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Peng Y, Wang K, Liu C, Tan L, Zhang M, He J, Dai Y, Wang G, Liu X, Xiao B, Xie F, Long L. Cerebellar functional disruption and compensation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1062149. [PMID: 36816567 PMCID: PMC9932542 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1062149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Cerebellar functional alterations are common in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), which contribute to cognitive decline. This study aimed to deepen our knowledge of cerebellar functional alterations in patients with MTLE. Methods In this study, participants were recruited from an ongoing prospective cohort of 13 patients with left TLE (LTLE), 17 patients with right TLE (RTLE), and 30 healthy controls (HCs). Functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected during a Chinese verbal fluency task. Group independent component (IC) analysis (group ICA) was applied to segment the cerebellum into six functionally separated networks. Functional connectivity was compared among cerebellar networks, cerebellar activation maps, and the centrality parameters of cerebellar regions. For cerebellar functional profiles with significant differences, we calculated their correlation with clinical features and neuropsychological scores. Result Compared to HCs and patients with LTLE, patients with RTLE had higher cerebellar functional connectivity between the default mode network (DMN) and the oculomotor network and lower cerebellar functional connectivity from the frontoparietal network (FPN) to the dorsal attention network (DAN) (p < 0.05, false discovery rate- (FDR-) corrected). Cerebellar degree centrality (DC) of the right lobule III was significantly higher in patients with LTLE compared to HC and patients with RTLE (p < 0.05, FDR-corrected). Higher cerebellar functional connectivity between the DMN and the oculomotor network, as well as lower cerebellar degree centrality of the right lobule III, was correlated with worse information test performance. Conclusion Cerebellar functional profiles were altered in MTLE and correlated with long-term memory in patients.
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- Yiqian Peng
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Fangfang Xie ✉
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Epileptic Disease of Hunan Province, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,*Correspondence: Lili Long ✉
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Memory as a scale of simulation depending on the trace distinctiveness. Mem Cognit 2022; 51:875-897. [PMID: 36289156 DOI: 10.3758/s13421-022-01364-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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It has been proposed that representations emerge from a single memory system organized along a continuum of specificity. This continuum is assumed to reflect a scale between the simulation of overlapping and specific features of the traces, which depends on trace distinctiveness. More specifically, higher trace distinctiveness facilitates the simulation of trace-specific features, which increase the discriminability of traces and lead to the emergence of a more specific representation. In two experiments, participants were asked to identify match (low task discrimination demand) or mismatch (high task discrimination demand) associations between actions and characters that were visually either highly or lowly distinctive. The results of Experiment 1 show that in the high-distinctiveness context, performance was better when identifying a mismatch rather than a match, while the opposite was true in the low-distinctiveness context. The results of Experiment 2 show that using a dynamic visual noise to interfere with the participants' ability to simulate the features of the characters also reduced the benefit of the high-distinctiveness context for the mismatch trials (Experiment 2a and 2b) and increased the benefit of the low-distinctiveness context for the match trials (Experiment 2b). Taken together, these results suggest that the simulation of trace-specific features underlies the emergence of specific representations, which can be beneficial when the discrimination demand of the task is high and detrimental when this demand is low. Memory might therefore be viewed as a scale of simulation between overlapping and specific trace features.
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Alachkar A, Ojha SK, Sadeq A, Adem A, Frank A, Stark H, Sadek B. Experimental Models for the Discovery of Novel Anticonvulsant Drugs: Focus on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures and Associated Memory Deficits. Curr Pharm Des 2020; 26:1693-1711. [PMID: 32003682 DOI: 10.2174/1381612826666200131105324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by irregular, excessive neuronal excitability, and recurrent seizures that affect millions of patients worldwide. Currently, accessible antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) do not adequately support all epilepsy patients, with around 30% patients not responding to the existing therapies. As lifelong epilepsy treatment is essential, the search for new and more effective AEDs with an enhanced safety profile is a significant therapeutic goal. Seizures are a combination of electrical and behavioral events that can induce biochemical, molecular, and anatomic changes. Therefore, appropriate animal models are required to evaluate novel potential AEDs. Among the large number of available animal models of seizures, the acute pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced myoclonic seizure model is the most widely used model assessing the anticonvulsant effect of prospective AEDs, whereas chronic PTZ-kindled seizure models represent chronic models in which the repeated administration of PTZ at subconvulsive doses leads to the intensification of seizure activity or enhanced seizure susceptibility similar to that in human epilepsy. In this review, we summarized the memory deficits accompanying acute or chronic PTZ seizure models and how these deficits were evaluated applying several behavioral animal models. Furthermore, major advantages and limitations of the PTZ seizure models in the discovery of new AEDs were highlighted. With a focus on PTZ seizures, the major biochemicals, as well as morphological alterations and the modulated brain neurotransmitter levels associated with memory deficits have been illustrated. Moreover, numerous medicinal compounds with concurrent anticonvulsant, procognitive, antioxidant effects, modulating effects on several brain neurotransmitters in rodents, and several newly developed classes of compounds applying computer-aided drug design (CADD) have been under development as potential AEDs. The article details the in-silico approach following CADD, which can be utilized for generating libraries of novel compounds for AED discovery. Additionally, in vivo studies could be useful in demonstrating efficacy, safety, and novel mode of action of AEDs for further clinical development.
