. With observation time prolonged, the FA values of the ipsilateral cortex in the TBI group gradually increased and were significantly higher than those in the LIPUS treatment group on Day 7 (adjusted P = 0.0067). FA values in the contralateral cortex decreased at this time and were significantly lower than those in the LIPUS treatment group (adjusted P = 0.0192). Meanwhile, compared with LIPUS group, FA values were significantly higher in the injured thalamus (adjusted P = 0.0025). Combined with correlation analysis, FA values were positively correlated with neuronal damage (P = 0.0148, r2 = 0.895). At 7 days after trauma, T2* values in the ipsilateral cortex of the TBI group were significantly lower. After analysis of ferritin content and correlation, we found that T2* values were negatively correlated with ferritin (P = 0.0259, r2 = -0.849). By measuring post-traumatic changes in FA and T2* values, it is possible to demonstrate a neuronal protective effect of LIPUS in the early phase of TBI rats and promote brain rehabilitation.
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- Dan Du
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
- Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
- Institute of Medical Technology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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Rahmani F, Batson RD, Zimmerman A, Reddigari S, Bigler ED, Lanning SC, Ilasa E, Grafman JH, Lu H, Lin AP, Raji CA. Rate of abnormalities in quantitative MR neuroimaging of persons with chronic traumatic brain injury. BMC Neurol 2024; 24:235. [PMID: 38969967 PMCID: PMC11225195 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-024-03745-6] [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: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can result in lasting brain damage that is often too subtle to detect by qualitative visual inspection on conventional MR imaging. Although a number of FDA-cleared MR neuroimaging tools have demonstrated changes associated with mTBI, they are still under-utilized in clinical practice. METHODS We investigated a group of 65 individuals with predominantly mTBI (60 mTBI, 48 due to motor-vehicle collision, mean age 47 ± 13 years, 27 men and 38 women) with MR neuroimaging performed in a median of 37 months post-injury. We evaluated abnormalities in brain volumetry including analysis of left-right asymmetry by quantitative volumetric analysis, cerebral perfusion by pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (PCASL), white matter microstructure by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and neurometabolites via magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). RESULTS All participants demonstrated atrophy in at least one lobar structure or increased lateral ventricular volume. The globus pallidi and cerebellar grey matter were most likely to demonstrate atrophy and asymmetry. Perfusion imaging revealed significant reductions of cerebral blood flow in both occipital and right frontoparietal regions. Diffusion abnormalities were relatively less common though a subset analysis of participants with higher resolution DTI demonstrated additional abnormalities. All participants showed abnormal levels on at least one brain metabolite, most commonly in choline and N-acetylaspartate. CONCLUSION We demonstrate the presence of coup-contrecoup perfusion injury patterns, widespread atrophy, regional brain volume asymmetry, and metabolic aberrations as sensitive markers of chronic mTBI sequelae. Our findings expand the historic focus on quantitative imaging of mTBI with DTI by highlighting the complementary importance of volumetry, arterial spin labeling perfusion and magnetic resonance spectroscopy neurometabolite analyses in the evaluation of chronic mTBI.
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- Farzaneh Rahmani
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Endocrine & Brain Injury Research Alliance, Neurevolution Medicine, PLLC, NUNM Helfgott Research Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurology, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Center, Department of Psychiatry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Clinical Spectroscopy, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
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Rajkumar RP. Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Integrative Review. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11051465. [PMID: 37239136 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11051465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder that occurs following exposure to traumatic events. Recent evidence suggests that PTSD may be a risk factor for the development of subsequent neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's dementia and Parkinson's disease. Identification of biomarkers known to be associated with neurodegeneration in patients with PTSD would shed light on the pathophysiological mechanisms linking these disorders and would also help in the development of preventive strategies for neurodegenerative disorders in PTSD. With this background, the PubMed and Scopus databases were searched for studies designed to identify biomarkers that could be associated with an increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders in patients with PTSD. Out of a total of 342 citations retrieved, 29 studies were identified for inclusion in the review. The results of these studies suggest that biomarkers such as cerebral cortical thinning, disrupted white matter integrity, specific genetic polymorphisms, immune-inflammatory alterations, vitamin D deficiency, metabolic syndrome, and objectively documented parasomnias are significantly associated with PTSD and may predict an increased risk of subsequent neurodegenerative disorders. The biological mechanisms underlying these changes, and the interactions between them, are also explored. Though requiring replication, these findings highlight a number of biological pathways that plausibly link PTSD with neurodegenerative disorders and suggest potentially valuable avenues for prevention and early intervention.
