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Li G, Song Y, Liang M, Yu J, Zhai R. PD-ARnet: a deep learning approach for Parkinson's disease diagnosis from resting-state fMRI. J Neural Eng 2024; 21:056016. [PMID: 39250928 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad788b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/11/2024]
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Objective. The clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) relying on medical history, clinical symptoms, and signs is subjective and lacks sensitivity. Resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) has been demonstrated to be an effective biomarker for diagnosing PD.Approach.This study proposes a deep learning approach for the automatic diagnosis of PD using rs-fMRI, named PD-ARnet. Specifically, PD-ARnet utilizes Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuations and Regional Homogeneity extracted from rs-fMRI as inputs. The inputs are then processed through a developed dual-branch 3D feature extractor to perform advanced feature extraction. During this process, a Correlation-Driven weighting module is applied to capture complementary information from both features. Subsequently, the Attention-Enhanced fusion module is developed to effectively merge two types of features, and the fused features are input into a fully connected layer for automatic diagnosis classification.Main results.Using 145 samples from the PPMI dataset to evaluate the detection performance of PD-ARnet, the results indicated an average classification accuracy of 91.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 90.9%, 92.4%), precision of 94.7% (95% CI: 94.2%, 95.1%), recall of 86.2% (95% CI: 84.9%, 87.4%), F1 score of 90.2% (95% CI: 89.3%, 91.1%), and AUC of 92.8% (95% CI: 91.1%, 95.0%).Significance.The proposed method has the potential to become a clinical auxiliary diagnostic tool for PD, reducing subjectivity in the diagnostic process, and enhancing diagnostic efficiency and consistency.
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- Guangyao Li
- Henan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Data Processing, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Data Processing, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Data Processing, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Data Processing, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Data Processing, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China
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Bălăeţ M, Alhajraf F, Bourke NJ, Welch J, Razzaque J, Malhotra P, Hu MT, Hampshire A. Metacognitive accuracy differences in Parkinson's disease and REM sleep behavioral disorder relative to healthy controls. Front Neurol 2024; 15:1399313. [PMID: 38859970 PMCID: PMC11164050 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1399313] [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: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Background Metacognition is the ability to monitor and self-assess cognitive performance. It can be impaired in neurodegenerative diseases, with implications for daily function, and the ability of patients to reliably report their symptoms to health professionals. However, metacognition has not been systematically assessed in early-mid stage Parkinson's disease (PD) and REM sleep behavioral disorder (RBD), a prodrome of PD. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate metacognitive accuracy and self-confidence in PD and RBD patients across various cognitive tasks. Methods We conducted detailed computerized cognitive assessments with 19 cognitive tasks within an established PD and RBD cohort. Participants self-rated their performance post-task. Metacognitive accuracy was calculated by comparing these ratings against objective performance and further analyzed against clinical and mental health factors. Results PD and RBD patients' metacognitive accuracy aligned with control subjects. However, they exhibited lower confidence across cognitive domains, reflecting their reduced cognitive performance. A notable inverse correlation was observed between their confidence and MDS-UPDRS I and II scales and HADS anxiety and depression scores. Conclusion Our findings indicate that patients with early to mid-stage PD and RBD are generally aware of their cognitive status, differing from other neurological disorders. The inverse relationship between patient confidence and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and daily life challenges underscores the impact of emotional and functional difficulties on their self-perception of cognitive abilities. This insight could be significant for understanding how these conditions affect mental health, aiding clinicians in developing more effective patient care strategies.
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- Maria Bălăeţ
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, Nuffield Department Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, Nuffield Department Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, Nuffield Department Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, Nuffield Department Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yuzkan S, Hasimoglu O, Balsak S, Mutlu S, Karagulle M, Kose F, Altinkaya A, Tugcu B, Kocak B. Utility of diffusion tensor imaging and generalized q-sampling imaging for predicting short-term clinical effect of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2024; 166:217. [PMID: 38748304 PMCID: PMC11096246 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-024-06096-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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PURPOSE To assess whether diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and generalized q-sampling imaging (GQI) metrics could preoperatively predict the clinical outcome of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS In this single-center retrospective study, from September 2021 to March 2023, preoperative DTI and GQI examinations of 44 patients who underwent DBS surgery, were analyzed. To evaluate motor functions, the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) during on- and off-medication and Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39) scales were used before and three months after DBS surgery. The study population was divided into two groups according to the improvement rate of scales: ≥ 50% and < 50%. Five target regions, reported to be affected in PD, were investigated. The parameters having statistically significant difference were subjected to a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS Quantitative anisotropy (qa) values from globus pallidus externus, globus pallidus internus (qa_Gpi), and substantia nigra exhibited significant distributional difference between groups in terms of the improvement rate of UPDRS-3 scale during on-medication (p = 0.003, p = 0.0003, and p = 0.0008, respectively). In ROC analysis, the best parameter in predicting DBS response included qa_Gpi with a cut-off value of 0.01370 achieved an area under the ROC curve, accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.810, 73%, 62.5%, and 85%, respectively. Optimal cut-off values of ≥ 0.01864 and ≤ 0.01162 yielded a sensitivity and specificity of 100%, respectively. CONCLUSION The imaging parameters acquired from GQI, particularly qa_Gpi, may have the ability to non-invasively predict the clinical outcome of DBS surgery.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakif University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Basaksehir, Istanbul, 34480, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Basaksehir, Istanbul, 34480, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Basaksehir, Istanbul, 34480, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Basaksehir, Istanbul, 34480, Turkey.
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Chattopadhyay T, Singh A, Laltoo E, Boyle CP, Owens-Walton C, Chen YL, Cook P, McMillan C, Tsai CC, Wang JJ, Wu YR, van der Werf Y, Thompson PM. Comparison of Anatomical and Diffusion MRI for detecting Parkinson's Disease using Deep Convolutional Neural Network. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023; 2023:1-6. [PMID: 38083460 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects over 10 million people worldwide. Brain atrophy and microstructural abnormalities tend to be more subtle in PD than in other age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, so there is interest in how well machine learning methods can detect PD in radiological scans. Deep learning models based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can automatically distil diagnostically useful features from raw MRI scans, but most CNN-based deep learning models have only been tested on T1-weighted brain MRI. Here we examine the added value of diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI) - a variant of MRI, sensitive to microstructural tissue properties - as an additional input in CNN-based models for PD classification. Our evaluations used data from 3 separate cohorts - from Chang Gung University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the PPMI dataset. We trained CNNs on various combinations of these cohorts to find the best predictive model. Although tests on more diverse data are warranted, deep-learned models from dMRI show promise for PD classification.Clinical Relevance- This study supports the use of diffusion-weighted images as an alternative to anatomical images for AI-based detection of Parkinson's disease.
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Shih YC, Ooi LQR, Li HH, Allen JC, Hartono S, Welton T, Tan EK, Chan LL. Serial deep gray nuclear DTI changes in Parkinson's disease over twelve years. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 15:1169254. [PMID: 37409008 PMCID: PMC10318173 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1169254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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Background Deep gray nuclear pathology relates to motor deterioration in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Inconsistent deep nuclear diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) findings in cross-sectional or short-term longitudinal studies have been reported. Long-term studies in PD are clinically challenging; decade-long deep nuclear DTI data are nonexistent. We investigated serial DTI changes and clinical utility in a case-control PD cohort of 149 subjects (72 patients/77 controls) over 12 years. Methods Participating subjects underwent brain MRI at 1.5T; DTI metrics from segmented masks of caudate, putamen, globus pallidus and thalamus were extracted from three timepoints with 6-year gaps. Patients underwent clinical assessment, including Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale Part 3 (UPDRS-III) and Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) staging. A multivariate linear mixed-effects regression model with adjustments for age and gender was used to assess between-group differences in DTI metrics at each timepoint. Partial Pearson correlation analysis was used to correlate clinical motor scores with DTI metrics over time. Results MD progressively increased over time and was higher in the putamen (p < 0.001) and globus pallidus (p = 0.002). FA increased (p < 0.05) in the thalamus at year six, and decreased in the putamen and globus pallidus at year 12. Putaminal (p = 0.0210), pallidal (p = 0.0066) and caudate MD (p < 0.0001) correlated with disease duration. Caudate MD (p < 0.05) also correlated with UPDRS-III and H&Y scores. Conclusion Pallido-putaminal MD showed differential neurodegeneration in PD over 12 years on longitudinal DTI; putaminal and thalamic FA changes were complex. Caudate MD could serve as a surrogate marker to track late PD progression.
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- Yao-Chia Shih
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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Chattopadhyay T, Singh A, Laltoo E, Boyle CP, Owens-Walton C, Chen YL, Cook P, McMillan C, Tsai CC, Wang JJ, Wu YR, van der Werf Y, Thompson PM. Comparison of Anatomical and Diffusion MRI for detecting Parkinson's Disease using Deep Convolutional Neural Network. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.01.538952. [PMID: 37205416 PMCID: PMC10187193 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.01.538952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects over 10 million people worldwide. Brain atrophy and microstructural abnormalities tend to be more subtle in PD than in other age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, so there is interest in how well machine learning methods can detect PD in radiological scans. Deep learning models based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can automatically distil diagnostically useful features from raw MRI scans, but most CNN-based deep learning models have only been tested on T1-weighted brain MRI. Here we examine the added value of diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI) - a variant of MRI, sensitive to microstructural tissue properties - as an additional input in CNN-based models for PD classification. Our evaluations used data from 3 separate cohorts - from Chang Gung University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the PPMI dataset. We trained CNNs on various combinations of these cohorts to find the best predictive model. Although tests on more diverse data are warranted, deep-learned models from dMRI show promise for PD classification. Clinical Relevance This study supports the use of diffusion-weighted images as an alternative to anatomical images for AI-based detection of Parkinson's disease.
