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Hok P, Thai QT, Bučková BR, Domin M, Řasová K, Tintěra J, Lotze M, Grothe M, Hlinka J. Global functional connectivity reorganization reflects cognitive processing speed deficits and fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2024:e16421. [PMID: 39058296 DOI: 10.1111/ene.16421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cognitive impairment (CI) in multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with bidirectional changes in resting-state centrality measures. However, practicable functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) biomarkers of CI are still lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the graph-theory-based degree rank order disruption index (kD) and its association with cognitive processing speed as a marker of CI in patients with MS (PwMS) in a secondary cross-sectional fMRI analysis. METHODS Differentiation between PwMS and healthy controls (HCs) using kD and its correlation with CI (Symbol Digit Modalities Test) was compared to established imaging biomarkers (regional degree, volumetry, diffusion-weighted imaging, lesion mapping). Additional associations were assessed for fatigue (Fatigue Scale for Motor and Cognitive Functions), gait and global disability. RESULTS Analysis in 56 PwMS and 58 HCs (35/27 women, median age 45.1/40.5 years) showed lower kD in PwMS than in HCs (median -0.30/-0.06, interquartile range 0.55/0.54; p = 0.009, Mann-Whitney U test), yielding acceptable yet non-superior differentiation (area under curve 0.64). kD and degree in medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) correlated with CI (kD/MPFC Spearman's ρ = 0.32/-0.45, p = 0.019/0.001, n = 55). kD also explained fatigue (ρ = -0.34, p = 0.010, n = 56) but neither gait nor disability. CONCLUSIONS kD is a potential biomarker of CI and fatigue warranting further validation.
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- Pavel Hok
- Department of Neurology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Functional Imaging Unit, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Functional Imaging Unit, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Complex Systems, Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Functional Imaging Unit, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Radiodiagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czechia
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- Functional Imaging Unit, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Complex Systems, Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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Lin L, Wu Y, Liu L, Sun S, Wu S. Understanding the Temporal Dynamics of Accelerated Brain Aging and Resilient Brain Aging: Insights from Discriminative Event-Based Analysis of UK Biobank Data. Bioengineering (Basel) 2024; 11:647. [PMID: 39061729 PMCID: PMC11273398 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11070647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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The intricate dynamics of brain aging, especially the neurodegenerative mechanisms driving accelerated (ABA) and resilient brain aging (RBA), are pivotal in neuroscience. Understanding the temporal dynamics of these phenotypes is crucial for identifying vulnerabilities to cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of the temporal dynamics and neuroimaging biomarkers linked to ABA and RBA. This study addressed this gap by utilizing a large-scale UK Biobank (UKB) cohort, with the aim to elucidate brain aging heterogeneity and establish the foundation for targeted interventions. Employing Lasso regression on multimodal neuroimaging data, structural MRI (sMRI), diffusion MRI (dMRI), and resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI), we predicted the brain age and classified individuals into ABA and RBA cohorts. Our findings identified 1949 subjects (6.2%) as representative of the ABA subpopulation and 3203 subjects (10.1%) as representative of the RBA subpopulation. Additionally, the Discriminative Event-Based Model (DEBM) was applied to estimate the sequence of biomarker changes across aging trajectories. Our analysis unveiled distinct central ordering patterns between the ABA and RBA cohorts, with profound implications for understanding cognitive decline and vulnerability to neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, the ABA cohort exhibited early degeneration in four functional networks and two cognitive domains, with cortical thinning initially observed in the right hemisphere, followed by the temporal lobe. In contrast, the RBA cohort demonstrated initial degeneration in the three functional networks, with cortical thinning predominantly in the left hemisphere and white matter microstructural degeneration occurring at more advanced stages. The detailed aging progression timeline constructed through our DEBM analysis positioned subjects according to their estimated stage of aging, offering a nuanced view of the aging brain's alterations. This study holds promise for the development of targeted interventions aimed at mitigating age-related cognitive decline.
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- Lan Lin
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.W.); (L.L.); (S.W.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.W.); (L.L.); (S.W.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.W.); (L.L.); (S.W.)
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- Intelligent Physiological Measurement and Clinical Translation, Beijing International Base for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.W.); (L.L.); (S.W.)
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Young AL, Oxtoby NP, Garbarino S, Fox NC, Barkhof F, Schott JM, Alexander DC. Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box. Nat Rev Neurosci 2024; 25:111-130. [PMID: 38191721 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-023-00779-6] [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] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Data-driven disease progression models are an emerging set of computational tools that reconstruct disease timelines for long-term chronic diseases, providing unique insights into disease processes and their underlying mechanisms. Such methods combine a priori human knowledge and assumptions with large-scale data processing and parameter estimation to infer long-term disease trajectories from short-term data. In contrast to 'black box' machine learning tools, data-driven disease progression models typically require fewer data and are inherently interpretable, thereby aiding disease understanding in addition to enabling classification, prediction and stratification. In this Review, we place the current landscape of data-driven disease progression models in a general framework and discuss their enhanced utility for constructing a disease timeline compared with wider machine learning tools that construct static disease profiles. We review the insights they have enabled across multiple neurodegenerative diseases, notably Alzheimer disease, for applications such as determining temporal trajectories of disease biomarkers, testing hypotheses about disease mechanisms and uncovering disease subtypes. We outline key areas for technological development and translation to a broader range of neuroscience and non-neuroscience applications. Finally, we discuss potential pathways and barriers to integrating disease progression models into clinical practice and trial settings.