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- Ravi Philip Rajkumar
- Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 605006, India
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Volumetric MRI Findings in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and Neuropsychological Outcome. Neuropsychol Rev 2023; 33:5-41. [PMID: 33656702 DOI: 10.1007/s11065-020-09474-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Region of interest (ROI) volumetric assessment has become a standard technique in quantitative neuroimaging. ROI volume is thought to represent a coarse proxy for making inferences about the structural integrity of a brain region when compared to normative values representative of a healthy sample, adjusted for age and various demographic factors. This review focuses on structural volumetric analyses that have been performed in the study of neuropathological effects from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in relation to neuropsychological outcome. From a ROI perspective, the probable candidate structures that are most likely affected in mTBI represent the target regions covered in this review. These include the corpus callosum, cingulate, thalamus, pituitary-hypothalamic area, basal ganglia, amygdala, and hippocampus and associated structures including the fornix and mammillary bodies, as well as whole brain and cerebral cortex along with the cerebellum. Ventricular volumetrics are also reviewed as an indirect assessment of parenchymal change in response to injury. This review demonstrates the potential role and limitations of examining structural changes in the ROIs mentioned above in relation to neuropsychological outcome. There is also discussion and review of the role that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may play in structural outcome in mTBI. As emphasized in the conclusions, structural volumetric findings in mTBI are likely just a single facet of what should be a multimodality approach to image analysis in mTBI, with an emphasis on how the injury damages or disrupts neural network integrity. The review provides an historical context to quantitative neuroimaging in neuropsychology along with commentary about future directions for volumetric neuroimaging research in mTBI.
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Kornaropoulos EN, Winzeck S, Rumetshofer T, Wikstrom A, Knutsson L, Correia MM, Sundgren PC, Nilsson M. Sensitivity of Diffusion MRI to White Matter Pathology: Influence of Diffusion Protocol, Magnetic Field Strength, and Processing Pipeline in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Front Neurol 2022; 13:837385. [PMID: 35557624 PMCID: PMC9087851 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.837385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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There are many ways to acquire and process diffusion MRI (dMRI) data for group studies, but it is unknown which maximizes the sensitivity to white matter (WM) pathology. Inspired by this question, we analyzed data acquired for diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) at 3T (3T-DTI and 3T-DKI) and DTI at 7T in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy controls (HC). Parameter estimates in 72 WM tracts were obtained using TractSeg. The impact on the sensitivity to WM pathology was evaluated for the diffusion protocol, the magnetic field strength, and the processing pipeline. Sensitivity was quantified in terms of Cohen's d for group comparison. Results showed that the choice of diffusion protocol had the largest impact on the effect size. The effect size in fractional anisotropy (FA) across all WM tracts was 0.26 higher when derived by DTI than by DKI and 0.20 higher in 3T compared with 7T. The difference due to the diffusion protocol was larger than the difference due to magnetic field strength for the majority of diffusion parameters. In contrast, the difference between including or excluding different processing steps was near negligible, except for the correction of distortions from eddy currents and motion which had a clearly positive impact. For example, effect sizes increased on average by 0.07 by including motion and eddy correction for FA derived from 3T-DTI. Effect sizes were slightly reduced by the incorporation of denoising and Gibbs-ringing removal (on average by 0.011 and 0.005, respectively). Smoothing prior to diffusion model fitting generally reduced effect sizes. In summary, 3T-DTI in combination with eddy current and motion correction yielded the highest sensitivity to WM pathology in patients with SLE. However, our results also indicated that the 3T-DKI and 7T-DTI protocols used here may be adjusted to increase effect sizes.
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- Evgenios N. Kornaropoulos
- Clinical Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioMedIA Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- F.M. Kirby Research Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Lund University BioImaging Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Abdelrahman HAF, Ubukata S, Ueda K, Fujimoto G, Oishi N, Aso T, Murai T. Combining Multiple Indices of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Can Better Differentiate Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury from Healthy Subjects. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2022; 18:1801-1814. [PMID: 36039160 PMCID: PMC9419894 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s354265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is one of the most common pathological features of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indices can be used to identify and quantify white matter microstructural changes following DAI. Recently, many studies have used DTI with various machine learning approaches to predict white matter microstructural changes following TBI. The current study sought to examine whether our classification approach using multiple DTI indices in conjunction with machine learning is a useful tool for diagnosing/classifying TBI patients and healthy controls. METHODS Participants were adult patients with chronic TBI (n = 26) with DAI pathology, and age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 26). DTI images were obtained from all participants. Tract-based spatial statistics analyses were applied to DTI images. Classification models were built using principal component analysis and support vector machines. Receiver operator characteristic curve analysis and area under the curve were used to assess the classification performance of the different classifiers. RESULTS Tract-based spatial statistics revealed significantly decreased fractional anisotropy, as well as increased mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity in patients with TBI compared with healthy controls (all p-values < 0.01). The principal component analysis and support vector machine-based machine learning classification using combined DTI indices classified patients with TBI and healthy controls with an accuracy of 90.5% with an area under the curve of 93 ± 0.09. CONCLUSION These results highlight the potential of our approach combining multiple DTI measures to identify patients with TBI.