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Han S, Gim Y, Jang EH, Hur EM. Functions and dysfunctions of oligodendrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:1083159. [PMID: 36605616 PMCID: PMC9807813 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.1083159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are characterized by the progressive loss of selectively vulnerable populations of neurons, which is responsible for the clinical symptoms. Although degeneration of neurons is a prominent feature that undoubtedly contributes to and defines NDD pathology, it is now clear that neuronal cell death is by no means mediated solely by cell-autonomous mechanisms. Oligodendrocytes (OLs), the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS), enable rapid transmission of electrical signals and provide metabolic and trophic support to neurons. Recent evidence suggests that OLs and their progenitor population play a role in the onset and progression of NDDs. In this review, we discuss emerging evidence suggesting a role of OL lineage cells in the pathogenesis of age-related NDDs. We start with multiple system atrophy, an NDD with a well-known oligodendroglial pathology, and then discuss Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), NDDs which have been thought of as neuronal origins. Understanding the functions and dysfunctions of OLs might lead to the advent of disease-modifying strategies against NDDs.
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- Seungwan Han
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- BK21 Four Future Veterinary Medicine Leading Education and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- BK21 Four Future Veterinary Medicine Leading Education and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Comparative Medicine Disease Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- BK21 Four Future Veterinary Medicine Leading Education and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Comparative Medicine Disease Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Hosseini MS, Azimi MS, Shahzadeh S, Ardekani AF, Arabi H, Zaidi H. Supervised Classification of Mean Diffusivity in Substantia Nigra for Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis. 2022 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE (NSS/MIC) 2022. [DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic44845.2022.10399117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
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- Shahid Beheshti University,Department of Medical Radiation Engineering,Tehran,Iran
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- Shahid Beheshti University,Department of Medical Radiation Engineering,Tehran,Iran
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- Geneva University Hospital,Division of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging,Geneva,Switzerland,CH-1211
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- Geneva University Hospital,Division of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging,Geneva,Switzerland,CH-1211
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Haghshomar M, Shobeiri P, Seyedi SA, Abbasi-Feijani F, Poopak A, Sotoudeh H, Kamali A, Aarabi MH. Cerebellar Microstructural Abnormalities in Parkinson's Disease: a Systematic Review of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Studies. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 21:545-571. [PMID: 35001330 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-021-01355-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is now having a strong momentum in research to evaluate the neural fibers of the CNS. This technique can study white matter (WM) microstructure in neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Previous neuroimaging studies have suggested cerebellar involvement in the pathogenesis of PD, and these cerebellum alterations can correlate with PD symptoms and stages. Using the PRISMA 2020 framework, PubMed and EMBASE were searched to retrieve relevant articles. Our search revealed 472 articles. After screening titles and abstracts, and full-text review, and implementing the inclusion criteria, 68 papers were selected for synthesis. Reviewing the selected studies revealed that the patterns of reduction in cerebellum WM integrity, assessed by fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity, and axial diffusivity measures can differ symptoms and stages of PD. Cerebellar diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) changes in PD patients with "postural instability and gait difficulty" are significantly different from "tremor dominant" PD patients. Freezing of the gate is strongly related to cerebellar involvement depicted by DTI. The "reduced cognition," "visual disturbances," "sleep disorders," "depression," and "olfactory dysfunction" are not related to cerebellum microstructural changes on DTI, while "impulsive-compulsive behavior" can be linked to cerebellar WM alteration. Finally, higher PD stages and longer disease duration are associated with cerebellum white matter alteration depicted by DTI. Depiction of cerebellar white matter involvement in PD is feasible by DTI. There is an association with disease duration and severity and several clinical presentations with DTI findings. This clinical-imaging association may eventually improve disease management.
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- Maryam Haghshomar
- Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- NeuroImaging Network (NIN), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- NeuroImaging Network (NIN), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.
- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 10, Al-e-Ahmad and Chamran Highway intersection, Tehran, 1411713137, Iran.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiology and Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience (DNS), Padova Neuroscience Center-PNC, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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Tsai CC, Chen YL, Lu CS, Cheng JS, Weng YH, Lin SH, Wu YM, Wang JJ. Diffusion Tensor Imaging for the differential diagnosis of Parkinsonism by machine learning. Biomed J 2022; 46:100541. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2022.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Boshkovski T, Cohen‐Adad J, Misic B, Arnulf I, Corvol J, Vidailhet M, Lehéricy S, Stikov N, Mancini M. The Myelin-Weighted Connectome in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord 2022; 37:724-733. [PMID: 34936123 PMCID: PMC9303520 DOI: 10.1002/mds.28891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Even though Parkinson's disease (PD) is typically viewed as largely affecting gray matter, there is growing evidence that there are also structural changes in the white matter. Traditional connectomics methods that study PD may not be specific to underlying microstructural changes, such as myelin loss. OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study is to investigate the PD-induced changes in myelin content in the connections emerging from the basal ganglia and the brainstem. For the weighting of the connectome, we used the longitudinal relaxation rate as a biologically grounded myelin-sensitive metric. METHODS We computed the myelin-weighted connectome in 35 healthy control subjects and 81 patients with PD. We used partial least squares to highlight the differences between patients with PD and healthy control subjects. Then, a ring analysis was performed on selected brainstem and subcortical regions to evaluate each node's potential role as an epicenter for disease propagation. Then, we used behavioral partial least squares to relate the myelin alterations with clinical scores. RESULTS Most connections (~80%) emerging from the basal ganglia showed a reduced myelin content. The connections emerging from potential epicentral nodes (substantia nigra, nucleus basalis of Meynert, amygdala, hippocampus, and midbrain) showed significant decrease in the longitudinal relaxation rate (P < 0.05). This effect was not seen for the medulla and the pons. CONCLUSIONS The myelin-weighted connectome was able to identify alteration of the myelin content in PD in basal ganglia connections. This could provide a different view on the importance of myelination in neurodegeneration and disease progression. © 2021 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Polytechnique MontréalMontréalQuebecCanada
- Mila – Quebec AI InstituteMontréalQuebecCanada
- Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de MontréalMontréalQuebecCanada
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute – ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié‐SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute – ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié‐SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute – ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié‐SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute – ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié‐SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Polytechnique MontréalMontréalQuebecCanada
- Montreal Heart InstituteMontréalQuebecCanada
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Polytechnique MontréalMontréalQuebecCanada
- Department of NeuroscienceBrighton and Sussex Medical School, University of SussexBrightonUnited Kingdom
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), Cardiff UniversityCardiffUnited Kingdom
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Rohl A, Gutierrez S, Johari K, Greenlee J, Tjaden K, Roberts A. Speech dysfunction, cognition, and Parkinson's disease. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2022; 269:153-173. [PMID: 35248193 PMCID: PMC11321444 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2022.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Communication difficulties are a ubiquitous symptom of Parkinson's disease and include changes to both motor speech and language systems. Communication challenges are a significant driver of lower quality of life. They are associated with decreased communication participation, social withdrawal, and increased risks for social isolation and stigmatization in persons with Parkinson's disease. Recent theoretical advances and experimental evidence underscore the intersection of cognition and motor processes in speech production and their impact on spoken language. This chapter overviews a growing evidence base demonstrating that cognitive impairments interact with motor changes in Parkinson's disease to negatively affect communication abilities in myriad ways, at all stages of the disease, both in the absence and presence of dementia. The chapter highlights common PD interventions (pharmacological, surgical, and non-pharmacological) and how cognitive influences on speech production outcomes are considered in each.
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- Andrea Rohl
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States; Department of Computer Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
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Felix C, Chahine LM, Hengenius J, Chen H, Rosso AL, Zhu X, Cao Z, Rosano C. Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Olfactory System in Older Adults With and Without Hyposmia. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:648598. [PMID: 34744681 PMCID: PMC8569942 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.648598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objectives: To compare gray matter microstructural characteristics of higher-order olfactory regions among older adults with and without hyposmia. Methods: Data from the Brief Smell Identification Test (BSIT) were obtained in 1998–99 for 265 dementia-free adults from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study (age at BSIT: 74.9 ± 2.7; 62% White; 43% male) who received 3T diffusion tensor imaging in 2006–08 [Interval of time: mean (SD): 8.01 years (0.50)], Apolipoprotein (ApoEε4) genotypes, and repeated 3MS assessments until 2011–12. Cognitive status (mild cognitive impairment, dementia, normal cognition) was adjudicated in 2011–12. Hyposmia was defined as BSIT ≤ 8. Microstructural integrity was quantified by mean diffusivity (MD) in regions of the primary olfactory cortex amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex (including olfactory cortex, gyrus rectus, the orbital parts of the superior, middle, and inferior frontal gyri, medial orbital part of the superior frontal gyrus), and hippocampus. Multivariable regression models were adjusted for total brain atrophy, demographics, cognitive status, and ApoEε4 genotype. Results: Hyposmia in 1998–99 (n = 57, 21.59%) was significantly associated with greater MD in 2006–08, specifically in the orbital part of the middle frontal gyrus, and amygdala, on the right [adjusted beta (p value): 0.414 (0.01); 0.527 (0.01); respectively]. Conclusion: Older adults with higher mean diffusivity in regions important for olfaction are more likely to have hyposmia up to ten years prior. Future studies should address whether hyposmia can serve as an early biomarker of brain microstructural abnormalities for older adults with a range of cognitive functions, including those with normal cognition.