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- Alexandra L Young
- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
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- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
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- Life Science Computational Laboratory, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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Cacciaguerra L, Curatoli C, Vizzino C, Valsasina P, Filippi M, Rocca MA. Functional correlates of cognitive abilities vary with age in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2024; 82:105404. [PMID: 38159365 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.105404] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric multiple sclerosis (PedMS) can hamper brain maturation. Aim of this study was to assess the neuropsychological profile of PedMS patients and their resting-state functional connectivity (RS FC). METHODS We assessed intelligence quotient (IQ), executive speed, and language in 76 PedMS patients. On a 3.0T scanner RS FC of brain networks was estimated with a seed-based analysis (subset of 58 right-handed PedMS patients and 22 matched healthy controls). Comparisons were run between controls and PedMS (whole cohort and by age). RESULTS Ninety-five% of patients had normal IQ. The highest rate of failure was observed in executive speed. PedMS showed reduced RS FC in all networks than controls, especially in the basal ganglia. In younger patients (<16-year-old, n = 32) reduced RS FC in the basal ganglia, language, and sensorimotor networks associated with poorer cognitive performance (p < 0.05; r range: 0.39; 0.56). Older patients (≥16-year-old, n = 26) showed increased RS FC in the basal ganglia, default-mode, sensorimotor, executive, and language networks, associated with poorer performance in executive speed and language abilities (p < 0.05; r range: -0.40; -0.59). In both groups, lower RS FC of the caudate nucleus associated with poorer executive speed. CONCLUSIONS The effect of PedMS on RS FC is clinically relevant and differs according to patients' age.
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- Laura Cacciaguerra
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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Xiang Y, Huang X, Xu Q, Liu Z, Chen Y, Sun Q, Wang J, Jiang H, Shen L, Yan X, Tang B, Guo J. Estimating the sequence of biomarker changes in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2024; 118:105939. [PMID: 38029648 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105939] [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: 07/01/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the sequence of several common biomarker changes in Parkinson's disease (PD) using a novel data-driven method. METHODS We included 374 PD patients and 169 healthy controls (HC) from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI). Biomarkers, including the left putamen striatal binding ratio (SBR), right putamen SBR, left caudate SBR, right caudate SBR, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α-synuclein, and serum neurofilament light chain (NfL), were selected in our study. The discriminative event-based model (DEBM) was utilized to model the sequence of biomarker changes and establish the disease progression timeline. The estimated disease stages for each subject were obtained through cross-validation. The associations between the estimated disease stages and the clinical symptoms of PD were explored using Spearman's correlation. RESULTS The left putamen is the earliest biomarker to become abnormal among the selected biomarkers, followed by the right putamen, CSF α-synuclein, right caudate, left caudate, and serum NfL. The estimated disease stages are significantly different between PD and HC and yield a high accuracy for distinguishing PD from HC, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.98 (95% confidence interval 0.97-0.99), a sensitivity of 0.95, and a specificity of 0.92. Moreover, the estimated disease stages correlate with motor experiences of daily living, motor symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, and anxiety in PD patients. CONCLUSION We determined the sequence of several common biomarker changes in PD using DEBM, providing data-driven evidence of the disease progression of PD.
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- Yaqin Xiang
- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Centre for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Centre for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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Tozlu C, Olafson E, Jamison KW, Demmon E, Kaunzner U, Marcille M, Zinger N, Michaelson N, Safi N, Nguyen T, Gauthier S, Kuceyeski A. The sequence of regional structural disconnectivity due to multiple sclerosis lesions. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad332. [PMID: 38107503 PMCID: PMC10724045 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad332] [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: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Prediction of disease progression is challenging in multiple sclerosis as the sequence of lesion development and retention of inflammation within a subset of chronic lesions is heterogeneous among patients. We investigated the sequence of lesion-related regional structural disconnectivity across the spectrum of disability and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis. In a full cohort of 482 multiple sclerosis patients (age: 41.83 ± 11.63 years, 71.57% females), the Expanded Disability Status Scale was used to classify patients into (i) no or mild (Expanded Disability Status Scale <3) versus (ii) moderate or severe disability groups (Expanded Disability Status Scale ≥3). In 363 out of 482 patients, quantitative susceptibility mapping was used to identify paramagnetic rim lesions, which are maintained by a rim of iron-laden innate immune cells. In 171 out of 482 patients, Brief International Cognitive Assessment was used to identify subjects as being cognitively preserved or impaired. Network Modification Tool was used to estimate the regional structural disconnectivity due to multiple sclerosis lesions. Discriminative event-based modelling was applied to investigate the sequence of regional structural disconnectivity due to (i) all representative T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery lesions, (ii) paramagnetic rim lesions versus non-paramagnetic rim lesions separately across disability groups ('no to mild disability' to 'moderate to severe disability'), (iii) all representative T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery lesions and (iv) paramagnetic rim lesions versus non-paramagnetic rim lesions separately across cognitive status ('cognitively preserved' to 'cognitively impaired'). In the full cohort, structural disconnection in the ventral attention and subcortical networks, particularly in the supramarginal and putamen regions, was an early biomarker of moderate or severe disability. The earliest biomarkers of disability progression were structural disconnections due to paramagnetic rim lesions in the motor-related regions. Subcortical structural disconnection, particularly in the ventral diencephalon and thalamus regions, was an early biomarker of cognitive impairment. Our data-driven model revealed that the structural disconnection in the subcortical regions, particularly in the thalamus, is an early biomarker for both disability and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis. Paramagnetic rim lesions-related structural disconnection in the motor cortex may identify the patients at risk for moderate or severe disability in multiple sclerosis. Such information might be used to identify people with multiple sclerosis who have an increased risk of disability progression or cognitive decline in order to provide personalized treatment plans.