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine-Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine-Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory for Brain Connectomics Imaging, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Turner S, Lazarus R, Marion D, Main KL. Molecular and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury: Principles for Investigation and Integration. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:1762-1782. [PMID: 33446015 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2020.7259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The last 20 years have seen the advent of new technologies that enhance the diagnosis and prognosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI). There is recognition that TBI affects the brain beyond initial injury, in some cases inciting a progressive neuropathology that leads to chronic impairments. Medical researchers are now searching for biomarkers to detect and monitor this condition. Perhaps the most promising developments are in the biomolecular and neuroimaging domains. Molecular assays can identify proteins indicative of neuronal injury and/or degeneration. Diffusion imaging now allows sensitive evaluations of the brain's cellular microstructure. As the pace of discovery accelerates, it is important to survey the research landscape and identify promising avenues of investigation. In this review, we discuss the potential of molecular and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) biomarkers in TBI research. Integration of these technologies could advance models of disease prognosis, ultimately improving care. To date, however, few studies have explored relationships between molecular and DTI variables in patients with TBI. Here, we provide a short primer on each technology, review the latest research, and discuss how these biomarkers may be incorporated in future studies.
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- Stephanie Turner
- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.,General Dynamics Information Technology, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.,General Dynamics Information Technology, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.,General Dynamics Information Technology, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.,General Dynamics Information Technology, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Ferris LM, Kontos AP, Eagle SR, Elbin RJ, Collins MW, Mucha A, Clugston JR, Port NL. Predictive Accuracy of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 and Vestibular/Ocular-Motor Screening, Individually and In Combination: A National Collegiate Athletic Association-Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Consortium Analysis. Am J Sports Med 2021; 49:1040-1048. [PMID: 33600216 DOI: 10.1177/0363546520988098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vestibular and ocular symptoms in sport-related concussions are common. The Vestibular/Ocular-Motor Screening (VOMS) tool is a rapid, free, pen-and-paper tool that directly assesses these symptoms and shows consistent utility in concussion identification, prognosis, and management. However, a VOMS validation study in the acute concussion period of a large sample is lacking. PURPOSE To examine VOMS validity among collegiate student-athletes, concussed and nonconcussed, from the multisite National Collegiate Athletic Association-Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium. A secondary aim was to utilize multidimensional machine learning pattern classifiers to deduce the additive power of the VOMS in relation to components of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3). STUDY DESIGN Cohort study (diagnosis); Level of evidence, 3. METHODS Preseason and acute concussion assessments were analyzed for 419 student-athletes. Variables in the analysis included the VOMS, Balance Error Scoring System, Standardized Assessment of Concussion, and SCAT3 symptom evaluation score. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all tools, including Kolmogorov-Smirnov significance and Cohen d effect size. Correlations between tools were analyzed with Spearman r, and predictive accuracy was evaluated through an Ada Boosted Tree machine learning model's generated receiver operating characteristic curves. RESULTS Total VOMS scores and SCAT3 symptom scores demonstrated significant increases in the acute concussion time frame (Cohen d = 1.23 and 1.06; P < .0001), whereas the Balance Error Scoring System lacked clinical significance (Cohen d = 0.17). Incorporation of VOMS into the full SCAT3 significantly boosted overall diagnostic ability by 4.4% to an area under the curve of 0.848 (P < .0001) and produced a 9% improvement in test sensitivity over the existing SCAT3 battery. CONCLUSION The results from this study highlight the relevance of the vestibular and oculomotor systems to concussion and the utility of the VOMS tool. Given the 3.8 million sports-related and 45,121 military-related concussions per year, the addition of VOMS to the SCAT3 is poised to identify up to an additional 304,000 athletes and 3610 servicemembers annually who are concussed, thereby improving concussion assessment and diagnostic rates. Health care providers should consider the addition of VOMS to their concussion assessment toolkits, as its use can positively affect assessment and management of concussions, which may ultimately improve outcomes for this complex and common injury.