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- Cynthia Felix
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Navarro E, Udine E, Lopes KDP, Parks M, Riboldi G, Schilder BM, Humphrey J, Snijders GJL, Vialle RA, Zhuang M, Sikder T, Argyrou C, Allan A, Chao MJ, Farrell K, Henderson B, Simon S, Raymond D, Elango S, Ortega RA, Shanker V, Swan M, Zhu CW, Ramdhani R, Walker RH, Tse W, Sano M, Pereira AC, Ahfeldt T, Goate AM, Bressman S, Crary JF, de Witte L, Frucht S, Saunders-Pullman R, Raj T. Dysregulation of mitochondrial and proteolysosomal genes in Parkinson's disease myeloid cells. NATURE AGING 2021; 1:850-863. [PMID: 35005630 PMCID: PMC8728893 DOI: 10.1038/s43587-021-00110-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
An increasing number of identified Parkinson's disease (PD) risk loci contain genes highly expressed in innate immune cells, yet their role in pathology is not understood. We hypothesize that PD susceptibility genes modulate disease risk by influencing gene expression within immune cells. To address this, we have generated transcriptomic profiles of monocytes from 230 individuals with sporadic PD and healthy subjects. We observed a dysregulation of mitochondrial and proteasomal pathways. We also generated transcriptomic profiles of primary microglia from brains of 55 subjects and observed discordant transcriptomic signatures of mitochondrial genes in PD monocytes and microglia. We further identified 17 PD susceptibility genes whose expression, relative to each risk allele, is altered in monocytes. These findings reveal widespread transcriptomic alterations in PD monocytes, with some being distinct from microglia, and facilitate efforts to understand the roles of myeloid cells in PD as well as the development of biomarkers.
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- Elisa Navarro
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- The Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
- Universita degli Studi di Milano, Molecular and Translational Medicine, Milan, Italy
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), James J Peters VA Medical Center, NY, Bronx, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank & Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank & Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- The Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank & Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), James J Peters VA Medical Center, NY, Bronx, USA
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- The Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience & Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences & Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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Momeni F, Abedi-Firouzjah R, Farshidfar Z, Taleinezhad N, Ansari L, Razmkon A, Banaei A, Mehdizadeh A. Differentiating Between Low- and High-grade Glioma Tumors Measuring Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values in Various Regions of the Brain. Oman Med J 2021; 36:e251. [PMID: 33936779 PMCID: PMC8077446 DOI: 10.5001/omj.2021.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Objectives Our study aimed to apply the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values to quantify the differences between low- and high-grade glioma tumors. Methods We conducted a multicenter, retrospective study between September to December 2019. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diffusion-weighted images (DWIs), and the pathologic findings of 56 patients with glioma tumors (low grade = 28 and high grade = 28) were assessed to measure the ADC values in the tumor center, tumor edema, boundary area between tumor with normal tissue, and inside the healthy hemisphere. These values were compared between the two groups, and cut-off values were calculated using the receiver operating characteristic curve. Results We saw significant differences between the mean ADC values measured in the tumor center and edema between high- and low-grade tumors (p< 0.005). The ADC values in the boundary area between tumors with normal tissue and inside healthy hemisphere did not significantly differ in the groups. The ADC values at tumor center and edema were higher than 1.12 × 10-3 mm2/s (sensitivity = 100% and specificity = 96.0%) and 1.15 × 10-3 mm2/s (sensitivity = 75.0% and specificity = 64.0%), respectively, could be classified as low-grade tumors. Conclusions The ADC values from the MRI DWIs in the tumor center and edema could be used as an appropriate method for investigating the differences between low- and high-grade glioma tumors. The ADC values in the boundary area and healthy tissues had no diagnostic values in grading the glioma tumors.
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- Farideh Momeni
- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.,Research Center for Neuromodulation and Pain, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Radiology Technology Department, School of Paramedicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Research Center for Neuromodulation and Pain, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Radiology, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.,Research Center for Neuromodulation and Pain, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Role of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis. ARCHIVES OF NEUROSCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.5812/ans.100174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the dopamine-containing neurons. In this study, the role of the Diffusion Tensor imaging (DTI) method was investigated in the detection of PD. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the microstructural damage of the brain's white matter in PD using a non-invasive DTI technique. Methods: Twenty patients with PD were studied with comprehensive clinical assessments and DTI data. Also, 10 normal subjects were investigated. Fractional anisotropic (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) values were calculated by drawing region of interest (ROI) on eight distinctive areas of the brain. Results: The level of FA and MD in substantia nigra (SN) was significantly different between the PD and healthy control (HC) groups. Also, differences were found in DTI parameters between PD and HC groups in some regions, such as genu, anterior limb of internal capsule (ALIC), splenium, and putamen. Conclusions: To summarize, DTI as a non-invasive method can be useful in the detection of Parkinson's disease.
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Dharshini SAP, Jemimah S, Taguchi YH, Gromiha MM. Exploring Common Therapeutic Targets for Neurodegenerative Disorders Using Transcriptome Study. Front Genet 2021; 12:639160. [PMID: 33815473 PMCID: PMC8017312 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.639160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are well-known neuronal degenerative disorders that share common pathological events. Approved medications alleviate symptoms but do not address the root cause of the disease. Energy dysfunction in the neuronal population leads to various pathological events and ultimately results in neuronal death. Identifying common therapeutic targets for these disorders may help in the drug discovery process. The Brodmann area 9 (BA9) region is affected in both the disease conditions and plays an essential role in cognitive, motor, and memory-related functions. Analyzing transcriptome data of BA9 provides deep insights related to common pathological pathways involved in AD and PD. In this work, we map the preprocessed BA9 fastq files generated by RNA-seq for disease and control samples with reference hg38 genomic assembly and identify common variants and differentially expressed genes (DEG). These variants are predominantly located in the 3' UTR (non-promoter) region, affecting the conserved transcription factor (TF) binding motifs involved in the methylation and acetylation process. We have constructed BA9-specific functional interaction networks, which show the relationship between TFs and DEGs. Based on expression signature analysis, we propose that MAPK1, VEGFR1/FLT1, and FGFR1 are promising drug targets to restore blood-brain barrier functionality by reducing neuroinflammation and may save neurons.
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- S Akila Parvathy Dharshini
- Protein Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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- Protein Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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- Department of Physics, Chuo University, Hachioji, Japan
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- Protein Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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Pezzetta R, Wokke ME, Aglioti SM, Ridderinkhof KR. Doing it Wrong: A Systematic Review on Electrocortical and Behavioral Correlates of Error Monitoring in Patients with Neurological Disorders. Neuroscience 2021; 486:103-125. [PMID: 33516775 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Detecting errors in one's own and other's actions is a crucial ability for learning and adapting behavior to everchanging, highly volatile environments. Studies in healthy people demonstrate that monitoring errors in one's own and others' actions are underpinned by specific neural systems that are dysfunctional in a variety of neurological disorders. In this review, we first briefly discuss the main findings concerning error detection and error awareness in healthy subjects, the current theoretical models, and the tasks usually applied to investigate these processes. Then, we report a systematic search for evidence of dysfunctional error monitoring among neurological populations (basal ganglia, neurodegenerative, white-matter diseases and acquired brain injury). In particular, we examine electrophysiological and behavioral evidence for specific alterations of error processing in neurological disorders. Error-related negativity (ERN) amplitude were reduced in most (although not all) neurological patient groups, whereas Positivity Error (Pe) amplitude appeared not to be affected in most patient groups. Also theta activity was reduced in some neurological groups, but consistent evidence on the oscillatory activity has not been provided thus far. Behaviorally, we did not observe relevant patterns of pronounced dysfunctional (post-) error processing. Finally, we discuss limitations of the existing literature, conclusive points, open questions and new possible methodological approaches for clinical studies.
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- R Pezzetta
- IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy.
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- Programs in Psychology and Biology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Sapienza University of Rome and CNLS@Sapienza at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Regina Elena 295, 00161 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018, WS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain & Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wei X, Luo C, Li Q, Hu N, Xiao Y, Liu N, Lui S, Gong Q. White Matter Abnormalities in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Using Tract-Based Spatial Statistics. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 12:610962. [PMID: 33584244 PMCID: PMC7876070 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.610962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background: Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) studies based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have revealed extensive abnormalities in white matter (WM) fibers of Parkinson's disease (PD); however, the results were inconsistent. Therefore, a meta-analytical approach was used in this study to find the most prominent and replicable WM abnormalities of PD. Methods: Online databases were systematically searched for all TBSS studies comparing fractional anisotropy (FA) between patients with PD and controls. Subsequently, we performed the meta-analysis using a coordinate-based meta-analytic software called seed-based d mapping. Meanwhile, meta-regression was performed to explore the potential correlation between the alteration of FA and the clinical characteristics of PD. Results: Out of a total of 1,701 studies that were identified, 23 studies were included. Thirty datasets, including 915 patients (543 men) with PD and 836 healthy controls (449 men), were included in the current study. FA reduction was identified in the body of the corpus callosum (CC; 245 voxels; z = -1.739; p < 0.001) and the left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF) 118 voxels; z = -1.182; p < 0.001). Both CC and IFOF maintained significance in the sensitivity analysis. No increase in FA was identified, but the percentage of male patients with PD was positively associated with the value of FA in the body of the CC. Conclusions: Although some limitations exist, DTI is regarded as a valid way to identify the pathophysiology of PD. It could be more beneficial to integrate DTI parameters with other MRI techniques to explore brain degeneration in PD.