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- Alaa Alachkar
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666 Al Ain, United States.,Zayed Centre for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666 Al Ain, United States.,Zayed Centre for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666 Al Ain, United States.,Zayed Centre for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United States
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitaetsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitaetsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666 Al Ain, United States.,Zayed Centre for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United States
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Grewe P, Neu D, Aengenendt J, Woermann FG, Mertens M, Bien CG, Kissler J. Rhinal and hippocampal contributions to spontaneous inter-item binding and verbal memory recall: Evidence from temporal lobe epilepsy. Cortex 2020; 124:204-216. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Polat B, Yılmaz NH, Mantar N, Cadirci F, Sitrava S, Ozmansur EN, Uzan M, Özkara C, Hanoglu L. Accelerated long-term forgetting after amygdalohippocampectomy in temporal lobe epilepsy. J Clin Neurosci 2020; 72:43-49. [PMID: 31956086 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A Case of Cognitive Decline Resulting from Aging, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, and Environmental Factors. Case Rep Psychiatry 2019; 2019:9385031. [PMID: 31886001 PMCID: PMC6925934 DOI: 10.1155/2019/9385031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Cognitive functioning is imperative in our daily lives. It allows us to understand, process, and react appropriately to different situations. Aging has been linked to cognitive decline. The degree and rate of cognitive decline are crucial as they differentiate normal aging from dementia or memory loss secondary to medical conditions. A 63-year-old Caucasian woman with a 50-year history of temporal lobe epilepsy experienced memory difficulties in recent years. She was admitted voluntarily to the neuropsychiatry ward for a 3-day ambulatory electroencephalogram (EEG), which reported mild bitemporal structural or functional abnormality. The patient reported subjective seizure experiences that were not reflective of seizure activity on the EEG. Possible causes included panic attacks or other anxiety experiences. Routine laboratory test and magnetic resonance imaging results were unremarkable. During her hospital stay she showed improvement in cognitive functioning. However, anxiety continued to negatively impact her memory. We hypothesized that the memory impairments could have resulted from age, psychological factors, the patient's own expectations, pressure from the environment and history of TLE. We diagnosed the patient with mild cognitive impairment and adjustment disorder with anxiety. She was discharged with seizure and anxiety medication. This report highlights the importance of both age-related and disease-related variables when diagnosing patients with cognitive decline.
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Jiang Y, Liu DF, Zhang X, Liu HG, Zhang JG. Microstructure and functional connectivity-based evidence for memory-related regional impairments in the brains of pilocarpine-treated rats. Brain Res Bull 2019; 154:127-134. [PMID: 31756422 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) frequently suffer from memory disorders, and the pathological changes show widespread regional impairments in the brain. In lithium-pilocarpine (LIP)-treated rats with TLE, an abnormal hippocampal microstructure and functional connectivity have been observed. However, changes in other brain regions are still unclear. In the present study, diffusion tensor imaging and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals were collected in LIP-TLE rats and controls using a 7.0 T MRI. Microstructural parameters and functional connectivity were calculated among regions of interest (ROIs), including the bilateral prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. A correlation analysis was further performed between the neuroimaging results and the behavioral performance in the novel object and novel location memory tests. In our results, TLE rats showed increased fractional anisotropy (FA) values in the hippocampus and decreased FA values in the amygdala and entorhinal cortex. In addition, decreased functional connectivity between the amygdala and the CA3, and increased connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and the CA1 were observed in the TLE rats compared to control rats. Moreover, FA values in the amygdala, the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex, as well as the amygdala-CA3 and the prefrontal-CA1 connectivity correlated with the memory performance. Based on our results, both the microstructure and functional connections were impaired in memory-related brain regions of LIP-TLE rats. Furthermore, the abnormal changes in the microstructure and functional connectivity were related to behavioral deficits in object and location memory.
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- Yin Jiang
- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, China
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, China; Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Verbal and Figural Fluency in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Does Hippocampal Sclerosis Affect Performance? Cogn Behav Neurol 2017. [PMID: 28632521 DOI: 10.1097/wnn.0000000000000123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Clinicians commonly use verbal and nonverbal measures to test fluency in patients with epilepsy, either during routine cognitive assessment or as part of pre- and postsurgical evaluation. We hypothesized that patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with hippocampal sclerosis would perform worse than patients with lateral TLE in both verbal and design fluency. METHODS We assessed semantic, phonemic, and nonverbal fluency in 49 patients with TLE: 31 with lateral TLE and 18 with mesial TLE plus hippocampal sclerosis. We also gave non-fluency cognitive measures: psychomotor speed, attentional set shifting, selective attention, abstract reasoning, verbal and visual episodic memory, and incidental memory. RESULTS Patients with mesial TLE performed significantly worse on figural fluency than patients with lateral TLE. Even though group differences on verbal fluency measures were not significant, the patients with mesial TLE had a pattern of poorer performance. The patients with mesial TLE scored significantly worse on measures of selective attention, verbal episodic memory, and incidental memory. CONCLUSIONS Our study underlines differences in cognitive function between patients with mesial and lateral TLE, particularly in figural fluency. Although we cannot directly assess the role of the hippocampus in cognitive aspects of creative and divergent thinking related to figural fluency, the cognitive discrepancies between these two TLE groups could be ascribed to the mesial TLE hippocampal pathology shown in our study and addressed in the literature on hippocampal involvement in divergent thinking. Our findings could benefit cognitive rehabilitation programs tailored to the needs of patients with TLE.
