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Rostami Z, Salari M, Mahdavi S, Etemadifar M. Abnormal multisensory temporal discrimination in Parkinson's disease. Brain Res 2024; 1834:148901. [PMID: 38561085 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2024.148901] [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: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Cognitive deficits are prevalent in Parkinson's disease (PD), ranging from mild deficits in perception and executive function to severe dementia. Multisensory integration (MSI), the ability to pool information from different sensory modalities to form a combined, coherent perception of the environment, is known to be impaired in PD. This study investigated the disruption of audiovisual MSI in PD patients by evaluating temporal discrimination ability between auditory and visual stimuli with different stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs). The experiment was conducted with Fifteen PD patients and fifteen age-matched healthy controls where participants were requested to report whether the audiovisual stimuli pairs were temporal simultaneous. The temporal binding window (TBW), the time during which sensory modalities are perceived as synchronous, was adapted as the comparison index between PD patients and healthy individuals. Our results showed that PD patients had a significantly wider TBW than healthy controls, indicating abnormal audiovisual temporal discrimination. Furthermore, PD patients had more difficulty in discriminating temporal asynchrony in visual-first, but not in auditory-first stimuli, compared to healthy controls. In contrast, no significant difference was observed for auditory-first stimuli. PD patients also had shorter reaction times than healthy controls regardless of stimulus priority. Together, our findings point to abnormal audiovisual temporal discrimination, a major component of MSI irregularity, in PD patients. These results have important implications for future models of MSI experiments and models that aim to uncover the underlying mechanism of MSI in patients afflicted with PD.
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- Zahra Rostami
- Clinical Research Development Unit, Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Research Development Unit, Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
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Abo Foul Y, Arkadir D, Demikhovskaya A, Noyman Y, Linetsky E, Abu Snineh M, Aviezer H, Eitan R. Perception of emotionally incongruent cues: evidence for overreliance on body vs. face expressions in Parkinson's disease. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1287952. [PMID: 38770252 PMCID: PMC11103677 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1287952] [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: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) may exhibit impaired emotion perception. However, research demonstrating this decline has been based almost entirely on the recognition of isolated emotional cues. In real life, emotional cues such as expressive faces are typically encountered alongside expressive bodies. The current study investigated emotion perception in individuals with PD (n = 37) using emotionally incongruent composite displays of facial and body expressions, as well as isolated face and body expressions, and congruent composite displays as a baseline. In addition to a group of healthy controls (HC) (n = 50), we also included control individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) (n = 30), who display, as in PD, similar motor symptomology and decreased emotion perception abilities. The results show that individuals with PD showed an increased tendency to categorize incongruent face-body combinations in line with the body emotion, whereas those with HC showed a tendency to classify them in line with the facial emotion. No consistent pattern for prioritizing the face or body was found in individuals with SZ. These results were not explained by the emotional recognition of the isolated cues, cognitive status, depression, or motor symptoms of individuals with PD and SZ. As real-life expressions may include inconsistent cues in the body and face, these findings may have implications for the way individuals with PD and SZ interpret the emotions of others.
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- Yasmin Abo Foul
- Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Brain Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Brain Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Neuropsychiatry Unit, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Neuropsychiatry Unit, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Brain Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Brain Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Brain Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Neuropsychiatry Unit, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Medical Neurobiology (Physiology), Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Loskutova E, Butler JS, Setti A, O'Brien C, Loughman J. Ability to Process Multisensory Information Is Impaired in Open Angle Glaucoma. J Glaucoma 2024; 33:78-86. [PMID: 37974328 DOI: 10.1097/ijg.0000000000002331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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PRCIS Patients with glaucoma demonstrated deficiencies in their ability to process multisensory information when compared with controls, with those deficiencies being related to glaucoma severity. Impaired multisensory integration (MSI) may affect the quality of life in individuals with glaucoma and may contribute to the increased prevalence of falls and driving safety concerns. Therapeutic possibilities to influence cognition in glaucoma should be explored. PURPOSE Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease of the optic nerve that has also been linked to cognitive health decline. This study explored MSI as a function of glaucoma status and severity. METHODS MSI was assessed in 37 participants with open angle glaucoma relative to 18 age-matched healthy controls. The sound-induced flash illusion was used to assess MSI efficiency. Participants were presented with various combinations of simultaneous visual and/or auditory stimuli and were required to indicate the number of visual stimuli observed for each of the 96 total presentations. Central retinal sensitivity was assessed as an indicator of glaucoma severity (MAIA; CenterVue). RESULTS Participants with glaucoma performed with equivalent capacity to healthy controls on unisensory trials ( F1,53 =2.222, P =0.142). Both groups performed equivalently on congruent multisensory trials involving equal numbers of auditory and visual stimuli F1,53 =1.032, P =0.314). For incongruent presentations, that is, 2 beeps and 1 flash stimulus, individuals with glaucoma demonstrated a greater influence of the incongruent beeps when judging the number of flashes, indicating less efficient MSI relative to age-matched controls ( F1,53 =11.45, P <0.002). In addition, MSI performance was positively correlated with retinal sensitivity ( F3,49 =4.042, P <0.025), adjusted R ²=0.15). CONCLUSIONS Individuals with open angle glaucoma exhibited MSI deficiencies that relate to disease severity. The type of deficiencies observed were similar to those observed among older individuals with cognitive impairment and balance issues. Impaired MSI may, therefore, be relevant to the increased prevalence of falls observed among individuals with glaucoma, a concept that merits further investigation.