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- Xia Wei
- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Yang Y, Wei L, Hu Y, Wu Y, Hu L, Nie S. Classification of Parkinson's disease based on multi-modal features and stacking ensemble learning. J Neurosci Methods 2020; 350:109019. [PMID: 33321153 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.109019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) enables timely treatment of patients and helps control the course of the disease. An efficient and reliable approach is therefore needed to develop for improving the clinical ability to diagnose this disease. NEW METHOD We proposed a two-layer stacking ensemble learning framework with fusing multi-modal features in this study, for accurately identifying early PD with healthy control (HC). To begin with, we investigated relative importance of multi-modal neuroimaging (T1 weighted image (T1WI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)) and early clinical assessment to classify PD and HC. Next, a two-layer stacking ensemble framework was proposed: at the first layer, we evaluated advantages of these four base classifiers: support vector machine (SVM), random forests (RF), K-nearest neighbor (KNN) and artificial neural network (ANN); at the second layer, a logistic regression (LR) classifier was applied to classify PD. The performance of the proposed model was evaluated by comparing with traditional ensemble models. RESULTS The proposed method performed an accuracy of 96.88 %, a precision of 100 %, a recall of 95 % and a F1 score of 97.44 % respectively for identifying PD and HC. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD The classification results showed that the proposed model achieved a superior performance in comparison with traditional ensemble models. CONCLUSION The stacking ensemble model with efficiently and effectively integrate multiple base classifiers performed higher accuracy than each single traditional model. The method developed in this study provided a novel strategy to enhance the accuracy of diagnosis and early detection of PD.
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- Yifeng Yang
- School of Medical Instrument & Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong, 250101, China
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- School of Medical Instrument & Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- School of Medical Instrument & Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Center for Functional Neurosurgery, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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- School of Medical Instrument & Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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Shang R, He L, Ma X, Ma Y, Li X. Connectome-Based Model Predicts Deep Brain Stimulation Outcome in Parkinson's Disease. Front Comput Neurosci 2020; 14:571527. [PMID: 33192428 PMCID: PMC7656054 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2020.571527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is an effective invasive treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) at present. Due to the invasiveness and cost of operations, a reliable tool is required to predict the outcome of therapy in the clinical decision-making process. This work aims to investigate whether the topological network of functional connectivity states can predict the outcome of DBS without medication. Fifty patients were recruited to extract the features of the brain related to the improvement rate of PD after STN-DBS and to train the machine learning model that can predict the therapy's effect. The functional connectivity analyses suggested that the GBRT model performed best with Pearson's correlations of r = 0.65, p = 2.58E-07 in medication-off condition. The connections between middle frontal gyrus (MFG) and inferior temporal gyrus (ITG) contribute most in the GBRT model.
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- Ruihong Shang
- School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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Chandio BQ, Risacher SL, Pestilli F, Bullock D, Yeh FC, Koudoro S, Rokem A, Harezlak J, Garyfallidis E. Bundle analytics, a computational framework for investigating the shapes and profiles of brain pathways across populations. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17149. [PMID: 33051471 PMCID: PMC7555507 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74054-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Tractography has created new horizons for researchers to study brain connectivity in vivo. However, tractography is an advanced and challenging method that has not been used so far for medical data analysis at a large scale in comparison to other traditional brain imaging methods. This work allows tractography to be used for large scale and high-quality medical analytics. BUndle ANalytics (BUAN) is a fast, robust, and flexible computational framework for real-world tractometric studies. BUAN combines tractography and anatomical information to analyze the challenging datasets and identifies significant group differences in specific locations of the white matter bundles. Additionally, BUAN takes the shape of the bundles into consideration for the analysis. BUAN compares the shapes of the bundles using a metric called bundle adjacency which calculates shape similarity between two given bundles. BUAN builds networks of bundle shape similarities that can be paramount for automating quality control. BUAN is freely available in DIPY. Results are presented using publicly available Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative data.
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- Bramsh Qamar Chandio
- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychology and eScience Institute, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Zhang Y, Burock MA. Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonian Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Front Neurol 2020; 11:531993. [PMID: 33101169 PMCID: PMC7546271 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.531993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows measuring fractional anisotropy and similar microstructural indices of the brain white matter. Lower than normal fractional anisotropy as well as higher than normal diffusivity is associated with loss of microstructural integrity and neurodegeneration. Previous DTI studies in Parkinson's disease (PD) have demonstrated abnormal fractional anisotropy in multiple white matter regions, particularly in the dopaminergic nuclei and dopaminergic pathways. However, DTI is not considered a diagnostic marker for the earliest Parkinson's disease since anisotropic alterations present a temporally divergent pattern during the earliest Parkinson's course. This article reviews a majority of clinically employed DTI studies in PD, and it aims to prove the utilities of DTI as a marker of diagnosing PD, correlating clinical symptomatology, tracking disease progression, and treatment effects. To address the challenge of DTI being a diagnostic marker for early PD, this article also provides a comparison of the results from a longitudinal, early stage, multicenter clinical cohort of Parkinson's research with previous publications. This review provides evidences of DTI as a promising marker for monitoring PD progression and classifying atypical PD types, and it also interprets the possible pathophysiologic processes under the complex pattern of fractional anisotropic changes in the first few years of PD. Recent technical advantages, limitations, and further research strategies of clinical DTI in PD are additionally discussed.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Psychiatry, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mainline Health, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States
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Sgambato V. Breathing new life into neurotoxic-based monkey models of Parkinson's disease to study the complex biological interplay between serotonin and dopamine. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2020; 261:265-285. [PMID: 33785131 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Numerous clinical studies have shown that the serotonergic system also degenerates in patients with Parkinson's disease. The causal role of this impairment in Parkinson's symptomatology and the response to treatment remains to be refined, in particular thanks to approaches allowing the two components DA and 5-HT to be isolated if possible. We have developed a macaque monkey model of Parkinson's disease exhibiting a double lesion (dopaminergic and serotonergic) thanks to the sequential use of MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine) (or MDMA prior MPTP). We characterized this monkey model by multimodal imaging (PET, positron emission tomography with several radiotracers; DTI, diffusion tensor imaging), behavioral assessments (parkinsonism, dyskinesia, neuropsychiatric-like behavior) and post-mortem analysis (with DA and 5-HT markers). When administrated after MPTP, MDMA damaged the 5-HT presynaptic system without affecting the remaining DA neurons. The lesion of 5-HT fibers induced by MDMA altered rigidity and prevented dyskinesia and neuropsychiatric-like symptoms induced by levodopa therapy in MPTP-treated animals. Interestingly also, prior MDMA administration aggravates the parkinsonian deficits and associated DA injury. Dystonic postures, action tremor and global spontaneous activities were significantly affected. All together, these data clearly indicate that late or early lesions of the 5-HT system have a differential impact on parkinsonian symptoms in the macaque model of Parkinson's disease. Whether MDMA has an impact on neuropsychiatric-like symptoms such as apathy, anxiety, depression remains to be addressed. Despite its limitations, this toxin-based double-lesioned monkey model takes on its full meaning and provides material for the experimental study of the heterogeneity of patients.
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- Véronique Sgambato
- Université de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5229, Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, Bron, France.
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Li Y, Guo T, Guan X, Gao T, Sheng W, Zhou C, Wu J, Xuan M, Gu Q, Zhang M, Yang Y, Huang P. Fixel-based analysis reveals fiber-specific alterations during the progression of Parkinson's disease. Neuroimage Clin 2020; 27:102355. [PMID: 32736325 PMCID: PMC7394754 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Disruption of brain circuits is one of the core mechanisms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Understanding structural connection alterations in PD is important for effective treatment. However, due to methodological limitations, most studies were unable to account for confounding factors such as crossing fibers and were unable to identify damages to specific fiber tracts. In the present study, we aimed to demonstrate tract-specific white matter structural changes in PD patients and their relationship with clinical symptoms. Ninety-eight PD patients, divided into early (ES) and middle stage (MS) groups, and 76 healthy controls (HCs) underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging scans and clinical assessments. Fixel-based analysis was used to investigate fiber tract alterations in PD patients. Compared to HCs, the PD patients showed decreased fiber density (FD) in the corpus callosum (CC), increased FD in the cortical spinal tract (CST), and increased fiber-bundle cross-section (FC, log-transformed: log-FC) in the superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed significant differences in FD in the CST and log-FC in the SCP among the three groups. Post-hoc analysis revealed that the mean FD values of the CST were higher in ES and MS patient groups compared to HCs, and the mean log-FC values of the SCP were higher in ES and MS patient groups compared to HCs. Additionally, the FD values of the CC in PD patients were negatively correlated with the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part-III (UPDRS-III) scores (r = -0.257, p = 0.032), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Items (HAMD-17) scores (r = -0.230, p = 0.033), and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) scores (r = -0.248, p = 0.032). Moreover, log-FC values of the SCP (r = 0.274, p = 0.028) and FD values of the CST (r = 0.384, p < 0.001) were positively correlated with the UPDRS-III scores. We concluded that PD patients had both decreased and increased white matter integrity within specific fiber bundles. Additionally, these white matter alterations were different across disease stages, suggesting the occurrence of complex pathological and compensatory changes during the development of PD.
