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Davidson A, Souza P. Relationships Between Auditory Processing and Cognitive Abilities in Adults: A Systematic Review. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2024; 67:296-345. [PMID: 38147487 DOI: 10.1044/2023_jslhr-22-00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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PURPOSE The contributions from the central auditory and cognitive systems play a major role in communication. Understanding the relationship between auditory and cognitive abilities has implications for auditory rehabilitation for clinical patients. The purpose of this systematic review is to address the question, "In adults, what is the relationship between central auditory processing abilities and cognitive abilities?" METHOD Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were followed to identify, screen, and determine eligibility for articles that addressed the research question of interest. Medical librarians and subject matter experts assisted in search strategy, keyword review, and structuring the systematic review process. To be included, articles needed to have an auditory measure (either behavioral or electrophysiologic), a cognitive measure that assessed individual ability, and the measures needed to be compared to one another. RESULTS Following two rounds of identification and screening, 126 articles were included for full analysis. Central auditory processing (CAP) measures were grouped into categories (behavioral: speech in noise, altered speech, temporal processing, binaural processing; electrophysiologic: mismatch negativity, P50, N200, P200, and P300). The most common CAP measures were sentence recognition in speech-shaped noise and the P300. Cognitive abilities were grouped into constructs, and the most common construct was working memory. The findings were mixed, encompassing both significant and nonsignificant relationships; therefore, the results do not conclusively establish a direct link between CAP and cognitive abilities. Nonetheless, several consistent relationships emerged across different domains. Distorted or noisy speech was related to working memory or processing speed. Auditory temporal order tasks showed significant relationships with working memory, fluid intelligence, or multidomain cognitive measures. For electrophysiology, relationships were observed between some cortical evoked potentials and working memory or executive/inhibitory processes. Significant results were consistent with the hypothesis that assessments of CAP and cognitive processing would be positively correlated. CONCLUSIONS Results from this systematic review summarize relationships between CAP and cognitive processing, but also underscore the complexity of these constructs, the importance of study design, and the need to select an appropriate measure. The relationship between auditory and cognitive abilities is complex but can provide informative context when creating clinical management plans. This review supports a need to develop guidelines and training for audiologists who wish to consider individual central auditory and cognitive abilities in patient care. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24855174.
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Vanbilsen N, Kotz SA, Rosso M, Leman M, Triccas LT, Feys P, Moumdjian L. Auditory attention measured by EEG in neurological populations: systematic review of literature and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21064. [PMID: 38030693 PMCID: PMC10687139 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47597-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Sensorimotor synchronization strategies have been frequently used for gait rehabilitation in different neurological populations. Despite these positive effects on gait, attentional processes required to dynamically attend to the auditory stimuli needs elaboration. Here, we investigate auditory attention in neurological populations compared to healthy controls quantified by EEG recordings. Literature was systematically searched in databases PubMed and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria were investigation of auditory attention quantified by EEG recordings in neurological populations in cross-sectional studies. In total, 35 studies were included, including participants with Parkinson's disease (PD), stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). A meta-analysis was performed on P3 amplitude and latency separately to look at the differences between neurological populations and healthy controls in terms of P3 amplitude and latency. Overall, neurological populations showed impairments in auditory processing in terms of magnitude and delay compared to healthy controls. Consideration of individual auditory processes and thereafter selecting and/or designing the auditory structure during sensorimotor synchronization paradigms in neurological physical rehabilitation is recommended.
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- Nele Vanbilsen
- Universitair Multiple Sclerosis Centrum (UMSC), Hasselt-Pelt, Hasselt, Belgium.