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Meyers JL, Zhang J, Manz N, Rangaswamy M, Kamarajan C, Wetherill L, Chorlian DB, Kang SJ, Bauer L, Hesselbrock V, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Nurnberger JI, Tischfield J, Wang JC, Edenberg HJ, Goate A, Foroud T, Porjesz B. A genome wide association study of fast beta EEG in families of European ancestry. Int J Psychophysiol 2017; 115:74-85. [PMID: 28040410 PMCID: PMC5426060 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Differences in fast beta (20-28Hz) electroencephalogram (EEG) oscillatory activity distinguish some individuals with psychiatric and substance use disorders, suggesting that it may be a useful endophenotype for studying the genetics of disorders characterized by neural hyper-excitability. Despite the high heritability estimates provided by twin and family studies, there have been relatively few genetic studies of beta EEG, and to date only one genetic association finding has replicated (i.e., GABRA2). METHOD In a sample of 1564 individuals from 117 families of European Ancestry (EA) drawn from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), we performed a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) on resting-state fronto-central fast beta EEG power, adjusting regression models for family relatedness, age, sex, and ancestry. To further characterize genetic findings, we examined the functional and behavioral significance of GWAS findings. RESULTS Three intronic variants located within DSE (dermatan sulfate epimerase) on 6q22 were associated with fast beta EEG at a genome wide significant level (p<5×10-8). The most significant SNP was rs2252790 (p<2.6×10-8; MAF=0.36; β=0.135). rs2252790 is an eQTL for ROS1 expressed most robustly in the temporal cortex (p=1.2×10-6) and for DSE/TSPYL4 expressed most robustly in the hippocampus (p=7.3×10-4; β=0.29). Previous studies have indicated that DSE is involved in a network of genes integral to membrane organization; gene-based tests indicated that several variants within this network (i.e., DSE, ZEB2, RND3, MCTP1, and CTBP2) were also associated with beta EEG (empirical p<0.05), and of these genes, ZEB2 and CTBP2 were associated with DSM-V Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD; empirical p<0.05).' DISCUSSION In this sample of EA families enriched for AUDs, fast beta EEG is associated with variants within DSE on 6q22; the most significant SNP influences the mRNA expression of DSE and ROS1 in hippocampus and temporal cortex, brain regions important for beta EEG activity. Gene-based tests suggest evidence of association with related genes, ZEB2, RND3, MCTP1, CTBP2, and beta EEG. Converging data from GWAS, gene expression, and gene-networks presented in this study provide support for the role of genetic variants within DSE and related genes in neural hyperexcitability, and has highlighted two potential candidate genes for AUD and/or related neurological conditions: ZEB2 and CTBP2. However, results must be replicated in large, independent samples.
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- Jacquelyn L Meyers
- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA; Department of Physics, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
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- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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P38 MAPK pathway mediates cognitive damage in pentylenetetrazole-induced epilepsy via apoptosis cascade. Epilepsy Res 2017; 133:89-92. [PMID: 28472735 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Our group has previously reported the role of P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in the memory impairment of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-kindled rats. However, any contribution of p38 MAPK pathways to the cognitive dysfunction of PTZ-kindled rats remains unclear. The objective of this study is to verify the relationship between p38 MAPK pathway and cognitive function of epileptic rats, and discuss probable mechanisms. METHODS Thirty male SD rats were divided into three groups, namely, PTZ, inhibitor, and sham groups. All rats except those from the sham group were treated with PTZ to establish temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) models, whereas the P38 MAPK inhibitor SB 203580 was given to the inhibitor group. Morris water maze test was performed to assay their learning and memory abilities. The levels of phosphorylated p38 (p-p38) and caspase 3 were confirmed using Western blot. RESULTS In the probe test of water maze, the PTZ group had the longest escape latency and least time to pass through the platform. Compared with the PTZ group, the inhibitor group had better performance in escape latency and spatial probe tests. Performance in the water maze test corresponded with the level of p-p38 and caspase 3 in hippocampus. We also found that the down-regulation of p-p38 in the inhibitor group led to down-regulated levels of caspase 3. CONCLUSIONS P38 MAPK pathway contributed to cognitive damage in PTZ-induced epilepsy via apoptosis cascade.