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- Yanxuan Li
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 325000 Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 325000 Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 325000 Wenzhou, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 325000 Wenzhou, China; Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310000 Hangzhou, China.
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Bäckström D, Linder J, Jakobson Mo S, Riklund K, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Forsgren L, Lenfeldt N. NfL as a biomarker for neurodegeneration and survival in Parkinson disease. Neurology 2020; 95:e827-e838. [PMID: 32680941 PMCID: PMC7605503 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether neurofilament light chain protein in CSF (cNfL), a sensitive biomarker of neuroaxonal damage, reflects disease severity or can predict survival in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS We investigated whether disease severity, phenotype, or survival in patients with new-onset PD correlates with cNfL concentrations around the time of diagnosis in the population-based New Parkinsonism in Umeå (NYPUM) study cohort (n = 99). A second, larger new-onset PD cohort (n = 194) was used for independent validation. Association of brain pathology with the cNfL concentration was examined with striatal dopamine transporter imaging and repeated diffusion tensor imaging at baseline and 1 and 3 years. RESULTS Higher cNfL in the early phase of PD was associated with greater severity of all cardinal motor symptoms except tremor in both cohorts and with shorter survival and impaired olfaction. cNfL concentrations above the median of 903 ng/L conferred an overall 5.8 times increased hazard of death during follow-up. After adjustment for age and sex, higher cNfL correlated with striatal dopamine transporter uptake deficits and lower fractional anisotropy in diffusion tensor imaging of several axonal tracts. CONCLUSIONS cNfL shows usefulness as a biomarker of disease severity and to predict survival in PD. The present results indicate that the cNfL concentration reflects the intensity of the neurodegenerative process, which could be important in future clinical trials. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE This study provides Class II evidence that in patients with PD, cNfL concentrations are associated with more severe disease and shorter survival.
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- David Bäckström
- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK.
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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- From the Department of Clinical Science (D.B., J.L., L.F., N.L.), Neurosciences, and Department of Radiation Sciences (S.J.M., K.R.), Diagnostic Radiology and Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK
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Altered white matter microarchitecture in Parkinson's disease: a voxel-based meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies. Front Med 2020; 15:125-138. [PMID: 32458190 DOI: 10.1007/s11684-019-0725-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This study aimed to define the most consistent white matter microarchitecture pattern in Parkinson's disease (PD) reflected by fractional anisotropy (FA), addressing clinical profiles and methodology-related heterogeneity. Web-based publication databases were searched to conduct a meta-analysis of whole-brain diffusion tensor imaging studies comparing PD with healthy controls (HC) using the anisotropic effect size-signed differential mapping. A total of 808 patients with PD and 760 HC coming from 27 databases were finally included. Subgroup analyses were conducted considering heterogeneity with respect to medication status, disease stage, analysis methods, and the number of diffusion directions in acquisition. Compared with HC, patients with PD had decreased FA in the left middle cerebellar peduncle, corpus callosum (CC), left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, and right inferior longitudinal fasciculus. Most of the main results remained unchanged in subgroup meta-analyses of medicated patients, early stage patients, voxel-based analysis, and acquisition with 30 diffusion directions. The subgroup meta-analysis of medication-free patients showed FA decrease in the right olfactory cortex. The cerebellum and CC, associated with typical motor impairment, showed the most consistent FA decreases in PD. Medication status, analysis approaches, and the number of diffusion directions have an important impact on the findings, needing careful evaluation in future meta-analyses.
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Arribarat G, Péran P. Quantitative MRI markers in Parkinson's disease and parkinsonian syndromes. Curr Opin Neurol 2020; 33:222-229. [DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000000796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Taha T, Megahed AA, Taha MS, Mahmoud H, Rabie TM, Askora AM. Diffusion tensor imaging: a smart move to olfactory pathway imaging; comparative study of chronic sinonasal polyposis patients and normal control. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s43055-020-0140-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Olfaction is critically important for a good quality of life and incorporated in many physiological domains such as attention, emotion, memory, and airflow motor control. Olfactory researches have been expanded in the last decade due to close relation between the olfactory disorders and different brain diseases. Diagnosis of anosmia and hyposmia are based on history, smell tests, and physical examination which rely on the patient’s response without an objective measure of impairment. This study assessed the value of volumetry and DTI parameters as objective measurements for olfactory dysfunction.
Fourteen patients with chronic sinonasal polyposis for at least 6 months were included in this study; all of them underwent tailored MRI examination including volumetry and DTI for olfactory bulbs and tracts. The results were compared to the same number of age and sex-matched healthy control group.
Results
The study results showed that olfactory bulb and tract (OB/T) volume, FA and ADC could distinguish between patients and healthy controls. Statistically significant differences were noticed between the FA & ADC values of patient and control groups (p < 0.05) and a highly significant one was noticed as regarding the OT volume (p < 0.001).
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MR volumetry and DTI parameters can be used as objective measurements for the olfactory dysfunction for patients with chronic sinonasal polyposis.
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Pal P, Mailankody P, George L, Naduthota R, Saini J, Thennarasu K, Yadav R. Re-emergent tremor in patients with Parkinson’s disease: an imaging study. ANNALS OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/aomd.aomd_36_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Xu X, Han Q, lin J, Wang L, Wu F, Shang H. Grey matter abnormalities in Parkinson’s disease: a voxel‐wise meta‐analysis. Eur J Neurol 2019; 27:653-659. [PMID: 31770481 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- X. Xu
- Neurology Department West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- Neurology Department West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- Neurology Department West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- Neurology Department West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- Neurology Department West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- Neurology Department West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China
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Rau YA, Wang SM, Tournier JD, Lin SH, Lu CS, Weng YH, Chen YL, Ng SH, Yu SW, Wu YM, Tsai CC, Wang JJ. A longitudinal fixel-based analysis of white matter alterations in patients with Parkinson's disease. Neuroimage Clin 2019; 24:102098. [PMID: 31795054 PMCID: PMC6889638 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Disruption to white matter pathways is an important contributor to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Fixel-based analysis has recently emerged as a useful fiber-specific tool for examining white matter structure. In this longitudinal study, we used Fixel-based analysis to investigate white matter changes occurring over time in patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS Fifty patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (27 men and 23 women; mean age: 61.8 ± 6.1 years), were enrolled. Diffusion-weighted imaging and clinical examinations were performed at three different time points (baseline, first follow-up [after a mean of 24±2 months], and second follow-up [after a mean of 40 ± 3 months]). Additional 76 healthy control subjects (38 men and 38 women; mean age: 62.3 ± 5.5 years) were examined at baseline. The following fixel-based metrics were obtained: fiber density (FD), fiber bundle cross-section (FC), and a combined measure of both (FDC). Paired comparisons of metrics between three different time points were performed in patients. Linear regression was implemented between longitudinal changes of fixel-based metrics and the corresponding modifications in clinical parameters. A family-wise error corrected p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Early degeneration in the splenium of corpus callosum was identified as a typical alteration of Parkinson's disease over time. At follow-up, we observed significant FDC reductions compared with baseline in white matter, noticeably in corpus callosum; tapetum; cingulum, posterior thalamic radiation, corona radiata, and sagittal stratum. We also identified significant FC decreases that reflected damage to white matter structures involved in Parkinson's disease -related pathways. Fixel-based metrics were found to relate with a deterioration of 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale and activity of daily living. A Parkinson's disease -facilitated aging effect was observed in terms of white matter disruption. CONCLUSION This study provides a thorough fixel-based profile of longitudinal white matter alterations occurring in patients with Parkinson's disease and new evidence of FC as an important role in white matter degeneration in this setting.
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- Yi-Ai Rau
- Division of Chinese Acupuncture and Traumatology, Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Chinese Acupuncture and Traumatology, Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Healthy Aging Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan; Healthy Aging Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Medical Imaging Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Ikenouchi Y, Kamagata K, Andica C, Hatano T, Ogawa T, Takeshige-Amano H, Kamiya K, Wada A, Suzuki M, Fujita S, Hagiwara A, Irie R, Hori M, Oyama G, Shimo Y, Umemura A, Hattori N, Aoki S. Evaluation of white matter microstructure in patients with Parkinson's disease using microscopic fractional anisotropy. Neuroradiology 2019; 62:197-203. [PMID: 31680195 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-019-02301-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Micro fractional anisotropy (μFA) is more accurate than conventional fractional anisotropy (FA) for assessing microscopic tissue properties and can overcome limitations related to crossing white matter fibres. We compared μFA and FA for evaluating white matter changes in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS We compared FA and μFA measures between 25 patients with PD and 25 age- and gender-matched healthy controls using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analysis. We also examined potential correlations between changes, revealed by conventional FA or μFA, and disease duration or Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)-III scores. RESULTS Compared with healthy controls, patients with PD had significantly reduced μFA values, mainly in the anterior corona radiata (ACR). In the PD group, μFA values (primarily those from the ACR) were significantly negatively correlated with UPDRS-III motor scores. No significant changes or correlations with disease duration or UPDRS-III scores with tissue properties were detected using conventional FA. CONCLUSION μFA can evaluate microstructural changes that occur during white matter degeneration in patients with PD and may overcome a key limitation of FA.