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000, Gent, Belgium
- Université de Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie: Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition, Lille, France
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- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Department of Movement and Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 33 Queen Square, London, UK
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- Universitair Multiple Sclerosis Centrum (UMSC), Hasselt-Pelt, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Universitair Multiple Sclerosis Centrum (UMSC), Hasselt-Pelt, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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Kobeleva X, Machts J, Veit M, Vielhaber S, Petri S, Schoenfeld MA. Brain activity is contingent on neuropsychological function in a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of verbal working memory in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2021; 28:3051-3060. [PMID: 34081813 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14957] [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: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive degeneration of neurons in motor and non-motor brain regions, affecting multiple cognitive domains such as memory. A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study was performed to explore working memory function in ALS. METHODS To contribute to the growing research field that employs structural and functional neuroimaging to investigate the effect of ALS on different working memory components, the localization and intensity of alterations in neural activity was explored using fMRI. Being the first study to specifically address verbal working memory via fMRI in the context of ALS, the verbal n-back task with 0-back and 2-back conditions was employed. RESULTS Despite ALS patients showing unimpaired accuracies (p = 0.724) and reaction times (p = 0.0785), there was significantly increased brain activity of frontotemporal and parietal regions in the 2-back minus 0-back contrast in patients compared to controls (using nonparametric statistics with 5000 permutations and a T threshold of 2.5). DISCUSSION Increased brain activity of the frontotemporal and parietal regions during working memory performance was largely associated with better neuropsychological function within the ALS group, suggesting a compensatory effect during working memory execution. This study therefore adds to the current knowledge on neural correlates of working memory in ALS and contributes to a more nuanced understanding of hyperactivity during cognitive processes in fMRI studies of ALS.
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- Xenia Kobeleva
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,Kliniken Schmieder, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of behavioral neurology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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Deligani RJ, Hosni SI, Borgheai SB, McLinden J, Zisk AH, Mankodiya K, Shahriari Y. Electrical and Hemodynamic Neural Functions in People With ALS: An EEG-fNIRS Resting-State Study. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2020; 28:3129-3139. [PMID: 33055020 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2020.3031495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a complex neurodegenerative disease that causes the progressive loss of voluntary muscle control. Recent studies have reported conflicting results on alterations in resting-state functional brain networks in ALS by adopting unimodal techniques that measure either electrophysiological or vascular-hemodynamic neural functions. However, no study to date has explored simultaneous electrical and vascular-hemodynamic changes in the resting-state brain in ALS. Using complementary multimodal electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) recording and analysis techniques, we explored the underlying multidimensional neural contributions to altered oscillations and functional connectivity in people with ALS. METHODS 10 ALS patients and 9 age-matched controls underwent multimodal EEG-fNIRS recording in the resting state. Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and power spectra of both modalities in both groups were analyzed and compared statistically. RESULTS Increased fronto-parietal EEG connectivity in the alpha and beta bands and increased interhemispheric and right intra-hemispheric fNIRS connectivity in the frontal and prefrontal regions were observed in ALS. Frontal, central, and temporal theta and alpha EEG power decreased in ALS, as did parietal and occipital alpha EEG power, while frontal and parietal hemodynamic spectral power increased in ALS. SIGNIFICANCE These results suggest that electro-vascular disruption in neuronal networks extends to the extra-motor regions in ALS patients, which can ultimately introduce novel neural markers of ALS that can be exploited further as diagnostic and prognostic tools.
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Barulli MR, Piccininni M, Di Dio C, Musarò C, Grasso A, Tursi M, Iurillo A, Lozupone M, Capozzo R, Tortelli R, Simone IL, Panza F, Logroscino G. Episodic memory and learning rates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis without dementia. Cortex 2019; 117:257-265. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is heterogeneous but now recognized as a feature in non-demented patients and no longer exclusively attributed to executive dysfunction. However, despite common reports of temporal lobe changes and memory deficits in ALS, episodic memory has been less explored. In the current study, we examined how the Papez circuit-a circuit known to participate in memory processes-is structurally and functionally affected in ALS patients (n = 20) compared with healthy controls (n = 15), and whether these changes correlated with a commonly used clinical measure of episodic memory. Our multimodal MRI approach (cortical volume, voxel-based morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging and resting state functional magnetic resonance) showed reduced gray matter in left hippocampus, left entorhinal cortex and right posterior cingulate as well as increased white matter fractional anisotropy and decreased mean diffusivity in the left cingulum bundle (hippocampal part) of ALS patients compared with controls. Interestingly, thalamus, mammillary bodies and fornix were preserved. Finally, we report a decreased functional connectivity in ALS patients in bilateral hippocampus, bilateral anterior and posterior parahippocampal gyrus and posterior cingulate. The results revealed that ALS patients showed statistically significant structural changes, but more important, widespread prominent functional connectivity abnormalities across the regions comprising the Papez circuit. The decreased functional connectivity found in the Papez network may suggest these changes could be used to assess risk or assist early detection or development of memory symptoms in ALS patients even before structural changes are established.