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- Lyndsey M Ferris
- Indiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Arkansas, Fayatteville, Arkansas, USA
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- UPMC Centers for Rehab Services, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Indiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Jin D, Su X, Wang Y, Shi D, Xu L. Intelligent diagnostic analysis based on pattern recognition of DTI image. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS 2021. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-189797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Traditional brain imaging usually does not show anomalies. Based on this, this study used DTI to find evidence that the brain structure microstructure may be abnormal, and to study the BOLD signal changes of functional magnetic resonance imaging and the changes of DTI microstructure in patients with mild traumatic brain injury. At the same time, based on literature collection and actual data, the current status of nuclear magnetic resonance diagnosis of brain trauma was collected. Moreover, this study combines the problem to improve the algorithm and propose an image diagnosis method for brain trauma to improve the cluster quality and stability. In addition, the experiment was designed to analyze the performance of the algorithm in this study. Finally, in this study, resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to study the resting brain function in patients with mild cognitive impairment within one week after traumatic brain injury. The results show that the method proposed in this study has certain effects and can provide theoretical reference for related research.
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- Dan Jin
- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow, University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow, University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow, University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow, University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow, University, Suzhou, China
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Relationship between depression and dorsolateral prefronto-thalamic tract injury in patients with mild traumatic brain injury. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19728. [PMID: 33184443 PMCID: PMC7661494 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76889-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The prefrontal lobe has been considered to be closely related to depression. This study examined the relationship between depression and three prefronto-thalamic tract (PF-TT) regions (the dorsolateral prefronto-thalamic tract [DLPF-TT], ventrolateral prefronto-thalamic tract [VLPF-TT], and the orbitofronto-thalamic tract [OF-TT]) in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). Thirty-seven patients with depression following mild TBI were recruited based on Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) scores. Thirty-one normal control subjects were also recruited. The three regions of the PF-TTs were reconstructed using probabilistic tractography and DTT parameters for each of the three PF-TT regions were determined. The tract volume of the DLPF-TT and OF-TT in the patient group showed a significant decrease compared to that of the control group (p < 0.05). The BDI-II score of the patient group showed a moderate negative correlation with the tract volume value of the right (r = − 0.33) and left (r = − 0.41) DLPF-TT (p < 0.05). On the other hand, no significant correlations were detected between the BDI-II score of the patient group and the values of the other DTT parameters values for the three PF-TT regions (p > 0.05). Using DTT, depression was found to be closely related to a DLPF-TT injury in patients with mild TBI. We believe that evaluation of the DLPF-TT using DTT would be helpful when assessing patients with depression following mild TBI. These results can provide useful information regarding the proper application of neuromodulation in the management of depression.
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Shafqat Q, Christensen J, Hamilton AM, Imhof E, Mychasiuk RM, Dunn JF. Acute Dilation of Venous Sinuses in Animal Models of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Detected Using 9.4T MRI. Front Neurol 2020; 11:307. [PMID: 32411081 PMCID: PMC7198763 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a debilitating but extremely common form of brain injury that affects a substantial number of people each year. mTBI is especially common in children and adolescents. Our understanding of mTBI pathophysiology is limited, and there is currently no accepted marker for disease severity. A potential marker for disease severity may be cerebrovascular dysfunction. Recent findings have implicated cerebrovascular alteration as an important component of mTBI and suggest it contributes to the development of persistent, long-term symptoms. In this paper, we conducted two studies to investigate whether mTBI affects venous drainage patterns in the central nervous system using alterations in the size of venous sinuses as a marker of changes in drainage. Using a closed head vertical weight-drop model and a lateral impact injury model of mTBI, we imaged and quantified the size of three major draining vessels in the adolescent rat brain using 9.4T MRI. Areas and volumes were quantified in the superior sagittal sinus and left and right transverse sinuses using images acquired from T2w MRI in one study and post-gadolinium T1w MRI in another. Our results indicated that the three venous sinuses were significantly larger in mTBI rats as compared to sham rats 1-day post injury but recovered to normal size 2 weeks after. Acutely enlarged sinuses post-mTBI may indicate abnormal venous drainage, and this could be suggestive of a cerebrovascular response to trauma.