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- Ceren Tozlu
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork, NY, 10065, USA
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Meijboom R, York EN, Kampaite A, Harris MA, White N, Valdés Hernández MDC, Thrippleton MJ, MacDougall NJJ, Connick P, Hunt DPJ, Chandran S, Waldman AD. Patterns of brain atrophy in recently-diagnosed relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288967. [PMID: 37506096 PMCID: PMC10381059 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Recurrent neuroinflammation in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) is thought to lead to neurodegeneration, resulting in progressive disability. Repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain provides non-invasive measures of atrophy over time, a key marker of neurodegeneration. This study investigates regional neurodegeneration of the brain in recently-diagnosed RRMS using volumetry and voxel-based morphometry (VBM). RRMS patients (N = 354) underwent 3T structural MRI <6 months after diagnosis and 1-year follow-up, as part of the Scottish multicentre 'FutureMS' study. MRI data were processed using FreeSurfer to derive volumetrics, and FSL for VBM (grey matter (GM) only), to establish regional patterns of change in GM and normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) over time throughout the brain. Volumetric analyses showed a decrease over time (q<0.05) in bilateral cortical GM and NAWM, cerebellar GM, brainstem, amygdala, basal ganglia, hippocampus, accumbens, thalamus and ventral diencephalon. Additionally, NAWM and GM volume decreased respectively in the following cortical regions, frontal: 14 out of 26 regions and 16/26; temporal: 18/18 and 15/18; parietal: 14/14 and 11/14; occipital: 7/8 and 8/8. Left GM and NAWM asymmetry was observed in the frontal lobe. GM VBM analysis showed three major clusters of decrease over time: 1) temporal and subcortical areas, 2) cerebellum, 3) anterior cingulum and supplementary motor cortex; and four smaller clusters within the occipital lobe. Widespread GM and NAWM atrophy was observed in this large recently-diagnosed RRMS cohort, particularly in the brainstem, cerebellar GM, and subcortical and occipital-temporal regions; indicative of neurodegeneration across tissue types, and in accord with limited previous studies in early disease. Volumetric and VBM results emphasise different features of longitudinal lobar and loco-regional change, however identify consistent atrophy patterns across individuals. Atrophy measures targeted to specific brain regions may provide improved markers of neurodegeneration, and potential future imaging stratifiers and endpoints for clinical decision making and therapeutic trials.
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- Rozanna Meijboom
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- UK Dementia Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Imaging, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Tozlu C, Olafson E, Jamison K, Demmon E, Kaunzner U, Marcille M, Zinger N, Michaelson N, Safi N, Nguyen T, Gauthier S, Kuceyeski A. The sequence of regional structural disconnectivity due to multiple sclerosis lesions. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.26.525537. [PMID: 36747675 PMCID: PMC9900990 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.26.525537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Objective Prediction of disease progression is challenging in multiple sclerosis (MS) as the sequence of lesion development and retention of inflammation within a subset of chronic lesions is heterogeneous among patients. We investigated the sequence of lesion-related regional structural disconnectivity across the spectrum of disability and cognitive impairment in MS. Methods In a full cohort of 482 patients, the Expanded Disability Status Scale was used to classify patients into (i) no or mild vs (ii) moderate or severe disability groups. In 363 out of 482 patients, Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping was used to identify paramagnetic rim lesions (PRL), which are maintained by a rim of iron-laden innate immune cells. In 171 out of 482 patients, Brief International Cognitive Assessment was used to identify subjects with cognitive impairment. Network Modification Tool was used to estimate the regional structural disconnectivity due to MS lesions. Discriminative event-based modeling was applied to investigate the sequence of regional structural disconnectivity due to all representative lesions across the spectrum of disability and cognitive impairment. Results Structural disconnection in the ventral attention and subcortical networks was an early biomarker of moderate or severe disability. The earliest biomarkers of disability progression were structural disconnections due to PRL in the motor-related regions. Subcortical structural disconnection was an early biomarker of cognitive impairment. Interpretation MS lesion-related structural disconnections in the subcortex is an early biomarker for both disability and cognitive impairment in MS. PRL-related structural disconnection in the motor cortex may identify the patients at risk for moderate or severe disability in MS.