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Mehta CM, Gruen JR, Zhang H. A method for integrating neuroimaging into genetic models of learning performance. Genet Epidemiol 2017; 41:4-17. [PMID: 27859682 PMCID: PMC5154929 DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Specific learning disorders (SLD) are an archetypal example of how clinical neuropsychological (NP) traits can differ from underlying genetic and neurobiological risk factors. Disparate environmental influences and pathologies impact learning performance assessed through cognitive examinations and clinical evaluations, the primary diagnostic tools for SLD. We propose a neurobiological risk for SLD with neuroimaging biomarkers, which is integrated into a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of learning performance in a cohort of 479 European individuals between 8 and 21 years of age. We first identified six regions of interest (ROIs) in temporal and anterior cingulate regions where the group diagnosed with learning disability has the least overall variation, relative to the other group, in thickness, area, and volume measurements. Although we used the three imaging measures, the thickness was the leading contributor. Hence, we calculated the Euclidean distances between any two individuals based on their thickness measures in the six ROIs. Then, we defined the relative similarity of one individual according to the averaged ranking of pairwise distances from the individuals to those in the SLD group. The inverse of this relative similarity is called the neurobiological risk for the individual. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the AGBL1 gene on chromosome 15 had a significant association with learning performance at a genome-wide level. This finding was supported in an independent cohort of 2,327 individuals of the same demographic profile. Our statistical approach for integrating genetic and neuroimaging biomarkers can be extended into studying the biological basis of other NP traits.
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- Chintan M. Mehta
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, 300 George Street, Suite 523, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511 (USA)
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- Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, Yale University, 464 Congress Avenue, Suite 208, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511 (USA)
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, 300 George Street, Suite 523, New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Brandt KR, Eysenck MW, Nielsen MK, von Oertzen TJ. Selective lesion to the entorhinal cortex leads to an impairment in familiarity but not recollection. Brain Cogn 2016; 104:82-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Peng B, Wu L, Zhang L, Chen Y. Volumetric changes in amygdala and entorhinal cortex and their relation to memory impairment in patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy with visually normal MR imaging findings. Epilepsy Res 2015; 114:66-72. [PMID: 26088887 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the relation between parahippocampal structures, such as the amygdala and the entorhinal cortex (EC), with verbal and nonverbal memory in patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with visually normal MR imaging findings by volumetric measurements using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS Thirty-six consecutive patients with MTLE presenting a non-sclerotic hippocampus though visual inspection were assessed by MRI to measure the volumes of the hippocampus, amygdale and EC, and by using the clinical memory scale (CMS), a test battery for verbal and nonverbal memory, where summation of all CMS subscale scores equals the memory quotient (MQ). The correlations between MRI volumetric data (Z scores or asymmetry indexes (AI; (L-R)/(L+R)), "L" and "R" refer to the left and right volumes of each structure, respectively), clinical variables and memory scale scores were analyzed using a principal component regression model. RESULTS Volumetric MRI revealed significant differences between the volumes of the hippocampus, EC, and right amygdala, but no differences in the volume of the left amygdala between the controls and the patients group. The patients group performed significantly worse in MQ (p < 0.01), the associate memory test (p < 0.01), directed memory test (p < 0.05), and the nonsense graphical recognition test (p < 0.05) compared to the control group. The asymmetry of the amygdala negatively correlated to verbal paired associates' recall and nonsense graphical recognition. The direct memory was positively related to the volume of the EC. CONCLUSION The volumetric asymmetry of the amygdala contributes to either verbal or nonverbal memory impairment in MTLE patients. Verbal memory may correlate with the volume of the EC.
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- Bingwei Peng
- Department of Neurology, Guang Zhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China.
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Peng B, Wu L, Zhang L, Chen Y. The relationship between hippocampal volumes and nonverbal memory in patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 2014; 108:1839-44. [PMID: 25443451 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the involvement of medial temporal lobe structures such as the hippocampus, amygdala, and entorhinal cortex (EC) in memory consolidation by volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS Sixty-two consecutive patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MMTLE) were assessed using the Clinical Memory Scale (CMS) and MRI to measure the volumes of the hippocampus, amygdala, and EC. Participants were grouped according to MRI findings into 3 groups: left MRI-positive (abnormal hippocampal formation on the left side; n=17), right MRI-positive (abnormal hippocampal formation on the left side; n=9), and MRI-negative (normal hippocampal formation; n=36). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess group differences for all volumetric data (Z scores or asymmetry indexes (AI)), memory scale scores, and clinical parameters. Post hoc analyses were done with Fisher's least significant difference (LSD) tests. AI=100×(L-R)/(L+R). "L" and "R" refer to the left and right volumes of each structure, respectively. RESULTS The nonsense graphical recognition tests and the facial memory tests were significantly different between the three groups. Post hoc analyses showed that the right MRI-positive group performed significantly worse than the MRI-negative group on nonsense graphical recognition tests (P=0.008) and the left MRI-positive group had significantly lower scores than the MRI-negative group on facial memory tests (P=0.023). CONCLUSIONS Nonverbal memory was correlated with the status of the right hippocampus.