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- Qandeel Shafqat
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Sreedharan S, Veeramuthu V, Hariri F, Hamzah N, Ramli N, Narayanan V. Cerebral white matter microstructural changes in isolated maxillofacial trauma and associated neuropsychological outcomes. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2020; 49:1183-1192. [PMID: 32224001 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Isolated traumatic maxillofacial injury without concomitant brain injury may cause delayed post-concussive symptoms. Early identification allows optimal diagnosis, prognostication, and therapeutic intervention. The aim of this prospective observational study was to investigate longitudinal microstructural changes of the white matter (WM) tracts based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indices in patients with isolated maxillofacial injuries, immediately and 6 months post-trauma, and to correlate these DTI indices with neuropsychological changes observed. Twenty-one patients with isolated maxillofacial injuries and 21 age-matched controls were recruited. DTI was performed and indices were calculated for 50 WM tracts. The neuropsychological evaluation was done using the screening module of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery. Patients were subjected to repeat DTI and neuropsychological evaluation at 6 months post-trauma. Reduced fractional anisotropy (FA) and increased median (MD) and radial diffusivity (RD) in the acute phase were seen in major association, projection, and commissural fibre bundles, indicative of vasogenic oedema. These changes correlated with attention and executive function deficits in the acute phase, as well as improvement in memory and visuospatial function in the chronic phase. Isolated maxillofacial trauma patients develop WM microstructural damage, which may impair cognitive performance acutely and over time. DTI indices can serve as predictive imaging biomarkers for long-term cognitive deficits in isolated maxillofacial injuries.
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- S Sreedharan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- ReGen Rehabilitation International Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Psychology, University of Reading Malaysia, Iskandar, Malaysia.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- University Malaya Research Imaging Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Wende T, Hoffmann KT, Meixensberger J. Tractography in Neurosurgery: A Systematic Review of Current Applications. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2020; 81:442-455. [PMID: 32176926 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1691823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The ability to visualize the brain's fiber connections noninvasively in vivo is relatively young compared with other possibilities of functional magnetic resonance imaging. Although many studies showed tractography to be of promising value for neurosurgical care, the implications remain inconclusive. An overview of current applications is presented in this systematic review. A search was conducted for (("tractography" or "fiber tracking" or "fibre tracking") and "neurosurgery") that produced 751 results. We identified 260 relevant articles and added 20 more from other sources. Most publications concerned surgical planning for resection of tumors (n = 193) and vascular lesions (n = 15). Preoperative use of transcranial magnetic stimulation was discussed in 22 of these articles. Tractography in skull base surgery presents a special challenge (n = 29). Fewer publications evaluated traumatic brain injury (TBI) (n = 25) and spontaneous intracranial bleeding (n = 22). Twenty-three articles focused on tractography in pediatric neurosurgery. Most authors found tractography to be a valuable addition in neurosurgical care. The accuracy of the technique has increased over time. There are articles suggesting that tractography improves patient outcome after tumor resection. However, no reliable biomarkers have yet been described. The better rehabilitation potential after TBI and spontaneous intracranial bleeding compared with brain tumors offers an insight into the process of neurorehabilitation. Tractography and diffusion measurements in some studies showed a correlation with patient outcome that might help uncover the neuroanatomical principles of rehabilitation itself. Alternative corticofugal and cortico-cortical networks have been implicated in motor recovery after ischemic stroke, suggesting more complex mechanisms in neurorehabilitation that go beyond current models. Hence tractography may potentially be able to predict clinical deficits and rehabilitation potential, as well as finding possible explanations for neurologic disorders in retrospect. However, large variations of the results indicate a lack of data to establish robust diagnostical concepts at this point. Therefore, in vivo tractography should still be interpreted with caution and by experienced surgeons.
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- Tim Wende
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Angelopoulou G, Meier EL, Kasselimis D, Pan Y, Tsolakopoulos D, Velonakis G, Karavasilis E, Kelekis NL, Goutsos D, Potagas C, Kiran S. Investigating Gray and White Matter Structural Substrates of Sex Differences in the Narrative Abilities of Healthy Adults. Front Neurosci 2020; 13:1424. [PMID: 32063823 PMCID: PMC7000661 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Linguistic aspects of narration have been investigated in healthy populations, in a wide variety of languages and speech genres with very different results. There is some evidence indicating that linguistic elements, such as speech rate (i.e., the measure indicating the amount of speech produced in a certain time period), mean length of utterance (MLU) (i.e., the index reflecting sentence grammatical structure), frequency of nouns and verbs, might be affected by non-linguistic factors such as sex. On the other hand, despite the existence of neuroimaging evidence of structural differences between males and females, it is yet unknown how such differences could explain between-sex disparities in linguistic abilities in natural speech contexts. To date, no study has evaluated discourse production elements in relation to sex differences and their neural correlates in terms of brain structure, a topic that could provide unique insights on the relationship between language and the brain. The aim of the present study was to determine sex differences in narrative skills in healthy adults and to investigate white and gray matter structural correlates of linguistic skills in each group. Twenty-seven male and 30 female (N = 57) right-handed, neurologically intact, monolingual Greek speakers, matched for age and years of education, participated. Narrations of a personal medical event were elicited. Linguistic elements of speech rate (words per minute), MLUs, frequency of nouns and verbs were calculated for each speech sample, by two independent raters. Structural 3D T1 images were segmented and parcellated using FreeSurfer and whole-brain between-sex differences in cortical thickness, cortical volume and surface area, were obtained. Between-group differences in white matter diffusion tensor scalars were examined via Tract-Based Spatial-Statistics and whole-brain tractography and automated tract delineation using Automated Fiber Quantification. Speech rate and noun frequency were significantly lower for men, while verb frequency was significantly higher for women, but no differences were identified for MLU. Regarding cortical measures, males demonstrated increased volume, surface area and cortical thickness in several bilateral regions, while no voxel-wise or tractography-based between-group differences in white matter metrics were observed. Regarding the relationship between sex and speech variables, hierarchical regression analyses showed that the superior/middle frontal cluster in surface area may serve as a significant predictor of speech rate variance, but only in females. We discuss several possible interpretations of how sex-related speech abilities could be represented differently in men and women in gray matter structures within the broad language network.