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- Ceren Tozlu
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Redolfi A, Archetti D, De Francesco S, Crema C, Tagliavini F, Lodi R, Ghidoni R, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Alexander DC, D'Angelo E. Italian, European, and international neuroinformatics efforts: An overview. Eur J Neurosci 2022. [PMID: 36310103 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15854] [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: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Neuroinformatics is a research field that focusses on software tools capable of identifying, analysing, modelling, organising and sharing multiscale neuroscience data. Neuroinformatics has exploded in the last two decades with the emergence of the Big Data phenomenon, characterised by the so-called 3Vs (volume, velocity and variety), which provided neuroscientists with an improved ability to acquire and process data faster and more cheaply thanks to technical improvements in clinical, genomic and radiological technologies. This situation has led to a 'data deluge', as neuroscientists can routinely collect more study data in a few days than they could in a year just a decade ago. To address this phenomenon, several neuroimaging-focussed neuroinformatics platforms have emerged, funded by national or transnational agencies, with the following goals: (i) development of tools for archiving and organising analytical data (XNAT, REDCap and LabKey); (ii) development of data-driven models evolving from reductionist approaches to multidimensional models (RIN, IVN, HBD, EuroPOND, E-DADS and GAAIN BRAIN); and (iii) development of e-infrastructures to provide sufficient computational power and storage resources (neuGRID, HBP-EBRAINS, LONI and CONP). Although the scenario is still fragmented, there are technological and economical attempts at both national and international levels to introduce high standards for open and Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) neuroscience worldwide.
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- Alberto Redolfi
- Laboratory of Neuroinformatics, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroinformatics, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroinformatics, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuroinformatics, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Center, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Brain Connectivity Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Brain Connectivity Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Sandroff BM, Motl RW, Román CAF, Wylie GR, DeLuca J, Cutter GR, Benedict RHB, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R. Thalamic atrophy moderates associations among aerobic fitness, cognitive processing speed, and walking endurance in persons with multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 2022; 269:5531-5540. [PMID: 35718819 PMCID: PMC9474622 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-022-11205-9] [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: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Thalamic atrophy (TA) represents a biomarker of neurodegeneration and associated dysfunction/decline in physical and cognitive functioning among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Aerobic fitness, as an end point of exercise training, represents a promising target for restoring function in MS, but it is unknown if such effects differ by TA. This cross-sectional study examined whether aerobic fitness was differentially associated with cognitive processing speed and walking endurance in persons with MS who present with and without TA. METHODS 44 fully ambulatory persons with MS completed a graded exercise test for measuring aerobic fitness (VO2peak) and underwent 3T MRI for measuring TA, the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), and the 6-min walk (6MW). We performed Spearman correlations (rs) among VO2peak, SDMT, and 6MW scores overall, and in persons with and without TA. We applied Fisher's z-test for comparing correlations based on TA status. RESULTS When controlling for age, EDSS score, and global MRI measures of atrophy, VO2peak was strongly associated with SDMT scores (prs = 0.74, p < 0.01) and 6MW performance (prs = 0.77, p < 0.01) in persons with TA, whereas VO2peak was not associated with SDMT scores (prs = - 0.01, p = 0.99) or 6MW performance (prs = 0.25, p = 0.38) in those without TA. The correlations between VO2peak and SDMT (z = 2.86, p < 0.01) and VO2peak and 6MW (z = 2.33, p = 0.02) were significantly stronger in the TA group. DISCUSSION This study provides initial evidence of strong, selective associations among aerobic fitness, cognitive processing speed, and walking endurance in persons with TA as a biomarker for MS-related neurodegeneration. Such data support TA as a moderator of the association among aerobic fitness, cognitive processing speed, and walking endurance in persons with MS. Future research should carefully consider the role of TA when designing trials of aerobic exercise, cognition, and mobility in MS.
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- Brian M. Sandroff
- Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research, Kessler Foundation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research, Kessler Foundation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research, Kessler Foundation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research, Kessler Foundation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Schoonheim MM, Broeders TAA, Geurts JJG. The network collapse in multiple sclerosis: An overview of novel concepts to address disease dynamics. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 35:103108. [PMID: 35917719 PMCID: PMC9421449 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) can be considered as a network disorder. This review discusses network concepts in order to understand progression in MS. Damage is hypothesized to lead to a “network collapse” and clinical progression. New concepts are discussed that will likely influence the field in the near future. These include brain wiring, how regions communicate and robustness to damage.
Multiple sclerosis is a neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system that can be considered a network disorder. In MS, lesional pathology continuously disconnects structural pathways in the brain, forming a disconnection syndrome. Complex functional network changes then occur that are poorly understood but closely follow clinical status. Studying these structural and functional network changes has been and remains crucial to further decipher complex symptoms like cognitive impairment and physical disability. Recent insights especially implicate the importance of monitoring network hubs in MS, like the thalamus and default-mode network which seem especially hit hard. Such network insights in MS have led to the hypothesis that as the network continues to become disconnected and dysfunctional, exceeding a certain threshold of network efficiency loss leads to a “network collapse”. After this collapse, crucial network hubs become rigid and overloaded, and at the same time a faster neurodegeneration and accelerated clinical (and cognitive) progression can be seen. As network neuroscience has evolved, the MS field can now move towards a clearer classification of the network collapse itself and specific milestone events leading up to it. Such an updated network-focused conceptual framework of MS could directly impact clinical decision making as well as the design of network-tailored rehabilitation strategies. This review therefore provides an overview of recent network concepts that have enhanced our understanding of clinical progression in MS, especially focusing on cognition, as well as new concepts that will likely move the field forward in the near future.