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- Bingwei Peng
- Department of Neurology, Guang Zhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China(1).
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
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Sama DM, Norris CM. Calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation: discrete and integrated mechanisms for age-related synaptic dysfunction. Ageing Res Rev 2013; 12:982-95. [PMID: 23751484 PMCID: PMC3834216 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Some of the best biomarkers of age-related cognitive decline are closely linked to synaptic function and plasticity. This review highlights several age-related synaptic alterations as they relate to Ca(2+) dyshomeostasis, through elevation of intracellular Ca(2+), and neuroinflammation, through production of pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Though distinct in many ways, Ca(2+) and neuroinflammatory signaling mechanisms exhibit extensive cross-talk and bidirectional interactions. For instance, cytokine production in glial cells is strongly dependent on the Ca(2+) dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin, which shows elevated activity in animal models of aging and disease. In turn, pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF, can augment the expression/activity of L-type voltage sensitive Ca(2+) channels in neurons, leading to Ca(2+) dysregulation, hyperactive calcineurin activity, and synaptic depression. Thus, in addition to discussing unique contributions of Ca(2+) dyshomeostasis and neuroinflammation, this review emphasizes how these processes interact to hasten age-related synaptic changes.
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- Diana M Sama
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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The functional anatomy of non-verbal (pitch memory) function in left and right anterior temporal lobectomy patients. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012; 115:934-43. [PMID: 23031747 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An fMRI pitch memory task was administered to left and right anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) patients. The goal was to verify the neuroanatomical correlates of non-verbal memory, and to determine if pitch memory tasks can identify cognitive risk prior to ATL. The data showed that the bilateral posterior superior temporal lobes implement pitch memory in both ATL patients and NCs (normal controls), indicating that the task can be accomplished with either anterior temporal lobe resected. NCs activate the posterior temporal lobes more strongly than ATL patients during highly accurate performance. In contrast, both ATL groups activate the anterior cingulate in association with accuracy. While our data clarifies the functional neuroanatomy of pitch memory, it also indicates that such tasks do not serve well to lateralize and functionally map potentially "at risk" non-verbal memory skills prior to ATL.
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Levin JR, Serrano G, Dingledine R. Reduction in delayed mortality and subtle improvement in retrograde memory performance in pilocarpine-treated mice with conditional neuronal deletion of cyclooxygenase-2 gene. Epilepsia 2012; 53:1411-20. [PMID: 22780884 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Pilocarpine induces prolonged status epilepticus (SE) in rodents that results in neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits, both commonly observed to be associated with human temporal lobe epilepsy. The multifunctional neuronal modulator, cyclooxygenase-2 (PTGS2 or COX-2), is rapidly induced after SE, mainly in principal neurons of the hippocampal formation and cortex. We used mice in which COX-2 is conditionally ablated in principal forebrain neurons to investigate the involvement of neuron-derived COX-2 in delayed mortality and performance in the Barnes maze. METHODS Using the COX-2 conditional knockout mouse (nCOX-2 cKO) and their littermate wild-type controls, we compared motor behavior and performance in the Barnes maze before and 3 weeks after the induction of SE by pilocarpine. Mortality rate was also measured during SE and in the week following SE. KEY FINDINGS nCOX-2 cKO mice showed less delayed mortality than wild-type mice in the week after SE. Although motor behavior and most cognitive measures were not different in the nCOX-2 cKO, upon reexposure to the maze 3 weeks after pilocarpine, the latency to find the previously learned target hole was significantly shorter in the nCOX-2 cKO than their wild-type littermate controls. By this measure pilocarpine-treated nCOX-2 cKO mice were identical to mice that had not experienced SE. SIGNIFICANCE Results point to a role for neuronal COX-2 in delayed mortality in mice during the week following SE and suggest that neuronal COX-2 contributes to selected cognitive deficits observed after SE. Taking into consideration our previous findings that neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation after SE are reduced in the nCOX-2 cKO, and opening of the blood-brain barrier after pilocarpine is prevented, we conclude that neuronal COX-2 induction is an early step in many of the deleterious consequences of SE.
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- Jamie R Levin
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Role of functional MRI in presurgical evaluation of memory function in temporal lobe epilepsy. EPILEPSY RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2012; 2012:687219. [PMID: 22957237 PMCID: PMC3420704 DOI: 10.1155/2012/687219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Many diagnostic tools have been employed to predict the likelihood of a postoperative memory decline after a standard temporal lobectomy, including the intracarotid amobarbital testing (IAT) or Wada, regarded as the gold standard test for over the past half a century. Functional MRI (fMRI) is also a promising tool in that regard. Its routine use to predict the postoperative memory decline has been limited because of the varied study paradigms, discrepancies in analysis, and interpretation of the results. Based on the existing literatures, fMRI cannot replace IAT for the routine presurgical evaluation of the patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) yet. Large multicentre studies with a panel of memory test are required to determine the full potential of fMRI and use it reliably to replace IAT in the routine clinical practice. In this paper, we review various aspects of memory fMRI, including the experimental designs, data analysis, and findings.