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- Yutaka Ikenouchi
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, 3-1-10 Takanodai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-8521, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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Weintraub D, Mamikonyan E. The Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson Disease: A Perfect Storm. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019; 27:998-1018. [PMID: 31006550 PMCID: PMC7015280 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Affective disorders, cognitive decline, and psychosis have long been recognized as common in Parkinson disease (PD), and other psychiatric disorders include impulse control disorders, anxiety symptoms, disorders of sleep and wakefulness, and apathy. Psychiatric aspects of PD are associated with numerous adverse outcomes, yet in spite of this and their frequent occurrence, there is incomplete understanding of epidemiology, presentation, risk factors, neural substrate, and management strategies. Psychiatric features are typically multimorbid, and there is great intra- and interindividual variability in presentation. The hallmark neuropathophysiological changes that occur in PD, plus the association between exposure to dopaminergic medications and certain psychiatric disorders, suggest a neurobiological basis for many psychiatric symptoms, although psychological factors are involved as well. There is evidence that psychiatric disorders in PD are still under-recognized and undertreated and although psychotropic medication use is common, controlled studies demonstrating efficacy and tolerability are largely lacking. Future research on neuropsychiatric complications in PD should be oriented toward determining modifiable correlates or risk factors and establishing efficacious and well-tolerated treatment strategies.
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- Daniel Weintraub
- Perelman School of Medicine (DW, EM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC) (DW), Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia.
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- Perelman School of Medicine (DW, EM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Mitchell T, Archer DB, Chu WT, Coombes SA, Lai S, Wilkes BJ, McFarland NR, Okun MS, Black ML, Herschel E, Simuni T, Comella C, Xie T, Li H, Parrish TB, Kurani AS, Corcos DM, Vaillancourt DE. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and free-water imaging in Parkinsonism. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:5094-5107. [PMID: 31403737 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) uses a three-compartment model to probe brain tissue microstructure, whereas free-water (FW) imaging models two-compartments. It is unknown if NODDI detects more disease-specific effects related to neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical Parkinsonism. We acquired multi- and single-shell diffusion imaging at 3 Tesla across two sites. NODDI (using multi-shell; isotropic volume [Viso]; intracellular volume [Vic]; orientation dispersion [ODI]) and FW imaging (using single-shell; FW; free-water corrected fractional anisotropy [FAt]) were compared with 44 PD, 21 multiple system atrophy Parkinsonian variant (MSAp), 26 progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and 24 healthy control subjects in the basal ganglia, midbrain/thalamus, cerebellum, and corpus callosum. There was elevated Viso in posterior substantia nigra across Parkinsonisms, and Viso, Vic, and ODI were altered in MSAp and PSP in the striatum, globus pallidus, midbrain, thalamus, cerebellum, and corpus callosum relative to controls. The mean effect size across regions for Viso was 0.163, ODI 0.131, Vic 0.122, FW 0.359, and FAt 0.125, with extracellular compartments having the greatest effect size. A key question addressed was if these techniques discriminate PD and atypical Parkinsonism. Both NODDI (AUC: 0.945) and FW imaging (AUC: 0.969) had high accuracy, with no significant difference between models. This study provides new evidence that NODDI and FW imaging offer similar discriminability between PD and atypical Parkinsonism, and FW had higher effect sizes for detecting Parkinsonism within regions across the basal ganglia and cerebellum.
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- Trina Mitchell
- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Radiation Oncology & CTSI Human Imaging Core, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Department of Neurology and Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Stanojlovic M, Pallais Yllescas JP, Vijayakumar A, Kotz C. Early Sociability and Social Memory Impairment in the A53T Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease Are Ameliorated by Chemogenetic Modulation of Orexin Neuron Activity. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:8435-8450. [PMID: 31250383 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-01682-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multi-layered progressive neurodegenerative disease. Signature motor system impairments are accompanied by a variety of other symptoms such as mood, sleep, metabolic, and cognitive disorders. Interestingly, social cognition impairments can be observed from the earliest stages of the disease, prior to the onset of the motor symptoms. In this study, we investigated age-related reductions in sociability and social memory in the A53T mouse model of PD. Since inflammation and astrogliosis are an integral part of PD pathology and impair proper neuronal function, we examined astrogliosis and inflammation markers and parvalbumin expression in medial pre-frontal cortex (mPFC), part of the brain responsible for social cognition regulation. Finally, we used DREADDs (Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs) for the stimulation and inhibition of orexin neuronal activity to modulate sociability and social memory in A53T mice. We observed that social cognition impairment in A53T mice is accompanied by an increase in astrogliosis and inflammation markers, in addition to loss of parvalbumin neurons and inhibitory pre-synaptic terminals in the mPFC. Moreover, DREADD-induced activation of orexin neurons restores social cognition in the A53T mouse model of PD. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Social cognition is severely affected in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. In this study, we identified the A53T mouse as a model of social cognitive impairment in PD. Observed alterations in sociability and social memory are accompanied by loss of parvalbumin positive neurons and loss of inhibitory input to mPFC. Stimulating orexin neurons using a chemogenetic approach (DREADDs) ameliorated social cognitive impairment. This study identifies a role for orexin neurons in social cognition in PD and suggests potential therapeutic targets for PD-related social cognition impairments.
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- Milos Stanojlovic
- Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,GRECC, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Pelizzari L, Laganà MM, Di Tella S, Rossetto F, Bergsland N, Nemni R, Clerici M, Baglio F. Combined Assessment of Diffusion Parameters and Cerebral Blood Flow Within Basal Ganglia in Early Parkinson's Disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2019; 11:134. [PMID: 31214017 PMCID: PMC6558180 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a sensitive tool for detecting brain tissue microstructural alterations in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Abnormal cerebral perfusion patterns have also been reported in PD patients using arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI. In this study we aimed to perform a combined DTI and ASL assessment in PD patients within the basal ganglia, in order to test the relationship between microstructural and perfusion alterations. Fifty-two subjects participated in this study. Specifically, 26 PD patients [mean age (SD) = 66.7 (8.9) years, 21 males, median (IQR) Modified Hoehn and Yahr = 1.5 (1–1.6)] and twenty-six healthy controls [HC, mean age (SD) = 65.2 (7.5), 15 males] were scanned with 1.5T MRI. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), radial diffusivity (RD) maps were derived from diffusion-weighted images, while cerebral blood flow (CBF) maps were computed from ASL data. After registration to Montreal Neurological Institute standard space, FA, MD, AD, RD and CBF median values were extracted within specific regions of interest: substantia nigra, caudate, putamen, globus pallidus, thalamus, red nucleus and subthalamic nucleus. DTI measures and CBF were compared between the two groups. The relationship between diffusion parameters and CBF was tested with Spearman’s correlations. False discovery rate (FDR)-corrected p-values lower than 0.05 were considered significant, while uncorrected p-values <0.05 were considered a trend. No significant FA, MD and RD differences were observed. AD was significantly increased in PD patients compared with HC in the putamen (p = 0.005, pFDR = 0.035). No significant CBF differences were found between PD patients and HC. Diffusion parameters were not significantly correlated with CBF in the HC group, while a significant correlation emerged for PD patients in the caudate nucleus, for all DTI measures (with FA: r = 0.543, pFDR = 0.028; with MD: r = −0.661, pFDR = 0.002; with AD: r = −0.628, pFDR = 0.007; with RD: r = −0.635, pFDR = 0.003). This study showed that DTI is a more sensitive technique than ASL to detect alterations in the basal ganglia in the early phase of PD. Our results suggest that, although DTI and ASL convey different information, a relationship between microstructural integrity and perfusion changes in the caudate may be present.
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy.,Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Mishra VR, Sreenivasan KR, Zhuang X, Yang Z, Cordes D, Walsh RR. Influence of analytic techniques on comparing DTI-derived measurements in early stage Parkinson's disease. Heliyon 2019; 5:e01481. [PMID: 31008407 PMCID: PMC6458486 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies in early Parkinson's disease (PD) to understand pathologic changes in white matter (WM) organization are variable in their findings. Evaluation of different analytic techniques frequently employed to understand the DTI-derived change in WM organization in a multisite, well-characterized, early stage PD cohort should aid the identification of the most robust analytic techniques to be used to investigate WM pathology in this disease, an important unmet need in the field. Thus, region of interest (ROI)-based analysis, voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis with varying spatial smoothing, and the two most widely used skeletonwise approaches (tract-based spatial statistics, TBSS, and tensor-based registration, DTI-TK) were evaluated in a DTI dataset of early PD and Healthy Controls (HC) from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) cohort. Statistical tests on the DTI-derived metrics were conducted using a nonparametric approach from this cohort of early PD, after rigorously controlling for motion and signal artifacts during DTI scan which are frequent confounds in this disease population. Both TBSS and DTI-TK revealed a significantly negative correlation of fractional anisotropy (FA) with disease duration. However, only DTI-TK revealed radial diffusivity (RD) to be driving this FA correlation with disease duration. HC had a significantly positive correlation of MD with cumulative DaT score in the right middle-frontal cortex after a minimum smoothing level (at least 13mm) was attained. The present study found that scalar DTI-derived measures such as FA, MD, and RD should be used as imaging biomarkers with caution in early PD as the conclusions derived from them are heavily dependent on the choice of the analysis used. This study further demonstrated DTI-TK may be used to understand changes in DTI-derived measures with disease progression as it was found to be more accurate than TBSS. In addition, no singular region was identified that could explain both disease duration and severity in early PD. The results of this study should help standardize the utilization of DTI-derived measures in PD in an effort to improve comparability across studies and time, and to minimize variability in reported results due to variation in techniques.