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Bueno APA, Pinaya WHL, Rebello K, de Souza LC, Hornberger M, Sato JR. Regional Dynamics of the Resting Brain in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations and Regional Homogeneity Analyses. Brain Connect 2019; 9:356-364. [PMID: 30793923 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2019.0663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging has been playing an important role in the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Although functional connectivity is widely studied, the patterns of spontaneous neural activity of the resting brain are important mechanisms that have been used recently to study a variety of conditions but remain less explored in ALS. Here we have used fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) and regional homogeneity (ReHo) to study the regional dynamics of the resting brain of nondemented ALS patients compared with healthy controls. As expected, we found the sensorimotor network with changes in fALFF and ReHo, and also found the default mode network (DMN), frontoparietal network (FPN), and salience network (SN) altered and the cerebellum, although no structural changes between ALS patients and controls were reported in the regions with fALFF and ReHo changes. We show an altered pattern in the spontaneous low-frequency oscillations that is not confined to the motor areas and reveal a more widespread involvement of nonmotor regions, including those responsible for cognition.
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- Ana Paula Arantes Bueno
- 1 Center of Mathematics, Computing and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil.,2 Department of Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- 1 Center of Mathematics, Computing and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil.,3 Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- 1 Center of Mathematics, Computing and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- 4 Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- 2 Department of Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.,5 Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- 1 Center of Mathematics, Computing and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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McMackin R, Bede P, Pender N, Hardiman O, Nasseroleslami B. Neurophysiological markers of network dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. Neuroimage Clin 2019; 22:101706. [PMID: 30738372 PMCID: PMC6370863 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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There is strong clinical, imaging and pathological evidence that neurodegeneration is associated with altered brain connectivity. While functional imaging (fMRI) can detect resting and activated states of metabolic activity, its use is limited by poor temporal resolution, cost and confounding vascular parameters. By contrast, electrophysiological (e.g. EEG/MEG) recordings provide direct measures of neural activity with excellent temporal resolution, and source localization methodologies can address problems of spatial resolution, permitting measurement of functional activity of brain networks with a spatial resolution similar to that of fMRI. This opens an exciting therapeutic approach focussed on pharmacological and physiological modulation of brain network activity. This review describes current neurophysiological approaches towards evaluating cortical network dysfunction in common neurodegenerative disorders. It explores how modern neurophysiologic tools can provide markers for diagnosis, prognosis, subcategorization and clinical trial outcome measures, and how modulation of brain networks can contribute to new therapeutic approaches.
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- Roisin McMackin
- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse St., Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland.
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- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse St., Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland; Computational Neuroimaging Group, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse St., Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland.
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- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse St., Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland; Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Department of Psychology, Beaumont Road, Beaumont, Dublin 9, Ireland.
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- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse St., Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland; Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Department of Neurology, Beaumont Road, Beaumont, Dublin 9, Ireland.
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- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse St., Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland.