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- Menno M Schoonheim
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lopez SM, Aksman LM, Oxtoby NP, Vos SB, Rao J, Kaestner E, Alhusaini S, Alvim M, Bender B, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt B, Bonilha L, Caciagli L, Caldairou B, Caligiuri ME, Calvet A, Cendes F, Concha L, Conde‐Blanco E, Davoodi‐Bojd E, de Bézenac C, Delanty N, Desmond PM, Devinsky O, Domin M, Duncan JS, Focke NK, Foley S, Fortunato F, Galovic M, Gambardella A, Gleichgerrcht E, Guerrini R, Hamandi K, Ives‐Deliperi V, Jackson GD, Jahanshad N, Keller SS, Kochunov P, Kotikalapudi R, Kreilkamp BAK, Labate A, Larivière S, Lenge M, Lui E, Malpas C, Martin P, Mascalchi M, Medland SE, Meletti S, Morita‐Sherman ME, Owen TW, Richardson M, Riva A, Rüber T, Sinclair B, Soltanian‐Zadeh H, Stein DJ, Striano P, Taylor P, Thomopoulos SI, Thompson PM, Tondelli M, Vaudano AE, Vivash L, Wang Y, Weber B, Whelan CD, Wiest R, Winston GP, Yasuda CL, McDonald CR, Alexander D, Sisodiya SM, Altmann A. Event-based modeling in temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrates progressive atrophy from cross-sectional data. Epilepsia 2022; 63:2081-2095. [PMID: 35656586 PMCID: PMC9540015 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Recent work has shown that people with common epilepsies have characteristic patterns of cortical thinning, and that these changes may be progressive over time. Leveraging a large multicenter cross-sectional cohort, we investigated whether regional morphometric changes occur in a sequential manner, and whether these changes in people with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) correlate with clinical features. METHODS We extracted regional measures of cortical thickness, surface area, and subcortical brain volumes from T1-weighted (T1W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans collected by the ENIGMA-Epilepsy consortium, comprising 804 people with MTLE-HS and 1625 healthy controls from 25 centers. Features with a moderate case-control effect size (Cohen d ≥ .5) were used to train an event-based model (EBM), which estimates a sequence of disease-specific biomarker changes from cross-sectional data and assigns a biomarker-based fine-grained disease stage to individual patients. We tested for associations between EBM disease stage and duration of epilepsy, age at onset, and antiseizure medicine (ASM) resistance. RESULTS In MTLE-HS, decrease in ipsilateral hippocampal volume along with increased asymmetry in hippocampal volume was followed by reduced thickness in neocortical regions, reduction in ipsilateral thalamus volume, and finally, increase in ipsilateral lateral ventricle volume. EBM stage was correlated with duration of illness (Spearman ρ = .293, p = 7.03 × 10-16 ), age at onset (ρ = -.18, p = 9.82 × 10-7 ), and ASM resistance (area under the curve = .59, p = .043, Mann-Whitney U test). However, associations were driven by cases assigned to EBM Stage 0, which represents MTLE-HS with mild or nondetectable abnormality on T1W MRI. SIGNIFICANCE From cross-sectional MRI, we reconstructed a disease progression model that highlights a sequence of MRI changes that aligns with previous longitudinal studies. This model could be used to stage MTLE-HS subjects in other cohorts and help establish connections between imaging-based progression staging and clinical features.
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- Seymour M. Lopez
- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer ScienceUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- Neuroradiological Academic Unit, UCL Queen Square Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San DiegoLa JollaCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San DiegoLa JollaCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of NeurologyAlpert Medical School of Brown UniversityProvidenceRhode IslandUSA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular TherapeuticsRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublinIreland
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroimaging LaboratoryUniversity of CampinasCampinasBrazil
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- Department of Radiology, Diagnostic and Interventional NeuroradiologyUniversity Hospital TübingenTübingenGermany
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- Neuroimaging of Epilepsy LaboratoryMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Neuroimaging of Epilepsy LaboratoryMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Laboratory, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and HospitalMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Laboratory, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and HospitalMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
- Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondonUK
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- Neuroimaging of Epilepsy LaboratoryMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
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- Magnetic Resonance Image Core FacilityAugust Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroimaging LaboratoryUniversity of CampinasCampinasBrazil
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- Institute of NeurobiologyNational Autonomous University of MexicoQuerétaroMexico
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- Epilepsy Program, Neurology DepartmentHospital Clinic of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research InstituteBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsInstitute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular TherapeuticsRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublinIreland
- FutureNeuro SFI Research Centre for Rare and Chronic Neurological DiseasesDublinIreland
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- Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- New York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Functional Imaging Unit, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and NeuroradiologyGreifswald University MedicineGreifswaldGermany
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- Department of NeurologyEmory UniversityAtlantaUSA
- Chalfont Centre for EpilepsyChalfont St PeterUK
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity Medical CenterGöttingenGermany
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of PsychologyCardiff UniversityCardiffUK
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- Institute of Neurology, Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondonUK
- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Institute of Neurology, Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
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- Neuroscience DepartmentUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of PsychologyCardiff UniversityCardiffUK
- Wales Epilepsy Unit, Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital of WalesCardiffUK
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Austin CampusHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