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Papazachariadis O, Brunamonti E, Grammaldo LG, De Risi M, Esposito V, Ferraina S. Decision time and response accuracy in a conditional motor learning task are impaired independently in unilateral temporal lobe-resected patients. Epilepsy Behav 2012; 23:324-9. [PMID: 22366054 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Revised: 11/13/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Learning and memory of declarative knowledge and relational information are dependent on the integrity of medial temporal lobe (MTL). Numerous studies suggest that left lobectomy impairs verbal memory while right lobectomy impairs non-verbal memory. In order to instrumentally quantify material-specific memory impairment after temporal lobe excision, we compared, using a computerized conditional motor associative learning task, patients with surgically treated drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy to age-matched controls. We enrolled seven epileptic patients with left (LTR), seven with right (RTR) temporal lobe resection and fourteen controls. During the task, abstract visual stimuli had to be associated, by trial and error, with a spatially oriented joystick motor response. Response and decision time were analyzed. Statistical analysis disclosed that the learning curve slopes of both RTR and LTR patients were significantly shallower compared to controls, LTR patients needed a number of test trials significantly increased compared to RTR patients and controls, the average probability of success in the test trials was significantly lower in LTR patients compared to RTR patients and controls, and RTR patients' decision times were significantly longer than LTR patients and controls. The results suggest that RTR patients, using the preserved verbalization strategy, achieved higher learning scores than LTR patients, which were forced to use a visuo-spatial representation of the stimuli-response association. Accordingly, RTR patients were significantly slower, compared to LTR patients and controls, indicating that processes involving recall were partially impaired, and non-canonical networks for executing a non-verbal task could be in action.
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Holderbaum CS, de Salles JF. Semantic priming effects in a lexical decision task: comparing third graders and college students in two different stimulus onset asynchronies. SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 14:589-99. [PMID: 22059305 DOI: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2011.v14.n2.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Differences in the semantic priming effect comparing child and adult performance have been found by some studies. However, these differences are not well established, mostly because of the variety of methods used by researchers around the world. One of the main issues concerns the absence of semantic priming effects on children at stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) smaller than 300ms. The aim of this study was to compare the semantic priming effect between third graders and college students at two different SOAs: 250ms and 500ms. Participants performed lexical decisions to targets which were preceded by semantic related or unrelated primes. Semantic priming effects were found at both SOAs in the third graders' group and in college students. Despite the fact that there was no difference between groups in the magnitude of semantic priming effects when SOA was 250ms, at the 500ms SOA their magnitude was bigger in children, corroborating previous studies. Hypotheses which could explain the presence of semantic priming effects in children's performance when SOA was 250ms are discussed, as well as hypotheses for the larger magnitude of semantic priming effects in children when SOA was 500ms.
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Trotta N, Goldman S, Legros B, Ligot N, Guerry N, Baete K, Van Laere K, Van Bogaert P, De Tiège X. Metabolic evidence for episodic memory plasticity in the nonepileptic temporal lobe of patients with mesial temporal epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011; 52:2003-12. [PMID: 21933182 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE Metabolic changes have been described in the nonepileptic temporal lobe of patients with unilateral mesiotemporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) associated with hippocampal sclerosis (HS). To better understand the functional correlate of this metabolic finding, we have sought to characterize brain regions in patients with MTLE that show correlation between unilateral episodic memory performances, as assessed by intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT), and interictal regional cerebral metabolism measured by [(18) F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). METHODS Resting FDG-PET was performed interictally in 26 patients with unilateral MTLE caused by HS (16 female, mean age: 36 years; 16 left HS). Using statistical parametric mapping (SPM8), we performed a group comparison analysis comparing brain metabolism in the patients and in 54 adult controls (27 female, mean age: 32 years), with FDG-PET data of right HS patients being flipped. IAT scores of nonepileptic hemisphere functions (amobarbital injection ipsilateral to HS) were used as covariates of interest in a correlation analysis with regional brain metabolism. KEY FINDINGS The group comparison analysis revealed significant hypometabolic areas in a widespread temporofrontal network ipsilateral to HS. In addition, a significant increase in metabolism was found in mesial and lateral temporal regions contralateral to HS. Significant positive correlations were found between IAT scores of nonepileptic hemisphere functions and mesial temporal metabolism in this hemisphere. SIGNIFICANCE This study demonstrates the existence of significant increase in relative regional cerebral glucose metabolism in mesial and lateral temporal regions contralateral to the epileptic focus in patients with unilateral MTLE associated with HS. The positive correlation in these brain regions between IAT scores and metabolism supports the role of disease-induced plasticity mechanisms contralateral to HS in the preservation of episodic memory processes.