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Proudfoot M, Bede P, Turner MR. Imaging Cerebral Activity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2019; 9:1148. [PMID: 30671016 PMCID: PMC6332509 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.01148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Advances in neuroimaging, complementing histopathological insights, have established a multi-system involvement of cerebral networks beyond the traditional neuromuscular pathological view of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The development of effective disease-modifying therapy remains a priority and this will be facilitated by improved biomarkers of motor system integrity against which to assess the efficacy of candidate drugs. Functional MRI (FMRI) is an established measure of both cerebral activity and connectivity, but there is an increasing recognition of neuronal oscillations in facilitating long-distance communication across the cortical surface. Such dynamic synchronization vastly expands the connectivity foundations defined by traditional neuronal architecture. This review considers the unique pathogenic insights afforded by the capture of cerebral disease activity in ALS using FMRI and encephalography.
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- Malcolm Proudfoot
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Computational Neuroimaging Group, Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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The Effect of Frontal Lobe Traumatic Brain Injury on Sentence Comprehension and Working Memory. Trauma Mon 2018. [DOI: 10.5812/traumamon.74353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Linse K, Aust E, Joos M, Hermann A. Communication Matters-Pitfalls and Promise of Hightech Communication Devices in Palliative Care of Severely Physically Disabled Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2018; 9:603. [PMID: 30100896 PMCID: PMC6072854 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease, leading to progressive paralysis, dysarthria, dysphagia, and respiratory disabilities. Therapy is mostly focused on palliative interventions. During the course of the disease, verbal as well as nonverbal communicative abilities become more and more impaired. In this light, communication has been argued to be “the essence of human life” and crucial for patients' quality of life. High-tech augmentative and alternative communication (HT-AAC) technologies such as eyetracking based computer devices and brain-computer-interfaces provide the possibility to maintain caregiver-independent communication and environmental control even in the advanced disease state of ALS. Thus, they enable patients to preserve social participation and to independently communicate end-of-life-decisions. In accordance with these functions of HT-AAC, their use is reported to strengthen self-determination, increase patients' quality of life and reduce caregiver burden. Therefore, HT-AAC should be considered as standard of (palliative) care for people with ALS. On the other hand, the supply with individually tailored HT-AAC technologies is limited by external and patient-inherent variables. This review aims to provide an overview of the possibilities and limitations of HT-AAC technologies and discuss their role in the palliative care for patients with ALS.
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- Katharina Linse
- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Interactive Minds Dresden GmbH, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Kellmeyer P, Grosse-Wentrup M, Schulze-Bonhage A, Ziemann U, Ball T. Electrophysiological correlates of neurodegeneration in motor and non-motor brain regions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-implications for brain-computer interfacing. J Neural Eng 2018; 15:041003. [PMID: 29676287 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aabfa5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE For patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who are suffering from severe communication or motor problems, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) can improve the quality of life and patient autonomy. However, current BCI systems are not as widely used as their potential and patient demand would let assume. This underutilization is a result of technological as well as user-based limitations but also of the comparatively poor performance of currently existing BCIs in patients with late-stage ALS, particularly in the locked-in state. APPROACH Here we review a broad range of electrophysiological studies in ALS patients with the aim to identify electrophysiological correlates of ALS-related neurodegeneration in motor and non-motor brain regions in to better understand potential neurophysiological limitations of current BCI systems for ALS patients. To this end we analyze studies in ALS patients that investigated basic sensory evoked potentials, resting-state and task-based paradigms using electroencephalography or electrocorticography for basic research purposes as well as for brain-computer interfacing. Main results and significance. Our review underscores that, similarly to mounting evidence from neuroimaging and neuropathology, electrophysiological measures too indicate neurodegeneration in non-motor areas in ALS. Furthermore, we identify an unexpected gap of basic and advanced electrophysiological studies in late-stage ALS patients, particularly in the locked-in state. We propose a research strategy on how to fill this gap in order to improve the design and performance of future BCI systems for this patient group.