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- Ekaterina Loskutova
- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Mathematical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Kuehne M, Polotzek L, Haghikia A, Zaehle T, Lobmaier JS. I spy with my little eye: The detection of changes in emotional faces and the influence of facial feedback in Parkinson disease. Eur J Neurol 2023; 30:622-630. [PMID: 36435983 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15647] [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: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects the motor system but also involves deficits in emotional processing such as facial emotion recognition. In healthy participants, it has been shown that facial mimicry, the automatic imitation of perceived facial expressions, facilitates the interpretation of the emotional states of our counterpart. In PD patients, recent studies revealed reduced facial mimicry and consequently reduced facial feedback, suggesting that this reduction might contribute to the prominent emotion recognition deficits found in PD. METHODS We investigated the influence of facial mimicry on facial emotion recognition. Twenty PD patients and 20 healthy controls (HCs) underwent a classical facial mimicry manipulation (holding a pen with the lips, teeth, or nondominant hand) while performing an emotional change detection task with faces. RESULTS As expected, emotion recognition was significantly influenced by facial mimicry manipulation in HCs, further supporting the hypothesis of facial feedback and the related theory of embodied simulation. Importantly, patients with PD, generally and independent from the facial mimicry manipulation, were impaired in their ability to detected emotion changes. Our data further show that PD patients' facial emotional recognition abilities are completely unaffected by mimicry manipulation, suggesting that PD patients cannot profit from an artificial modulation of the already impaired facial feedback. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that it is not the hypomimia and the absence of facial feedback per se, but a disruption of the facial feedback loop, that leads to the prominent emotion recognition deficit in PD patients.
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- Maria Kuehne
- Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Relating Response Inhibition, Brain Connectivity, and Freezing of Gait in People with Parkinson's Disease. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2021; 27:733-743. [PMID: 33292899 PMCID: PMC8187475 DOI: 10.1017/s135561772000123x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Freezing of gait (FoG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been associated with response inhibition. However, the relationship between response inhibition, neural dysfunction, and PD remains unclear. We assessed response inhibition and microstructural integrity of brain regions involved in response inhibition [right hemisphere inferior frontal cortex (IFC), bilateral pre-supplementary motor areas (preSMA), and subthalamic nuclei (STN)] in PD subjects with and without FoG and elderly controls. METHOD Twenty-one people with PD and FoG (PD-FoG), 18 without FoG (PD-noFoG), and 19 age-matched controls (HC) completed a Stop-Signal Task (SST) and MRI scan. Probabilistic fiber tractography assessed structural integrity (fractional anisotropy, FA) among IFC, preSMA, and STN regions. RESULTS Stop-signal performance did not differ between PD and HC, nor between PD-FoG and PD-noFoG. Differences in white matter integrity were observed across groups (.001 < p < .064), but were restricted to PD versus HC groups; no differences in FA were observed between PD-FoG and PD-noFoG (p > .096). Interestingly, worse FoG was associated with higher (better) mean FA in the r-preSMA, (β = .547, p = .015). Microstructural integrity of the r-IFC, r-preSMA, and r-STN tracts correlated with stop-signal performance in HC (p ≤ .019), but not people with PD. CONCLUSION These results do not support inefficient response inhibition in PD-FoG. Those with PD exhibited white matter loss in the response inhibition network, but this was not associated with FoG, nor with response inhibition deficits, suggesting FoG-specific neural changes may occur outside the response inhibition network. As shown previously, white matter loss was associated with response inhibition in elderly controls, suggesting PD may disturb this relationship.