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- Georgia Angelopoulou
- Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Radiology, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Radiology, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Radiology, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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Vakhtin AA, Zhang Y, Wintermark M, Massaband P, Robinson MT, Ashford JW, Furst AJ. White Matter Asymmetry: A Reflection of Pathology in Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2020; 37:373-381. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Andrei A. Vakhtin
- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
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- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Neuroradiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Departments of Radiology, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
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- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
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- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Polytrauma, System of Care, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
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Rasheed W, Tang TB. Anomaly Detection of Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Using Auto-Regularized Multi-Instance One-Class SVM. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2020; 28:83-93. [DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2019.2948798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Voxel-based global-brain functional connectivity alterations in first-episode drug-naive patients with somatization disorder. J Affect Disord 2019; 254:82-89. [PMID: 31121532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Altered functional connectivity (FC) is associated with the pathophysiology of patients with somatization disorder (SD). However, inconsistent results were obtained due to different selections of regions of interest (ROIs) in previous researches. This study aims to examine voxel-wise brain-wide FC alterations in patients with first-episode, drug-naive SD in an unbiased way. METHODS A total of 25 patients with SD and 28 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Global-brain FC (GFC) was applied to analyze the images. Receiver operating characteristic curves and support vector machine were used to differentiate the patients from the controls. RESULTS Compared with healthy controls, patients with SD exhibited increased GFC in the right inferior temporal gyrus (t-value = 4.0663, p < 0.001) and left superior occipital gyrus (t-value = 3.8197, p < 0.001). Decreased GFC in the right insula (t-value = ‒4.1667, p < 0.001) was observed in the patients relative to the controls. The GFC values in the right insula of the patients were positively correlated to their scores of the sleep subscale of the Hamilton Depression Scale (r = 0.455, p = 0.022) and the lie subscale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (r = 0.436, p = 0.029). A combination of GFC values in the right insula and left superior occipital gyrus can be applied to discriminate the patients from the controls with optimal sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 88.00%, 85.71%, and 86.79%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that patients with SD show abnormal GFC in the brain areas of insula-centered sensorimotor network, and thus providing a new perspective for understanding the pathological changes of FC in SD. Furthermore, a combination of the GFC values in the right insula and left superior occipital gyrus may be used as a potential biomarker to identify the patients from the controls.
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Avesani P, McPherson B, Hayashi S, Caiafa CF, Henschel R, Garyfallidis E, Kitchell L, Bullock D, Patterson A, Olivetti E, Sporns O, Saykin AJ, Wang L, Dinov I, Hancock D, Caron B, Qian Y, Pestilli F. The open diffusion data derivatives, brain data upcycling via integrated publishing of derivatives and reproducible open cloud services. Sci Data 2019; 6:69. [PMID: 31123325 PMCID: PMC6533280 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0073-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We describe the Open Diffusion Data Derivatives (O3D) repository: an integrated collection of preserved brain data derivatives and processing pipelines, published together using a single digital-object-identifier. The data derivatives were generated using modern diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data (dMRI) with diverse properties of resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. In addition to the data, we publish all processing pipelines (also referred to as open cloud services). The pipelines utilize modern methods for neuroimaging data processing (diffusion-signal modelling, fiber tracking, tractography evaluation, white matter segmentation, and structural connectome construction). The O3D open services can allow cognitive and clinical neuroscientists to run the connectome mapping algorithms on new, user-uploaded, data. Open source code implementing all O3D services is also provided to allow computational and computer scientists to reuse and extend the processing methods. Publishing both data-derivatives and integrated processing pipeline promotes practices for scientific reproducibility and data upcycling by providing open access to the research assets for utilization by multiple scientific communities.