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- Philipp Kellmeyer
- Translational Neurotechnology Lab, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Cluster of Excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Erlbeck H, Mochty U, Kübler A, Real RGL. Circadian course of the P300 ERP in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - implications for brain-computer interfaces (BCI). BMC Neurol 2017; 17:3. [PMID: 28061886 PMCID: PMC5219734 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-016-0782-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Accidents or neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can lead to progressing, extensive, and complete paralysis leaving patients aware but unable to communicate (locked-in state). Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) based on electroencephalography represent an important approach to establish communication with these patients. The most common BCI for communication rely on the P300, a positive deflection arising in response to rare events. To foster broader application of BCIs for restoring lost function, also for end-users with impaired vision, we explored whether there were specific time windows during the day in which a P300 driven BCI should be preferably applied. Methods The present study investigated the influence of time of the day and modality (visual vs. auditory) on P300 amplitude and latency. A sample of 14 patients (end-users) with ALS and 14 healthy age matched volunteers participated in the study and P300 event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded at four different times (10, 12 am, 2, & 4 pm) during the day. Results Results indicated no differences in P300 amplitudes or latencies between groups (ALS patients v. healthy participants) or time of measurement. In the auditory condition, latencies were shorter and amplitudes smaller as compared to the visual condition. Conclusion Our findings suggest applicability of EEG/BCI sessions in patients with ALS throughout normal waking hours. Future studies using actual BCI systems are needed to generalize these findings with regard to BCI effectiveness/efficiency and other times of day.
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- Helena Erlbeck
- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. .,Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Waldweg 37, 37073, Göttingen, Germany.
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Neural correlates of cognitive set shifting in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 127:3537-3545. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Vellage AK, Veit M, Kobeleva X, Petri S, Vielhaber S, Müller NG. Working Memory Network Changes in ALS: An fMRI Study. Front Neurosci 2016; 10:158. [PMID: 27147950 PMCID: PMC4835479 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We used amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as a model of prefrontal dysfunction in order to re-assess the potential neuronal substrates of two sub processes of working memory, namely information storage and filtering. To date it is unclear which exact neuronal networks sustain these two processes and the prefrontal cortex was suggested to play a crucial role both for filtering out of irrelevant information and for the storage of relevant information in memory. Other research has attributed information storage to more posterior brain regions, including the parietal cortex and stressed the role of subcortical areas in information filtering. We studied 14 patients suffering from ALS and the same number of healthy controls in an fMRI-task that allowed calculating separate storage and filtering scores. A brain volume analysis confirmed prefrontal atrophy in the patient group. Regarding their performance in the working memory task, we observed a trend toward slightly impaired storage capabilities whereas filtering appeared completely intact. Despite the rather subtle behavioral deficits we observed marked changes in neuronal activity associated with ALS: Compared to healthy controls patients showed significantly reduced hemodynamic responses in the left occipital cortex and right prefrontal cortex in the storage contrast. The filter contrast on the other hand revealed a relative hyperactivation in the superior frontal gyrus of the ALS patients. This hyperactivation might reflect a possible compensational mechanism for the prefrontal degeneration found in ALS. The reduced hemodynamic responses in the storage contrast might reflect a disruption of prefrontal top-down control of posterior brain regions, a process which was especially relevant in the most difficult high load memory task. Taken together, the present study demonstrates marked neurophysiological changes in ALS patients compared to healthy controls during the filtering and storage of information in spite of largely intact behavior. With respect to the neuronal substrates of the two working memory processes under investigation here, the results suggest that it is rather the degree to which top-down control is required for task completion that determines prefrontal cortex involvement than the specific nature of the process, i.e., storage vs. filtering.