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Ren Y, Suzuki K, Hirata K, Yang W, Wu J. Changes in efficiencies and interactions of attentional networks in Parkinson's disease with sleep disturbance. Neurosci Res 2021; 170:236-244. [PMID: 33992661 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2021.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Attention is composed of three distinct attentional networks: alerting, orienting, and executive control. Previous studies have confirmed that Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with executive control deficits; however, the interactions among the three attentional networks and the influence of sleep disturbance in PD patients have not been investigated. Herein, the efficiencies for the three attentional networks and their interactions were evaluated using the revised attention network test. The results showed a significantly slower response and lower accuracy in the PD group than in the normal control group and a significantly slower response and lower accuracy in PD patients with sleep disturbance (PDS) than in PD patients without sleep disturbance (PDnS), which indicates a response deficit in PD and worsening in PDS. Additionally, the executive control efficiency was reduced in both PDS and PDnS, and significantly higher alerting efficiency and lower orienting efficiency were found in PDS. Furthermore, largely changed interactions and correlation patterns of attentional networks were found in PDS but not in PDnS. These results suggested that attentional networks were impaired in PD patients, particularly in those affected by sleep disturbances, and that PDS might establish special connections between attentional networks to compensate for cognitive dysfunction.
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- Yanna Ren
- Department of Psychology, College of Humanities and Management, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, 3210293, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, 3210293, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 7008530, Japan.
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Nobleza CMN, Siddiqui M, Shah PV, Balani P, Lopez AR, Khan S. The Relationship of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease. Cureus 2020; 12:e12385. [PMID: 33532150 PMCID: PMC7846434 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) contributes to injury due to the alteration of the expected atonia during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. It occurs before the overt signs of Parkinson's disease (PD). The co-expression of PD and RBD is characterized by non-tremor predominant subtype and higher incidence of freezing. Freezing of gait (FOG) is a debilitating symptom seen in PD patients that lead to falls. While this phenomenon is understood poorly, the involvement of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) and the neural circuits that control locomotion and gait have been examined. This network has also the same control for REM sleep and arousal. The close relationship between PD and RBD and FOG's consequences has led us to explore the relationship between RBD and PD with FOG. This review provides an overview of the neural connections that control gait, locomotion, and REM sleep. The neural changes were seen in PD with FOG and RBD, and sensory and motor changes observed in these two diseases. The functional neuroanatomy that controls REM sleep, arousal, and locomotion overlap significantly with multiple neural circuits affected in RBD and PD with FOG. Visual perception dysfunction and motor symptoms that primarily affect gait initiation are common to both patients with RBD and FOG in PD, leading to freezing episodes. Prospective studies should be conducted to elucidate the relationship of RBD and PD with FOG subtype and find innovative treatment approaches and diagnostic tools for PD with FOG.
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- Chelsea Mae N Nobleza
- Neurology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Neurology, St. George's University, True Blue, GRD.,Neurology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Psychiatry, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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Ainsworth K, Ostrolenk A, Irion C, Bertone A. Reduced multisensory facilitation exists at different periods of development in autism. Cortex 2020; 134:195-206. [PMID: 33291045 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Atypical sensory processing is now recognised as a key component of an autism diagnosis. The integration of multiple sensory inputs (multisensory integration (MSI)) is thought to be idiosyncratic in autistic individuals and may have cascading effects on the development of higher-level skills such as social communication. Multisensory facilitation was assessed using a target detection paradigm in 45 autistic and 111 neurotypical individuals, matched on age and IQ. Target stimuli were: auditory (A; 3500 Hz tone), visual (V; white disk 'flash') or audiovisual (AV; simultaneous tone and flash), and were presented on a dark background in a randomized order with varying stimulus onset delays. Reaction time (RT) was recorded via button press. In order to assess possible developmental effects, participants were divided into younger (age 14 or younger) and older (age 15 and older) groups. Redundancy gain (RG) was significantly greater in neurotypical, compared to autistic individuals. No significant effect of age or interaction was found. Race model analysis was used to compute a bound value that represented the facilitation effect provided by MSI. Our results revealed that MSI facilitation occurred (violation of the race model) in neurotypical individuals, with more efficient MSI in older participants. In both the younger and older autistic groups, we found reduced MSI facilitation (no or limited violation of the race model). Autistic participants showed reduced multisensory facilitation compared to neurotypical participants in a simple target detection task, void of social context. This remained consistent across age. Our results support evidence that autistic individuals may not integrate low-level, non-social information in a typical fashion, adding to the growing discussion around the influential effect that basic perceptual atypicalities may have on the development of higher-level, core aspects of autism.