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- Paolo Avesani
- Neuroinformatics Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, via Sommarive 18, 38123, Trento, Italy
- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, via Delle Regole 101, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Pervasive Technology Institute, University Information Technology Services, Indiana University, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
- Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (CCT-La Plata, CONICET; CICPBA), CC5 V, Elisa, 1894, Argentina
- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1063ACV, Argentina
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- Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University Bloomington, 2709 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Programs in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, Indiana University Bloomington, 700N Woodlawn Ave, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
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- Neuroinformatics Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, via Sommarive 18, 38123, Trento, Italy
- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, via Delle Regole 101, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Programs in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, and Indiana Network Science Institute, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Medical and Molecular Genetics, and the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University, 355 W 16th St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710N. Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1322, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR), Center for Complexity of Self-Management in Chronic Disease (CSCD), Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 49109, USA
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- Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University Bloomington, 2709 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Indiana University School of Optometry and Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA
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- Pestilli Lab. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science, Programs in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, School of Optometry, and Indiana Network Science Institute, Indiana University Bloomington, 1101 E 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA.
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Mota APZ, Oliveira TN, Vinson CC, Williams TCR, Costa MMDC, Araujo ACG, Danchin EGJ, Grossi-de-Sá MF, Guimaraes PM, Brasileiro ACM. Contrasting Effects of Wild Arachis Dehydrin Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:497. [PMID: 31057593 PMCID: PMC6482428 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plant dehydrins (DNHs) belong to the LEA (Late Embryogenesis Abundant) protein family and are involved in responses to multiple abiotic stresses. DHNs are classified into five subclasses according to the organization of three conserved motifs (K-; Y-; and S-segments). In the present study, the DHN protein family was characterized by molecular phylogeny, exon/intron organization, protein structure, and tissue-specificity expression in eight Fabaceae species. We identified 20 DHN genes, encompassing three (YnSKn, SKn, and Kn) subclasses sharing similar gene organization and protein structure. Two additional low conserved DHN Φ-segments specific to the legume SKn-type of proteins were also found. The in silico expression patterns of DHN genes in four legume species (Arachis duranensis, A. ipaënsis, Glycine max, and Medicago truncatula) revealed that their tissue-specific regulation is associated with the presence or absence of the Y-segment. Indeed, DHN genes containing a Y-segment are mainly expressed in seeds, whereas those without the Y-segment are ubiquitously expressed. Further qRT-PCR analysis revealed that, amongst stress responsive dehydrins, a SKn-type DHN gene from A. duranensis (AdDHN1) showed opposite response to biotic and abiotic stress with a positive regulation under water deficit and negative regulation upon nematode infection. Furthermore, transgenic Arabidopsis lines overexpressing (OE) AdDHN1 displayed improved tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses (freezing and drought) but increased susceptibility to the biotrophic root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne incognita. This contradictory role of AdDHN1 in responses to abiotic and biotic stresses was further investigated by qRT-PCR analysis of transgenic plants using a set of stress-responsive genes involved in the abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathways and suggested an involvement of DHN overexpression in these stress-signaling pathways.
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- Ana Paula Zotta Mota
- EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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Jordan JT, McNiel DE. Characteristics of a suicide attempt predict who makes another attempt after hospital discharge: A decision-tree investigation. Psychiatry Res 2018; 268:317-322. [PMID: 30096659 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The year following discharge from psychiatric hospitalization is a high-risk period for suicidal behavior, particularly among patients initially hospitalized after a suicide attempt. Demographic and clinical correlates have been identified; however, characteristics of the initial attempt may provide insight into risk for subsequent attempts as well. This investigation examined whether individual or a combination of suicide attempt characteristics predicted future attempts. Two hundred and eighteen psychiatric inpatients from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study with a recent suicide attempt were administered items from the Suicide Intent Scale and followed one year after discharge. Sixty-nine (31.65%) made a subsequent attempt. Data were analyzed by a stepwise logistic regression, followed by an iterative receiver operator curve (IROC) analysis, a recursive partitioning classification tree. The cross-validated IROC, but not logistic regression, predicted subsequent suicide attempts. Furthermore, the IROC found that participants who made definite plans and underwent extensive preparation were at highest risk for subsequent attempts. These findings suggest that suicide attempt characteristics preceding psychiatric hospitalization can help identify patients at elevated risk for another attempt post-discharge.