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- Anne-Katrin Vellage
- Neuroprotection Group, German Centre of Neurodegenerative DiseasesMagdeburg, Germany; Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-UniversityBerlin, Germany
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- Neuroprotection Group, German Centre of Neurodegenerative Diseases Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical School Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical School Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
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- Neuroprotection Group, German Centre of Neurodegenerative DiseasesMagdeburg, Germany; Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke UniversityMagdeburg, Germany
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Volpato C, Prats Sedano MA, Silvoni S, Segato N, Cavinato M, Merico A, Piccione F, Palmieri A, Birbaumer N. Selective attention impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2016; 17:236-44. [DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2016.1143514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Chiara Volpato
- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
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- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
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- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
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- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
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- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
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- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Italy,
- Cognitive Neuroscience Centre, University of Padova, Italy, and
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- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venice, Italy,
- Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Tactile event-related potentials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): Implications for brain-computer interface. Clin Neurophysiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Proudfoot M, Menke RAL, Sharma R, Berna CM, Hicks SL, Kennard C, Talbot K, Turner MR. Eye-tracking in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A longitudinal study of saccadic and cognitive tasks. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2015; 17:101-11. [PMID: 26312652 DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2015.1054292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A relative preservation of eye movements is notable in ALS, but saccadic functions have not been studied longitudinally. ALS overlaps with FTD, typically involving executive dysfunction, and eye-tracking offers additional potential for the assessment of extramotor pathology where writing and speaking are both impaired. Eye-tracking measures (including anti-saccade, trail-making and visual search tasks) were assessed at six-monthly intervals for up to two years in a group of ALS (n = 61) and primary lateral sclerosis (n = 7) patients, compared to healthy age-matched controls (n = 39) assessed on a single occasion. Task performance was explored speculatively in relation to resting-state functional MRI (R-FMRI) network connectivity. Results showed that ALS patients were impaired on executive and visual search tasks despite normal basic saccadic function, and impairments in the PLS patients were unexpectedly often more severe. No significant progression was detected longitudinally in either group. No changes in R-FMRI network connectivity were identified in relation to patient performance. In conclusion, eye-tracking offers an objective means to assess extramotor cerebral involvement in ALS. The relative resistance of pure oculomotor function is confirmed, and higher-level executive impairments do not follow the same rate of decline as physical disability. PLS patients may have more cortical dysfunction than has been previously appreciated.
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- Malcolm Proudfoot
- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Ash S, Menaged A, Olm C, McMillan CT, Boller A, Irwin DJ, McCluskey L, Elman L, Grossman M. Narrative discourse deficits in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology 2014; 83:520-8. [PMID: 24991038 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We examined narrative discourse in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to assess the role of executive functioning in support of language and the neuroanatomical basis for such support. METHODS We analyzed a semistructured speech sample in 26 patients with ALS and 19 healthy seniors for narrative discourse features of coherence. Regression analyses related a measure of discourse coherence ("local connectedness") to gray matter atrophy and reduced white matter fractional anisotropy. RESULTS Patients with ALS were impaired relative to controls on measures of discourse adequacy, including local connectedness and maintenance of the theme. These discourse measures were related to measures of executive functioning but not to motor functioning. Regressions related local connectedness to gray matter atrophy in ventral and dorsal prefrontal regions and to reduced fractional anisotropy in white matter tracts mediating projections between prefrontal regions. CONCLUSION Patients with ALS exhibit deficits in their ability to organize narrative discourse. These deficits appear to be related in part to executive limitations. Consistent with the hypothesis that ALS is a multisystem disorder, this deficit is related to disease in prefrontal regions.
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- Sharon Ash
- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- From the Department of Neurology and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (S.A., A.M., C.O., C.T.M., A.B., D.J.I., L.M., L.E., M.G.), and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Syntactic comprehension in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Behav Neurol 2014; 2014:230578. [PMID: 25161339 PMCID: PMC4006623 DOI: 10.1155/2014/230578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 02/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Recent neuropsychological studies of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have demonstrated that some patients have aphasic symptoms, including impaired syntactic comprehension. However, it is not known if syntactic comprehension disorder is related to executive and visuospatial dysfunction. In this study, we evaluated syntactic comprehension using the Syntax Test for Aphasia (STA) auditory comprehension task, frontal executive function using the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), visuospatial function using Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM), and dementia using the Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised (HDS-R) in 25 patients with ALS. Of the 25 patients, 18 (72%) had syntactic comprehension disorder (STA score < IV), nine (36%) had frontal executive dysfunction (FAB score < 14), six (24%) had visuospatial dysfunction (RCPM score < 24), and none had dementia (HDS-R score < 20). Nine of the 18 patients with syntactic comprehension disorder (50%) passed the FAB and RCPM. Although sample size was small, these patients had a low STA score but normal FAB and RCPM score. All patients with bulbar onset ALS had syntactic comprehension disorder. These results indicate that it might be necessary to assess syntactic comprehension in patients with bulbar onset ALS. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the pathological continuum of ALS.