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- Nicola Trotta
- Laboratoire de Cartographie Fonctionnelle du Cerveau, Hpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Epigenetic gene regulation in the adult mammalian brain: multiple roles in memory formation. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2011; 96:68-78. [PMID: 21419233 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 02/25/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) is one of numerous gene products necessary for long-term memory formation and dysregulation of bdnf has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cognitive and mental disorders. Recent work indicates that epigenetic-regulatory mechanisms including the markings of histone proteins and associated DNA remain labile throughout the life-span and represent an attractive molecular process contributing to gene regulation in the brain. In this review, important information will be discussed on epigenetics as a set of newly identified dynamic transcriptional mechanisms serving to regulate gene expression changes in the adult brain with particular emphasis on bdnf transcriptional readout in learning and memory formation. This review will also highlight evidence for the role of epigenetics in aberrant bdnf gene regulation in the pathogenesis of cognitive dysfunction associated with seizure disorders, Rett syndrome, Schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. Such research offers novel concepts for understanding epigenetic transcriptional mechanisms subserving adult cognition and mental health, and furthermore promises novel avenues for therapeutic approach in the clinic.
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Inhibition of learning and memory by general anesthetics. Can J Anaesth 2010; 58:167-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9428-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Brunel L, Oker A, Riou B, Versace R. Memory and consciousness: trace distinctiveness in memory retrievals. Conscious Cogn 2010; 19:926-37. [PMID: 20932777 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 08/14/2010] [Accepted: 08/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The aim of this article was to provide experimental evidence that classical dissociation between levels of consciousness associated with memory retrieval (i.e., implicit or explicit) can be explained in terms of task dependency and distinctiveness of traces. In our study phase, we manipulated the level of isolation (partial vs. global) of the memory trace by means of an isolation paradigm (isolated words among non-isolated words). We then tested these two types of isolation in a series of tasks of increasing complexity: a lexical decision task, a recognition task, and a free recall task. The main result of this study was that distinctiveness effects were observed as a function of the type of isolation (level of isolation) and the nature of the task. We concluded that trace distinctiveness improves subsequent access to the trace, while the level of trace distinctiveness also appears to determine the possibility of conscious or explicit retrieval.
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- Lionel Brunel
- Université Lumière Lyon 2, Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EMC), EA 3082, 5 Avenue Pierre Mendès France, Bron cedex, France.
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Howard CE, Andrés P, Broks P, Noad R, Sadler M, Coker D, Mazzoni G. Memory, metamemory and their dissociation in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuropsychologia 2010; 48:921-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chiu MJ, Lin CW, Chen CC, Chen TF, Chen YF, Liu HM, Chu CP, Liou HH, Hua MS. Impaired gist memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsia 2010; 51:1036-42. [PMID: 20132295 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02509.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common focal epilepsy and frequently causes memory problems. It is often associated with hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and is useful in exploring memory functions. We aimed to examine the effect of restricted hippocampal lesions on gist memory function in patients with TLE. METHODS Forty-five patients with TLE and HS (16 left, 15 right, and 14 bilateral lesions) and 22 control subjects were recruited. Patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or electroencephalography (EEG) evidence of extratemporal lesions were excluded. All participants performed a gist-based recognition task following the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm and were tested for verbal IQ and memory functions. We conducted hippocampal volumetry on MRI of all the participants. RESULTS Patients showed multidomain memory impairments. Gist memory was impaired in patients with bilateral HS and probably in patients with right HS. Hippocampal volumetry supported such findings that total volume of hippocampi and volume of right hippocampus correlated positively with gist memory function. DISCUSSION HS has a dose effect and a probable right dominance effect on gist memory; good item memory supports gist memory performance; and a disproportionate deficit was noted in tasks with high relational demand but not in tasks with simple association. We should develop memory skills for patients with TLE by enhancing performance of gist memory related to simple association task.
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- Ming-Jang Chiu
- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Long-term behavioral outcome after early-life hyperthermia-induced seizures. Epilepsy Behav 2009; 14:309-15. [PMID: 19071230 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Febrile seizures (FS) are among the most common types of seizures in the developing brain. It has been suggested that FS cause cognitive deficits that proceed into adulthood, but the information is conflicting. The aim of the present study was to determine whether experimental FS have long-term cognitive or behavioral deficits. FS were induced by hyperthermia (30 minutes, approximately 41 degrees C) in 10-day-old rat pups, and behavioral testing was performed. Hippocampus-dependent water maze learning, locomotor activity, and choice reaction time parameters (e.g., reaction time) were generally not affected by FS. However, more detailed analysis revealed that reaction times on the right side were slower than those on the left in controls, whereas this was not observed after FS. Early-life experimental FS did not cause overt cognitive and behavioral deficits, which is in line with previous work, but eliminated the lateralization effect in reaction time known to occur in normal controls, an effect that may be due to the combination of FS and kainic acid or to FS alone.