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- Virendra R. Mishra
- Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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- Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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- Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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- Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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- Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Allali G, Blumen HM, Devanne H, Pirondini E, Delval A, Van De Ville D. Brain imaging of locomotion in neurological conditions. Neurophysiol Clin 2018; 48:337-359. [PMID: 30487063 PMCID: PMC6563601 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Impaired locomotion is a frequent and major source of disability in patients with neurological conditions. Different neuroimaging methods have been used to understand the brain substrates of locomotion in various neurological diseases (mainly in Parkinson's disease) during actual walking, and while resting (using mental imagery of gait, or brain-behavior correlation analyses). These studies, using structural (i.e., MRI) or functional (i.e., functional MRI or functional near infra-red spectroscopy) brain imaging, electrophysiology (i.e., EEG), non-invasive brain stimulation (i.e., transcranial magnetic stimulation, or transcranial direct current stimulation) or molecular imaging methods (i.e., PET, or SPECT) reveal extended brain networks involving both grey and white matters in key cortical (i.e., prefrontal cortex) and subcortical (basal ganglia and cerebellum) regions associated with locomotion. However, the specific roles of the various pathophysiological mechanisms encountered in each neurological condition on the phenotype of gait disorders still remains unclear. After reviewing the results of individual brain imaging techniques across the common neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia, stroke, or multiple sclerosis, we will discuss how the development of new imaging techniques and computational analyses that integrate multivariate correlations in "large enough datasets" might help to understand how individual pathophysiological mechanisms express clinically as an abnormal gait. Finally, we will explore how these new analytic methods could drive our rehabilitative strategies.
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- Gilles Allali
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive and Motor Aging, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive and Motor Aging, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; EA 7369, URePSSS, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Calais, France
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Unité Inserm 1171, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Pathophysiology of levodopa-induced dyskinesia: Insights from multimodal imaging and immunohistochemistry in non-human primates. Neuroimage 2018; 183:132-141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Taylor KI, Sambataro F, Boess F, Bertolino A, Dukart J. Progressive Decline in Gray and White Matter Integrity in de novo Parkinson's Disease: An Analysis of Longitudinal Parkinson Progression Markers Initiative Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:318. [PMID: 30349475 PMCID: PMC6186956 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background: Progressive neuronal loss in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with progressive degeneration of associated white matter tracts as measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). These findings may have diagnostic and functional implications but their value in de novo PD remains unknown. Here we analyzed longitudinal DTI data from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative de novo PD patients for changes over time relative to healthy control (HC) participants. Methods: Baseline and 1-year follow-up DTI MRI data from 71 PD patients and 45 HC PPMI participants were included in the analyses. Whole-brain fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) images were compared for baseline group differences and group-by-time interactions. Baseline and 1-year changes in DTI values were correlated with changes in DTI measures and symptom severity, respectively. Results: At baseline, PD patients showed significantly increased FA in brainstem, cerebellar, anterior corpus callosal, inferior frontal and inferior fronto-occipital white matter and increased MD in primary sensorimotor and supplementary motor regions. Over 1 year PD patients showed a significantly stronger decline in FA compared to HC in the optic radiation and corpus callosum and parietal, occipital, posterior temporal, posterior thalamic, and vermis gray matter. Significant increases in MD were observed in white matter of the midbrain, optic radiation and corpus callosum, while gray matter of prefrontal, insular and posterior thalamic regions. Baseline brainstem FA white matter (WM) values predicted 1-year changes in FA white matter and MD gray matter values. White but not gray matter changes in both FA and MD were significantly associated with changes in symptom severity. Conclusion: Significant gray and white matter DTI alterations are observable at the time of PD diagnosis and expand in the first year of de novo PD to other cortical and white matter regions. This pattern of DTI changes is in line with preclinical and neuroanatomical studies suggesting that the increased spatial spread of alpha-synuclein neuropathology is the key mechanism of PD progression. Taken together, these findings suggest that DTI may serve as a sensitive biomarker of disease progression in early-stage PD.
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- Kirsten I. Taylor
- Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences (DISM), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Psychiatry Unit, Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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Talai AS, Sedlacik J, Boelmans K, Forkert ND. Widespread diffusion changes differentiate Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2018; 20:1037-1043. [PMID: 30342392 PMCID: PMC6197764 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) and progressive supranuclear palsy - Richardson's syndrome (PSP-RS) are often represented by similar clinical symptoms, which may challenge diagnostic accuracy. The objective of this study was to investigate and compare regional cerebral diffusion properties in PD and PSP-RS subjects and evaluate the use of these metrics for an automatic classification framework. MATERIAL AND METHODS Diffusion-tensor MRI datasets from 52 PD and 21 PSP-RS subjects were employed for this study. Using an atlas-based approach, regional median values of mean diffusivity (MD), fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) were measured and employed for feature selection using RELIEFF and subsequent classification using a support vector machine. RESULTS According to RELIEFF, the top 17 diffusion values consisting of deep gray matter structures, the brainstem, and frontal cortex were found to be especially informative for an automatic classification. A MANCOVA analysis performed on these diffusion values as dependent variables revealed that PSP-RS and PD subjects differ significantly (p < .001). Generally, PSP-RS subjects exhibit reduced FA, and increased MD, RD, and AD values in nearly all brain structures analyzed compared to PD subjects. The leave-one-out cross-validation of the support vector machine classifier revealed that the classifier can differentiate PD and PSP-RS subjects with an accuracy of 87.7%. More precisely, six PD subjects were wrongly classified as PSP-RS and three PSP-RS subjects were wrongly classified as PD. CONCLUSION The results of this study demonstrate that PSP-RS subjects exhibit widespread and more severe diffusion alterations compared to PD patients, which appears valuable for an automatic computer-aided diagnosis approach.
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- Aron S Talai
- Department of Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada.
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De Micco R, Russo A, Tessitore A. Structural MRI in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2018; 141:405-438. [PMID: 30314605 DOI: 10.1016/bs.irn.2018.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Among modern neuroimaging modalities, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a widely available, non-invasive, and cost-effective method to detect structural and functional abnormalities related to neurodegenerative disorders. In the last decades, MRI have been widely implemented to support PD diagnosis as well as to provide further insights into motor and non-motor symptoms pathophysiology, complications and treatment-related effects. Different aspects of the brain morphology and function may be derived from a single scan, by applying different analytic approaches. Biomarkers of neurodegeneration as well as tissue microstructural changes may be extracted from structural MRI techniques. In this chapter, we analyze the role of structural imaging to differentiate PD patients from controls and to define neural substrates of motor and non-motor PD symptoms. Evidence collected in the premotor PD phase will be also critically discussed. White matter as well as gray matter integrity imaging studies has been reviewed, aiming to highlight points of strength and limits to their potential application in clinical settings.
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- Rosa De Micco
- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy; MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy.
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Pozorski V, Oh JM, Adluru N, Merluzzi AP, Theisen F, Okonkwo O, Barzgari A, Krislov S, Sojkova J, Bendlin BB, Johnson SC, Alexander AL, Gallagher CL. Longitudinal white matter microstructural change in Parkinson's disease. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:4150-4161. [PMID: 29952102 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Postmortem studies of Parkinson's disease (PD) suggest that Lewy body pathology accumulates in a predictable topographical sequence, beginning in the olfactory bulb, followed by caudal brainstem, substantia nigra, limbic cortex, and neocortex. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is sensitive, if not specific, to early disease-related white matter (WM) change in a variety of traumatic and degenerative brain diseases. Although numerous cross-sectional studies have reported DWI differences in cerebral WM in PD, only a few longitudinal studies have investigated whether DWI change exceeds that of normal aging or coincides with regional Lewy body accumulation. This study mapped regional differences in the rate of DWI-based microstructural change between 29 PD patients and 43 age-matched controls over 18 months. Iterative within- and between-subject tensor-based registration was completed on motion- and eddy current-corrected DWI images, then baseline versus follow-up difference maps of fractional anisotropy, mean, radial, and axial diffusivity were analyzed in the Biological Parametric Mapping toolbox for MATLAB. This analysis showed that PD patients had a greater decline in WM integrity in the rostral brainstem, caudal subcortical WM, and cerebellar peduncles, compared with controls. In addition, patients with unilateral clinical signs at baseline experienced a greater rate of WM change over the 18-month study than patients with bilateral signs. These findings suggest that rate of WM microstructural change in PD exceeds that of normal aging and is maximal during early stage disease. In addition, the neuroanatomic locations (rostral brainstem and subcortical WM) of accelerated WM change fit with current theories of topographic disease progression.