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Amato N, Riva N, Cursi M, Martins-Silva A, Martinelli V, Comola M, Fazio R, Comi G, Leocani L. Different Frontal Involvement in ALS and PLS Revealed by Stroop Event-Related Potentials and Reaction Times. Front Aging Neurosci 2013; 5:82. [PMID: 24376417 PMCID: PMC3860257 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A growing body of evidence suggests a link between cognitive and pathological changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Cognitive deficits have been investigated much less extensively in primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) than in ALS. OBJECTIVE To investigate bioelectrical activity to Stroop test, assessing frontal function, in ALS, PLS, and control groups. METHODS Thirty-two non-demented ALS patients, 10 non-demented PLS patients, and 27 healthy subjects were included. Twenty-nine electroencephalography channels with binaural reference were recorded during covert Stroop task performance, involving mental discrimination of the stimuli and not vocal or motor response. Group effects on event-related potentials (ERPs) latency were analyzed using statistical multivariate analysis. Topographic analysis was performed using low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA). RESULTS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients committed more errors in the execution of the task but they were not slower, whereas PLS patients did not show reduced accuracy, despite a slowing of reaction times (RTs). The main ERP components were delayed in ALS, but not in PLS, compared with controls. Moreover, RTs speed but not ERP latency correlated with clinical scores. ALS had decreased frontotemporal activity in the P2, P3, and N4 time windows compared to controls. CONCLUSION These findings suggest a different pattern of psychophysiological involvement in ALS compared with PLS. The former is increasingly recognized to be a multisystems disorder, with a spectrum of executive and behavioral impairments reflecting frontotemporal dysfunction. The latter seems to mainly involve the motor system, with largely spared cognitive functions. Moreover, our results suggest that the covert version of the Stroop task used in the present study, may be useful to assess cognitive state in the very advanced stage of the disease, when other cognitive tasks are not applicable.
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- Ninfa Amato
- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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- Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milan , Italy
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Halder S, Ruf CA, Furdea A, Pasqualotto E, De Massari D, van der Heiden L, Bogdan M, Rosenstiel W, Birbaumer N, Kübler A, Matuz T. Prediction of P300 BCI aptitude in severe motor impairment. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76148. [PMID: 24204597 PMCID: PMC3799852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) provide a non-muscular communication channel for persons with severe motor impairments. Previous studies have shown that the aptitude with which a BCI can be controlled varies from person to person. A reliable predictor of performance could facilitate selection of a suitable BCI paradigm. Eleven severely motor impaired participants performed three sessions of a P300 BCI web browsing task. Before each session auditory oddball data were collected to predict the BCI aptitude of the participants exhibited in the current session. We found a strong relationship of early positive and negative potentials around 200 ms (elicited with the auditory oddball task) with performance. The amplitude of the P2 (r = −0.77) and of the N2 (r = −0.86) had the strongest correlations. Aptitude prediction using an auditory oddball was successful. The finding that the N2 amplitude is a stronger predictor of performance than P3 amplitude was reproduced after initially showing this effect with a healthy sample of BCI users. This will reduce strain on the end-users by minimizing the time needed to find suitable paradigms and inspire new approaches to improve performance.