- University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of NeurologyAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarina del ReyCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative BiologyUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of Radiology, Diagnostic and Interventional NeuroradiologyUniversity Hospital TübingenTübingenGermany
- Department of Clinical NeurophysiologyUniversity Hospital GöttingenGöttingenGermany
- Department of Neurology and EpileptologyHertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of TübingenTübingenGermany
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative BiologyUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
- Clinical NeurophysiologyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Institute of Neurology, Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
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- Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Laboratory, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and HospitalMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Pediatric Neurology, Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and LaboratoriesA. Meyer Children's Hospital, University of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
- Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Unit, Neurosurgery DepartmentA. Meyer Children's Hospital, University of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of NeurologyRoyal Melbourne HospitalMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Mario Serio Department of Clinical and Experimental Medical SciencesUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- Psychiatric GeneticsQIMR Berghofer Medical Research InstituteBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
- Neurology Unit, OCB HospitalModena University HospitalModenaItaly
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of CampinasCampinasBrazil
- Cleveland Clinic Neurological InstituteClevelandOhioUSA
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- School of ComputingNewcastle UniversityNewcastle Upon TyneUK
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- Giannina Gaslini Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareGenoaItaly
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child HealthUniversity of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of EpileptologyUniversity Hospital BonnBonnGermany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Alfred HospitalMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Radiology and Research AdministrationHenry Ford Health SystemDetroitMichiganUSA
- School of Electrical and Computer EngineeringCollege of Engineering, University of TehranTehranIran
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- SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience InstituteUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Giannina Gaslini Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareGenoaItaly
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child HealthUniversity of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondonUK
- School of ComputingNewcastle UniversityNewcastle Upon TyneUK
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarina del ReyCaliforniaUSA
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarina del ReyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
- Primary Care DepartmentLocal Health Authority of ModenaModenaItaly
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
- Neurology Unit, OCB HospitalModena University HospitalModenaItaly
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Alfred HospitalMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondonUK
- School of ComputingNewcastle UniversityNewcastle Upon TyneUK
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- Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition ResearchUniversity of BonnBonnGermany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular TherapeuticsRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublinIreland
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- Support Center for Advanced NeuroimagingUniversity Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondonUK
- Chalfont Centre for EpilepsyChalfont St PeterUK
- Department of Medicine, Division of NeurologyQueen's UniversityKingstonOntarioCanada
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroimaging LaboratoryUniversity of CampinasCampinasBrazil
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San DiegoLa JollaCaliforniaUSA
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer ScienceUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondonUK
- Chalfont Centre for EpilepsyChalfont St PeterUK
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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Andelova M, Vodehnalova K, Krasensky J, Hardubejova E, Hrnciarova T, Srpova B, Uher T, Menkyova I, Stastna D, Friedova L, Motyl J, Lizrova Preiningerova J, Kubala Havrdova E, Maréchal B, Fartaria MJ, Kober T, Horakova D, Vaneckova M. Brainstem lesions are associated with diffuse spinal cord involvement in early multiple sclerosis. BMC Neurol 2022; 22:270. [PMID: 35854235 PMCID: PMC9297663 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-022-02778-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Early infratentorial and focal spinal cord lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are associated with a higher risk of long-term disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The role of diffuse spinal cord lesions remains less understood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate focal and especially diffuse spinal cord lesions in patients with early relapsing-remitting MS and their association with intracranial lesion topography, global and regional brain volume, and spinal cord volume. Methods We investigated 58 MS patients with short disease duration (< 5 years) from a large academic MS center and 58 healthy controls matched for age and sex. Brain, spinal cord, and intracranial lesion volumes were compared among patients with- and without diffuse spinal cord lesions and controls. Binary logistic regression models were used to analyse the association between the volume and topology of intracranial lesions and the presence of focal and diffuse spinal cord lesions. Results We found spinal cord involvement in 75% of the patients (43/58), including diffuse changes in 41.4% (24/58). Patients with diffuse spinal cord changes exhibited higher volumes of brainstem lesion volume (p = 0.008). The presence of at least one brainstem lesion was associated with a higher probability of the presence of diffuse spinal cord lesions (odds ratio 47.1; 95% confidence interval 6.9–321.6 p < 0.001) as opposed to focal spinal cord lesions (odds ratio 0.22; p = 0.320). Patients with diffuse spinal cord lesions had a lower thalamus volume compared to patients without diffuse spinal cord lesions (p = 0.007) or healthy controls (p = 0.002). Conclusions Diffuse spinal cord lesions are associated with the presence of brainstem lesions and with a lower volume of the thalamus. This association was not found in patients with focal spinal cord lesions. If confirmed, thalamic atrophy in patients with diffuse lesions could increase our knowledge on the worse prognosis in patients with infratentorial and SC lesions. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12883-022-02778-z.