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- Joshua T Jordan
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Holly KS, Fitz-Gerald JS, Barker BJ, Murcia D, Daggett R, Ledbetter C, Gonzalez-Toledo E, Sun H. Differentiation of High-Grade Glioma and Intracranial Metastasis Using Volumetric Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography. World Neurosurg 2018; 120:e131-e141. [PMID: 30165214 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A reliable, noninvasive method to differentiate high-grade glioma (HGG) and intracranial metastasis (IM) has remained elusive. The aim of this study was to differentiate between HGG and IM using tumoral and peritumoral diffusion tensor imaging characteristics. METHODS A semiautomated script generated volumetric regions of interest (ROIs) for the tumor and a peritumoral shell at a predetermined voxel thickness. ROI differences in diffusion tensor imaging-related metrics between HGG and IM groups were estimated, including fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, total fiber tract counts, and tract density. RESULTS The HGG group (n = 46) had a significantly higher tumor-to-brain volume ratio than the IM group (n = 35) (P < 0.001). The HGG group exhibited significantly higher mean fractional anisotropy and significantly lower mean diffusivity within peritumoral ROI than the IM group (P < 0.05). The HGG group exhibited significantly higher total tract count and higher tract density in tumoral and peritumoral ROIs than the IM group (P < 0.05). Tumoral tract count and peritumoral tract density were the most optimal metrics to differentiate the groups based on receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Predictive analysis using receiver operating characteristic curve thresholds was performed on 13 additional participants. Compared with correct clinical diagnoses, the 2 thresholds exhibited equal specificities (66.7%), but the tumoral tract count (85.7%) seemed more sensitive in differentiating the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS Tract count and tract density were significantly different in tumoral and peritumoral regions between HGG and IM. Differences in microenvironmental interactions between the tumor types may cause these tract differences.
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- Kevin S Holly
- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
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- Vincent M Vacca
- Vincent M. Vacca, Jr., is adjunct faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University in Boston, Mass
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Yeatman JD, Richie-Halford A, Smith JK, Keshavan A, Rokem A. A browser-based tool for visualization and analysis of diffusion MRI data. Nat Commun 2018; 9:940. [PMID: 29507333 PMCID: PMC5838108 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03297-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Human neuroscience research faces several challenges with regards to reproducibility. While scientists are generally aware that data sharing is important, it is not always clear how to share data in a manner that allows other labs to understand and reproduce published findings. Here we report a new open source tool, AFQ-Browser, that builds an interactive website as a companion to a diffusion MRI study. Because AFQ-Browser is portable-it runs in any web-browser-it can facilitate transparency and data sharing. Moreover, by leveraging new web-visualization technologies to create linked views between different dimensions of the dataset (anatomy, diffusion metrics, subject metadata), AFQ-Browser facilitates exploratory data analysis, fueling new discoveries based on previously published datasets. In an era where Big Data is playing an increasingly prominent role in scientific discovery, so will browser-based tools for exploring high-dimensional datasets, communicating scientific discoveries, aggregating data across labs, and publishing data alongside manuscripts.
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- Jason D Yeatman
- Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, Portage Bay Building, Box 357988, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, Portage Bay Building, Box 357988, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- eScience Institute, WRF Data Science Studio, University of Washington, Physics/Astronomy Tower (PAT), 6th Floor 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- eScience Institute, WRF Data Science Studio, University of Washington, Physics/Astronomy Tower (PAT), 6th Floor 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
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Kenzie ES, Parks EL, Bigler ED, Lim MM, Chesnutt JC, Wakeland W. Concussion As a Multi-Scale Complex System: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Current Knowledge. Front Neurol 2017; 8:513. [PMID: 29033888 PMCID: PMC5626937 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called "the most complicated disease of the most complex organ of the body" and is an increasingly high-profile public health issue. Many patients report long-term impairments following even "mild" injuries, but reliable criteria for diagnosis and prognosis are lacking. Every clinical trial for TBI treatment to date has failed to demonstrate reliable and safe improvement in outcomes, and the existing body of literature is insufficient to support the creation of a new classification system. Concussion, or mild TBI, is a highly heterogeneous phenomenon, and numerous factors interact dynamically to influence an individual's recovery trajectory. Many of the obstacles faced in research and clinical practice related to TBI and concussion, including observed heterogeneity, arguably stem from the complexity of the condition itself. To improve understanding of this complexity, we review the current state of research through the lens provided by the interdisciplinary field of systems science, which has been increasingly applied to biomedical issues. The review was conducted iteratively, through multiple phases of literature review, expert interviews, and systems diagramming and represents the first phase in an effort to develop systems models of concussion. The primary focus of this work was to examine concepts and ways of thinking about concussion that currently impede research design and block advancements in care of TBI. Results are presented in the form of a multi-scale conceptual framework intended to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, improve research design, and provide a broader, multi-scale model for understanding concussion pathophysiology, classification, and treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Erin S. Kenzie
- Systems Science Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Systems Science Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Sleep Disorders Clinic, Division of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, United States
- Departments of Neurology, Medicine, and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- TBI/Concussion Program, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Systems Science Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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