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- Sebastian Halder
- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Ospedale San Camillo, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione, Venezia-Lido, Italy
- Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Cognitive Psychology, University of Finance and Management, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Computer Engineering, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Ospedale San Camillo, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione, Venezia-Lido, Italy
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Goldstein LH, Abrahams S. Changes in cognition and behaviour in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: nature of impairment and implications for assessment. Lancet Neurol 2013; 12:368-80. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(13)70026-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Silvoni S, Cavinato M, Volpato C, Ruf CA, Birbaumer N, Piccione F. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression and stability of brain-computer interface communication. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2013; 14:390-6. [PMID: 23445258 DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2013.770029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Our objective was to investigate the relationship between brain-computer interface (BCI) communication skill and disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We sought also to assess stability of BCI communication performance over time and whether it is related to the progression of neurological impairment before entering the locked-in state. A three years follow-up, BCI evaluation in a group of ALS patients (n = 24) was conducted. For a variety of reasons only three patients completed the three years follow-up. BCI communication skill and disability level, using the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised, were assessed at admission and at each of the three follow-ups. Multiple non-parametric statistical methods were used to ensure reliability of the dependent variables: correlations, paired test and factor analysis of variance. Results demonstrated no significant relationship between BCI communication skill (BCI-CS) and disease evolution. The patients who performed the follow-up evaluations preserved their BCI-CS over time. Patients' age at admission correlated positively with the ability to achieve control over a BCI. In conclusion, disease evolution in ALS does not affect the ability to control a BCI for communication. BCI performance can be maintained in the different stages of the illness.
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- Stefano Silvoni
- Department of Neurophysiology, I.R.R.C.S., S. Camillo Hospital Foundation, Via Alberoni 70, Venice, Italy.
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De Massari D, Matuz T, Furdea A, Ruf CA, Halder S, Birbaumer N. Brain–computer interface and semantic classical conditioning of communication in paralysis. Biol Psychol 2013; 92:267-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Libon DJ, McMillan C, Avants B, Boller A, Morgan B, Burkholder L, Chandrasekaran K, Elman L, McCluskey L, Grossman M. Deficits in concept formation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuropsychology 2012; 26:422-9. [PMID: 22612577 PMCID: PMC3516292 DOI: 10.1037/a0028668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is associated with impaired executive control. The aim of the current research was to test the hypothesis that concept formation deficits associated with an extramotor neurocognitive network involving executive and semantic resources can be found in some ALS patients. METHOD Forty-one patients with clinically definite ALS were assessed with Delis Kaplan Executive Function System Sorting Test (D-KEFS), a measure of concept formation requiring patients to manipulate verbal and visual semantic information and neuropsychological tests measuring naming, semantic memory, and executive control. Using D-KEFS scale scores, a k-mean cluster analysis specifying a 3-group solution was able to classify ALS patients into groups presenting with mildly impaired, average, and above average sorting test performance. High-resolution T1 structural MRI was used to examine cortical thickness in a subset of 16 ALS patients. RESULTS Stepwise regression analyses related free and recognition sorting test performance to measures of action naming, single word semantic knowledge, and mental search/working memory. MRI studies found widespread cortical thinning involving bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal regions. Regression analyses related recognition sorting performance to reduced MRI cortical thickness involving the left prefrontal and left parietal cortex. CONCLUSIONS An extramotor cognitive network is associated with impaired concept formation in ALS.
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- David J Libon
- Department of Neurology, Drexel University College of Medicine, New College Building, 245 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
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Birbaumer N, Piccione F, Silvoni S, Wildgruber M. Ideomotor silence: the case of complete paralysis and brain-computer interfaces (BCI). PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2012; 76:183-91. [PMID: 22252304 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-012-0412-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The paper presents some speculations on the loss of voluntary responses and operant learning in long-term paralysis in human patients and curarized rats. Based on a reformulation of the ideomotor thinking hypothesis already described in the 19th century, we present evidence that instrumentally learned responses and intentional cognitive processes extinguish as a consequence of long-term complete paralysis in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Preliminary data collected with ALS patients during extended and complete paralysis suggest semantic classical conditioning of brain activity as the only remaining communication possibility in those states.
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- Niels Birbaumer
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
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