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- Vincent Pozorski
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.,Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.,Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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Hanganu A, Houde JC, Fonov VS, Degroot C, Mejia-Constain B, Lafontaine AL, Soland V, Chouinard S, Collins LD, Descoteaux M, Monchi O. White matter degeneration profile in the cognitive cortico-subcortical tracts in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2018; 33:1139-1150. [PMID: 29683523 DOI: 10.1002/mds.27364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment is an early nonmotor feature, but it is still unclear why some patients are able to maintain their cognitive performance at normal levels, as quantified by neuropsychological tests, whereas others cannot. The objectives of this study were to perform a cross-sectional study and analyze the white matter changes in the cognitive and motor bundles in patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS Sixteen Parkinson's disease patients with normal cognitive performance, 19 with mild cognitive impairment (based on their performance of 1.5 standard deviations below the healthy population mean), and 16 healthy controls were compared with respect to their tractography patterns between the cortical cognitive / motor regions and subcortical structures, using high angular resolution diffusion imaging and constrained spherical deconvolution computation. RESULTS Motor bundles showed decreased apparent fiber density in both PD groups, associated with a significant increase in diffusivity metrics, number of reconstructed streamlines, and track volumes, compared with healthy controls. By contrast, in the cognitive bundles, decreased fiber density in both Parkinson's groups was compounded by the absence of changes in diffusivity in patients with normal cognition, whereas patients with cognitive impairment had increased diffusivity metrics, lower numbers of reconstructed streamlines, and lower track volumes. CONCLUSIONS Both PD groups showed similar patterns of white matter neurodegeneration in the motor bundles, whereas cognitive bundles showed a distinct pattern: Parkinson's patients with normal cognition had white matter diffusivity metrics similar to healthy controls, whereas in patients with cognitive impairment white matter showed a neurodegeneration pattern. © 2018 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Alexandru Hanganu
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Cumming School of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL), Computer Science Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.,Movement Disorders Unit, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Unité des Troubles du Mouvement André Barbeau, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Unité des Troubles du Mouvement André Barbeau, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL), Computer Science Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Cumming School of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Klein JC, Rolinski M, Griffanti L, Szewczyk-Krolikowski K, Baig F, Ruffmann C, Groves AR, Menke RAL, Hu MT, Mackay C. Cortical structural involvement and cognitive dysfunction in early Parkinson's disease. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2018; 31:e3900. [PMID: 29436039 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in early Parkinson's disease (PD) have shown promise in the detection of disease-related brain changes in the white and deep grey matter. We set out to establish whether intrinsic cortical involvement in early PD can be detected with quantitative MRI. We collected a rich, multi-modal dataset, including diffusion MRI, T1 relaxometry and cortical morphometry, in 20 patients with early PD (disease duration, 1.9 ± 0.97 years, Hoehn & Yahr 1-2) and in 19 matched controls. The cortex was reconstructed using FreeSurfer. Data analysis employed linked independent component analysis (ICA), a novel data-driven technique that allows for data fusion and extraction of multi-modal components before further analysis. For comparison, we performed standard uni-modal analysis with a general linear model (GLM). Linked ICA detected multi-modal cortical changes in early PD (p = 0.015). These comprised fractional anisotropy reduction in dorsolateral prefrontal, cingulate and premotor cortex and the superior parietal lobule, mean diffusivity increase in the mesolimbic, somatosensory and superior parietal cortex, sparse diffusivity decrease in lateral parietal and right prefrontal cortex, and sparse changes to the cortex area. In PD, the amount of cortical dysintegrity correlated with diminished cognitive performance. Importantly, uni-modal analysis detected no significant group difference on any imaging modality. We detected microstructural cortical pathology in early PD using a data-driven, multi-modal approach. This pathology is correlated with diminished cognitive performance. Our results indicate that early degenerative processes leave an MRI signature in the cortex of patients with early PD. The cortical imaging findings are behaviourally meaningful and provide a link between cognitive status and microstructural cortical pathology in patients with early PD.
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- J C Klein
- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Guan X, Huang P, Zeng Q, Liu C, Wei H, Xuan M, Gu Q, Xu X, Wang N, Yu X, Luo X, Zhang M. Quantitative susceptibility mapping as a biomarker for evaluating white matter alterations in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Imaging Behav 2018; 13:220-231. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-018-9842-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Arab A, Wojna-Pelczar A, Khairnar A, Szabó N, Ruda-Kucerova J. Principles of diffusion kurtosis imaging and its role in early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders. Brain Res Bull 2018; 139:91-98. [PMID: 29378223 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pathology of neurodegenerative diseases can be correlated with intra-neuronal as well as extracellular changes which lead to neuronal degeneration. The central nervous system (CNS) is a complex structure comprising of many biological barriers. These microstructural barriers might be affected by a variety of pathological processes. Specifically, changes in the brain tissue's microstructure affect the diffusion of water which can be assessed non-invasively by diffusion weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a diffusion MRI technique that considers diffusivity as a Gaussian process, i.e. does not account for any diffusion hindrance. However, environment of the brain tissues is characterized by a non-Gaussian diffusion. Therefore, diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) was developed as an extension of DTI method in order to quantify the non-Gaussian distribution of water diffusion. This technique represents a promising approach for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases when the neurodegenerative process starts. Hence, the purpose of this article is to summarize the ongoing clinical and preclinical research on Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington diseases, using DKI and to discuss the role of this technique as an early stage biomarker of neurodegenerative conditions.
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- Anas Arab
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Research group Multimodal and Functional Neuroimaging, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India.
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- Research group Multimodal and Functional Neuroimaging, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Li C, Huang B, Zhang R, Ma Q, Yang W, Wang L, Wang L, Xu Q, Feng J, Liu L, Zhang Y, Huang R. Impaired topological architecture of brain structural networks in idiopathic Parkinson's disease: a DTI study. Brain Imaging Behav 2018; 11:113-128. [PMID: 26815739 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9501-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is considered as a neurodegenerative disorder of the brain central nervous system. But, to date, few studies adopted the network model to reveal topological changes in brain structural networks in PD patients. Additionally, although the concept of rich club organization has been widely used to study brain networks in various brain disorders, there is no study to report the changed rich club organization of brain networks in PD patients. Thus, we collected diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data from 35 PD patients and 26 healthy controls and adopted deterministic tractography to construct brain structural networks. During the network analysis, we calculated their topological properties, and built the rich club organization of brain structural networks for both subject groups. By comparing the between-group differences in topological properties and rich club organizations, we found that the connectivity strength of the feeder and local connections are lower in PD patients compared to those of the healthy controls. Furthermore, using a network-based statistic (NBS) approach, we identified uniformly significantly decreased connections in two modules, the limbic/paralimbic/subcortical module and the cognitive control/attention module, in patients compared to controls. In addition, for the topological properties of brain network topology in the PD patients, we found statistically increased shortest path length and decreased global efficiency. Statistical comparisons of nodal properties were also widespread in the frontal and parietal regions for the PD patients. These findings may provide useful information to better understand the abnormalities of brain structural networks in PD patients.
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- Changhong Li
- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Brain Study Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Brain Study Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Brain Study Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Brain Study Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Brain Study Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, School of Psychology, Brain Study Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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Rektor I, Svátková A, Vojtíšek L, Zikmundová I, Vaníček J, Király A, Szabó N. White matter alterations in Parkinson's disease with normal cognition precede grey matter atrophy. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0187939. [PMID: 29304183 PMCID: PMC5755732 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION While progressive MRI brain changes characterize advanced Parkinson's disease (PD), little has been discovered about structural alterations in the earliest phase of the disease, i.e. in patients with motor symptoms and with normal cognition. Our study aimed to detect grey matter (GM) and white matter (WM) changes in PD patients without cognitive impairment. METHODS Twenty PD patients and twenty-one healthy controls (HC) were tested for attention, executive function, working memory, and visuospatial and language domains. High-resolution T1-weighted and 60 directional diffusion-weighted 3T MRI images were acquired. The cortical, deep GM and WM volumes and density, as well as the diffusion properties of WM, were calculated. Analyses were repeated on data flipped to the side of the disease origin. RESULTS PD patients did not show any significant differences from HC in cognitive functioning or in brain volumes. Decreased GM intensity was found in the left superior parietal lobe in the right (p<0.02) and left (p<0.01) flipped data. The analysis of original, un-flipped data demonstrated elevated axial diffusivity (p<0.01) in the superior and anterior corona radiata, internal capsule, and external capsule in the left hemisphere of PD relative to HC, while higher mean and radial diffusivity were discovered in the right (p<0.02 and p<0.03, respectively) and left (p<0.02 and p<0.02, respectively) in the fronto-temporal WM utilizing flipped data. CONCLUSIONS PD patients without cognitive impairment and GM atrophy demonstrated widespread alterations of WM microstructure. Thus, WM impairment in PD might be a sensitive sign preceding the neuronal loss in associated GM regions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivan Rektor
- Movement Disorders Center; First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) Masaryk University, Neuroscience Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) Masaryk University, Neuroscience Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) Masaryk University, Neuroscience Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Movement Disorders Center; First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Imaging, School of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) Masaryk University, Neuroscience Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) Masaryk University, Neuroscience Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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