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- Michaela Andelova
- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.,2nd Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Katerinska 30, Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Rocca MA, Schoonheim MM, Valsasina P, Geurts JJG, Filippi M. Task- and resting-state fMRI studies in multiple sclerosis: From regions to systems and time-varying analysis. Current status and future perspective. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 35:103076. [PMID: 35691253 PMCID: PMC9194954 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Functional MRI is able to detect adaptive and maladaptive abnormalities at different MS stages. Increased fMRI activity is a feature of early MS, while progressive exhaustion of adaptive mechanisms is detected later on in the disease. Collapse of long-range connections and impaired hub integration characterize MS network reorganization. Time-varying connectivity analysis provides useful and complementary pieces of information to static functional connectivity. New perspectives might be the use of multimodal MRI and artificial intelligence.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder affecting the central nervous system and features extensive functional brain changes that are poorly understood but relate strongly to clinical impairments. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a non-invasive, powerful technique able to map activity of brain regions and to assess how such regions interact for an efficient brain network. FMRI has been widely applied to study functional brain changes in MS, allowing to investigate functional plasticity consequent to disease-related structural injury. The first studies in MS using active fMRI tasks mainly aimed to study such plastic changes by identifying abnormal activity in salient brain regions (or systems) involved by the task. In later studies the focus shifted towards resting state (RS) functional connectivity (FC) studies, which aimed to map large-scale functional networks of the brain and to establish how MS pathology impairs functional integration, eventually leading to the hypothesized network collapse as patients clinically progress. This review provides a summary of the main findings from studies using task-based and RS fMRI and illustrates how functional brain alterations relate to clinical disability and cognitive deficits in this condition. We also give an overview of longitudinal studies that used task-based and RS fMRI to monitor disease evolution and effects of motor and cognitive rehabilitation. In addition, we discuss the results of studies using newer technologies involving time-varying FC to investigate abnormal dynamism and flexibility of network configurations in MS. Finally, we show some preliminary results from two recent topics (i.e., multimodal MRI analysis and artificial intelligence) that are receiving increasing attention. Together, these functional studies could provide new (conceptual) insights into disease stage-specific mechanisms underlying progression in MS, with recommendations for future research.
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- Maria A Rocca
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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van der Ende EL, Bron EE, Poos JM, Jiskoot LC, Panman JL, Papma JM, Meeter LH, Dopper EGP, Wilke C, Synofzik M, Heller C, Swift IJ, Sogorb-Esteve A, Bouzigues A, Borroni B, Sanchez-Valle R, Moreno F, Graff C, Laforce R, Galimberti D, Masellis M, Tartaglia MC, Finger E, Vandenberghe R, Rowe JB, de Mendonça A, Tagliavini F, Santana I, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Gerhard A, Levin J, Danek A, Otto M, Pijnenburg YAL, Sorbi S, Zetterberg H, Niessen WJ, Rohrer JD, Klein S, van Swieten JC, Venkatraghavan V, Seelaar H. A data-driven disease progression model of fluid biomarkers in genetic frontotemporal dementia. Brain 2022; 145:1805-1817. [PMID: 34633446 PMCID: PMC9166533 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Several CSF and blood biomarkers for genetic frontotemporal dementia have been proposed, including those reflecting neuroaxonal loss (neurofilament light chain and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain), synapse dysfunction [neuronal pentraxin 2 (NPTX2)], astrogliosis (glial fibrillary acidic protein) and complement activation (C1q, C3b). Determining the sequence in which biomarkers become abnormal over the course of disease could facilitate disease staging and help identify mutation carriers with prodromal or early-stage frontotemporal dementia, which is especially important as pharmaceutical trials emerge. We aimed to model the sequence of biomarker abnormalities in presymptomatic and symptomatic genetic frontotemporal dementia using cross-sectional data from the Genetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI), a longitudinal cohort study. Two-hundred and seventy-five presymptomatic and 127 symptomatic carriers of mutations in GRN, C9orf72 or MAPT, as well as 247 non-carriers, were selected from the GENFI cohort based on availability of one or more of the aforementioned biomarkers. Nine presymptomatic carriers developed symptoms within 18 months of sample collection ('converters'). Sequences of biomarker abnormalities were modelled for the entire group using discriminative event-based modelling (DEBM) and for each genetic subgroup using co-initialized DEBM. These models estimate probabilistic biomarker abnormalities in a data-driven way and do not rely on previous diagnostic information or biomarker cut-off points. Using cross-validation, subjects were subsequently assigned a disease stage based on their position along the disease progression timeline. CSF NPTX2 was the first biomarker to become abnormal, followed by blood and CSF neurofilament light chain, blood phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain, blood glial fibrillary acidic protein and finally CSF C3b and C1q. Biomarker orderings did not differ significantly between genetic subgroups, but more uncertainty was noted in the C9orf72 and MAPT groups than for GRN. Estimated disease stages could distinguish symptomatic from presymptomatic carriers and non-carriers with areas under the curve of 0.84 (95% confidence interval 0.80-0.89) and 0.90 (0.86-0.94) respectively. The areas under the curve to distinguish converters from non-converting presymptomatic carriers was 0.85 (0.75-0.95). Our data-driven model of genetic frontotemporal dementia revealed that NPTX2 and neurofilament light chain are the earliest to change among the selected biomarkers. Further research should investigate their utility as candidate selection tools for pharmaceutical trials. The model's ability to accurately estimate individual disease stages could improve patient stratification and track the efficacy of therapeutic interventions.