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Contributions of volumetrics of the hippocampus and thalamus to verbal memory in temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Brain Cogn 2008; 69:65-72. [PMID: 18599175 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Revised: 05/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent theories have posited that the hippocampus and thalamus serve distinct, yet related, roles in episodic memory. Whereas the hippocampus has been implicated in long-term memory encoding and storage, the thalamus, as a whole, has been implicated in the selection of items for subsequent encoding and the use of retrieval strategies. However, dissociating the memory impairment that occurs following thalamic injury as distinguished from that following hippocampal injury has proven difficult. This study examined relationships between MRI volumetric measures of the hippocampus and thalamus and their contributions to prose and rote verbal memory functioning in 18 patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Results revealed that bilateral hippocampal and thalamic volume independently predicted delayed prose verbal memory functioning. However, bilateral hippocampal, but not thalamic, volume predicted delayed rote verbal memory functioning. Follow-up analyses indicated that bilateral thalamic volume independently predicted immediate prose, but not immediate rote, verbal recall, whereas bilateral hippocampal volume was not associated with any of these immediate memory measures. These findings underscore the cognitive significance of thalamic atrophy in chronic TLE, demonstrating that hippocampal and thalamic volume make quantitatively, and perhaps qualitatively, distinct contributions to episodic memory functioning in TLE patients. They are also consistent with theories proposing that the hippocampus supports long-term memory encoding and storage, whereas the thalamus is implicated in the executive aspects of episodic memory.
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Burton LA, Rabin L, Vardy SB, Frohlich J, Porter GW, Dimitri D, Cofer L, Labar D. Implicit and explicit memory for affective passages in temporal lobectomy patients. Brain Cogn 2008; 68:22-9. [PMID: 18378375 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2007] [Revised: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Eighteen temporal lobectomy patients (9 left, LTL; 9 right, RTL) were administered four verbal tasks, an Affective Implicit Task, a Neutral Implicit Task, an Affective Explicit Task, and a Neutral Explicit Task. For the Affective and Neutral Implicit Tasks, participants were timed while reading aloud passages with affective or neutral content, respectively, as quickly as possible, but not so quickly that they did not understand. A target verbal passage was repeated three times; this target passage was alternated with other previously unread passages, and all passages had the same number of words. The Explicit Affective and Neutral Tasks were administered at the end of testing, and consisted of multiple choice questions regarding passage content. Verbal priming effects in terms of improved reading speed with repetition for the target but not non-target passages were found for patients with both left and right temporal lobectomies. As in the Burton, Rabin et al. [Burton, L., Rabin, L., Vardy, S.B., Frohlich, J., Wyatt, G., Dimitri, D., Constante, S., Guterman, E. (2004). Gender differences in implicit and explicit memory for affective passages. Brain and Cognition, 54(3), 218-224] normative study, there were no interactions between this priming effect and affective/neutral content. For the explicit tasks, items from the repeated passages were remembered better than the unrepeated passages, and there was a trend for information from the affective passages to be remembered better than the neutral passages, similar to the normative pattern. The RTL group did not show the normative pattern of slower reading speed for affective compared to neutral passages that the LTL group showed. Thus, the present findings support the idea that intact right medial temporal structures are important for affective content to influence some aspects of verbal processing.
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- Leslie A Burton
- Psychology Department, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA.
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Bell BD, Giovagnoli AR. Recent Innovative Studies of Memory in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neuropsychol Rev 2007; 17:455-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s11065-007-9049-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mazerolle EL, D'Arcy RCN, Marchand Y, Bolster RB. ERP assessment of functional status in the temporal lobe: Examining spatiotemporal correlates of object recognition. Int J Psychophysiol 2007; 66:81-92. [PMID: 17673323 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Revised: 06/19/2007] [Accepted: 06/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have previously used functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess specific anterolateral temporal regions involved in object recognition, providing a novel technique for evaluating functional status in temporal lobe epilepsy (i.e., a site directed approach). However, a method that combines high temporal resolution with spatial mapping is needed to isolate the specific processes associated with these regions (i.e., a process specific approach). In the current study, we evaluated the cognitive processes associated with object recognition and their relationship to the temporal lobe using high-density event-related potentials (ERPs). N300 and late positive component (LPC) responses were examined using a word-picture matching task, with three factors: congruity (match/mismatch), level of abstraction (basic/superordinate), and object category (natural/artificial). The N300 and LPC were analyzed in terms of their temporal characteristics as well as their spatial characteristics through source analysis. The results showed that the N300 primarily indexed processing of congruity and level of abstraction, whereas the LPC primarily indexed processing of object category. In agreement with previous functional imaging studies, N300 and LPC source analysis results confirmed temporal lobe involvement in object recognition. Importantly, LPC object category differences were detected in the anterior temporal lobe. Individual subject analyses revealed that these anterior temporal lobe differences were reliable--with greater activity for natural objects in 84% of subjects. The findings are discussed in terms of clinical applications that use spatiotemporal ERP differences to evaluate functional status of the temporal lobes.
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- Erin L Mazerolle
- Institute for Biodiagnostics (Atlantic), National Research Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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