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- Emma L van der Ende
- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- Centre for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Cognitive Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, 20014 Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Neuroscience Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Bioclinicum, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Solna, Sweden
- Unit for Hereditary Dementias, Theme Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Solna, Sweden
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- Clinique Interdisciplinaire de Mémoire, Département des Sciences Neurologiques, CHU de Québec, Université Laval, G1Z 1J4 Québec, Canada
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- Centro Dino Ferrari, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, ON M4N 3M5 Toronto, Canada
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- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, M5S 1A8 Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, ON N6A 3K7 London, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Cambridge University Centre for Frontotemporal Dementia, University of Cambridge, CB2 0SZ Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3801 Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, OX3 9DU Oxford, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, M20 3LJ Manchester, UK
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital Essen, 45 147 Essen, Germany
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Location VU University Medical Center Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam University Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Golriz Khatami S, Salimi Y, Hofmann-Apitius M, Oxtoby NP, Birkenbihl C. Comparison and aggregation of event sequences across ten cohorts to describe the consensus biomarker evolution in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther 2022; 14:55. [PMID: 35443691 PMCID: PMC9020023 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-01001-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression were primarily hypothetical or based on data originating from single cohort studies. However, cohort datasets are subject to specific inclusion and exclusion criteria that influence the signals observed in their collected data. Furthermore, each study measures only a subset of AD-relevant variables. To gain a comprehensive understanding of AD progression, the heterogeneity and robustness of estimated progression patterns must be understood, and complementary information contained in cohort datasets be leveraged. METHODS We compared ten event-based models that we fit to ten independent AD cohort datasets. Additionally, we designed and applied a novel rank aggregation algorithm that combines partially overlapping, individual event sequences into a meta-sequence containing the complementary information from each cohort. RESULTS We observed overall consistency across the ten event-based model sequences (average pairwise Kendall's tau correlation coefficient of 0.69 ± 0.28), despite variance in the positioning of mainly imaging variables. The changes described in the aggregated meta-sequence are broadly consistent with the current understanding of AD progression, starting with cerebrospinal fluid amyloid beta, followed by tauopathy, memory impairment, FDG-PET, and ultimately brain deterioration and impairment of visual memory. CONCLUSION Overall, the event-based models demonstrated similar and robust disease cascades across independent AD cohorts. Aggregation of data-driven results can combine complementary strengths and information of patient-level datasets. Accordingly, the derived meta-sequence draws a more complete picture of AD pathology compared to models relying on single cohorts.
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- Sepehr Golriz Khatami
- Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), 53757, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
- Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT), University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), 53757, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT), University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), 53757, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT), University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing and Department of Computer Science, University College London, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), 53757, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT), University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Pontillo G, Penna S, Cocozza S, Quarantelli M, Gravina M, Lanzillo R, Marrone S, Costabile T, Inglese M, Morra VB, Riccio D, Elefante A, Petracca M, Sansone C, Brunetti A. Stratification of multiple sclerosis patients using unsupervised machine learning: a single-visit MRI-driven approach. Eur Radiol 2022; 32:5382-5391. [PMID: 35284989 PMCID: PMC9279232 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-08610-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To stratify patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) based on brain MRI-derived volumetric features using unsupervised machine learning. METHODS The 3-T brain MRIs of relapsing-remitting pwMS including 3D-T1w and FLAIR-T2w sequences were retrospectively collected, along with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores and long-term (10 ± 2 years) clinical outcomes (EDSS, cognition, and progressive course). From the MRIs, volumes of demyelinating lesions and 116 atlas-defined gray matter regions were automatically segmented and expressed as z-scores referenced to external populations. Following feature selection, baseline MRI-derived biomarkers entered the Subtype and Stage Inference (SuStaIn) algorithm, which estimates subgroups characterized by distinct patterns of biomarker evolution and stages within subgroups. The trained model was then applied to longitudinal MRIs. Stability of subtypes and stage change over time were assessed via Krippendorf's α and multilevel linear regression models, respectively. The prognostic relevance of SuStaIn classification was assessed with ordinal/logistic regression analyses. RESULTS We selected 425 pwMS (35.9 ± 9.9 years; F/M: 301/124), corresponding to 1129 MRI scans, along with healthy controls (N = 148; 35.9 ± 13.0 years; F/M: 77/71) and external pwMS (N = 80; 40.4 ± 11.9 years; F/M: 56/24) as reference populations. Based on 11 biomarkers surviving feature selection, two subtypes were identified, designated as "deep gray matter (DGM)-first" subtype (N = 238) and "cortex-first" subtype (N = 187) according to the atrophy pattern. Subtypes were consistent over time (α = 0.806), with significant annual stage increase (b = 0.20; p < 0.001). EDSS was associated with stage and DGM-first subtype (p ≤ 0.02). Baseline stage predicted long-term disability, transition to progressive course, and cognitive impairment (p ≤ 0.03), with the latter also associated with DGM-first subtype (p = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS Unsupervised learning modelling of brain MRI-derived volumetric features provides a biologically reliable and prognostically meaningful stratification of pwMS. KEY POINTS • The unsupervised modelling of brain MRI-derived volumetric features can provide a single-visit stratification of multiple sclerosis patients. • The so-obtained classification tends to be consistent over time and captures disease-related brain damage progression, supporting the biological reliability of the model. • Baseline stratification predicts long-term clinical disability, cognition, and transition to secondary progressive course.
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- Giuseppe Pontillo
- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy ,grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- grid.5326.20000 0001 1940 4177Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Centre, II Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University, Naples, Italy
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- grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy ,grid.410345.70000 0004 1756 7871Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- grid.4691.a0000 0001 0790 385XDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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