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- Kirsty Ainsworth
- Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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- Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), Montreal, Canada
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- Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), Montreal, Canada
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Fearon C, Butler JS, Waechter SM, Killane I, Kelly SP, Reilly RB, Lynch T. Neurophysiological correlates of dual tasking in people with Parkinson's disease and freezing of gait. Exp Brain Res 2020; 239:175-187. [PMID: 33135132 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05968-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Freezing of gait in people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) is associated with executive dysfunction and motor preparation deficits. We have recently shown that electrophysiological markers of motor preparation, rather than decision-making, differentiate PwP with freezing of gait (FOG +) and without (FOG -) while sitting. To examine the effect of locomotion on these results, we measured behavioural and electrophysiological responses in PwP with and without FOG during a target response time task while sitting (single-task) and stepping-in-place (dual-task). Behavioural and electroencephalographic data were acquired from 18 PwP (eight FOG +) and seven young controls performing the task while sitting and stepping-in-place. FOG + had slower response times while stepping compared with sitting. However, response times were significantly faster while stepping compared with sitting for controls. Electrophysiological responses showed no difference in decision-making potentials (centroparietal positivity) between groups or conditions but there were differences in neurophysiological markers of response inhibition (N2) and motor preparation (lateralized readiness potential, LRP) in FOG + while performing a dual-task. This suggests that the addition of a second complex motor task (stepping-in-place) impacts automatic allocation of resources in FOG +, resulting in delayed response times. The impact of locomotion on the generation of the N2 and LRP potentials, particularly in freezers, indirectly implies that these functions compete with locomotion for resources. In the setting of multiple complex tasks or cognitive impairment, severe motor dysfunction may result, leading to freezing of gait.
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- Conor Fearon
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, The School of Medicine and the School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, The School of Medicine and the School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- School of Mathematical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin, Ireland.
- School of Medicine, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, The School of Medicine and the School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, The School of Medicine and the School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, Technological University Dublin, Bolton Street, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, The School of Medicine and the School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- School of Medicine, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
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Strigaro G, Barbero P, Pizzamiglio C, Magistrelli L, Gori B, Comi C, Varrasi C, Cantello R. Cortical visuomotor interactions in Freezing of Gait: A TMS approach. Neurophysiol Clin 2020; 50:205-212. [PMID: 32354665 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2020.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Altered cortical visuomotor integration has been involved in the pathophysiology of freezing of gait (FoG) in parkinsonism. The aim of this study was to assess the connections between the primary visual (V1) and motor (M1) areas with a paired-pulse, twin-coil transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technique in patients with FoG. METHODS Twelve Parkinson's disease (PD) patients suffering from levodopa-responsive-FoG (off-FoG) were compared with 12 PD patients without FoG and 12 healthy subjects of similar age/sex. In the "off" condition, visuomotor connections (VMCs) were assessed bilaterally. A conditioning stimulus over the V1 phosphene hotspot was followed at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 18 and 40ms by a test stimulus over M1, to elicit motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in the contralateral first dorsal interosseous muscle. RESULTS Significant (P<0.01), bilateral effects due to VMCs were detected in all three groups, consisting of a MEP suppression at ISI 18 and 40ms. However, in PD patients with FoG, the MEP suppression was significantly (P<0.05) enhanced, both at ISI 18-40ms, in comparison with the other two groups. The phenomenon was limited to the right hemisphere. CONCLUSIONS PD patients with FoG showed an excessive inhibitory response of the right M1 to inputs travelling from V1 at given ISIs. Right-sided alterations of the cortical visuomotor integration may contribute to the pathophysiology of FoG.
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- Gionata Strigaro
- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale and "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy
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Jafari Z, Kolb BE, Mohajerani MH. Auditory Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord 2020; 35:537-550. [PMID: 32052894 DOI: 10.1002/mds.28000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PD is a progressive and complex neurological disorder with heterogeneous symptomatology. PD is characterized by classical motor features of parkinsonism and nonmotor symptoms and involves extensive regions of the nervous system, various neurotransmitters, and protein aggregates. Extensive evidence supports auditory dysfunction as an additional nonmotor feature of PD. Studies indicate a broad range of auditory impairments in PD, from the peripheral hearing system to the auditory brainstem and cortical areas. For instance, research demonstrates a higher occurrence of hearing loss in early-onset PD and evidence of abnormal auditory evoked potentials, event-related potentials, and habituation to novel stimuli. Electrophysiological data, such as auditory P3a, also is suggested as a sensitive measure of illness duration and severity. Improvement in auditory responses following dopaminergic therapies also indicates the presence of similar neurotransmitters (i.e., glutamate and dopamine) in the auditory system and basal ganglia. Nonetheless, hearing impairments in PD have received little attention in clinical practice so far. This review summarizes evidence of peripheral and central auditory impairments in PD and provides conclusions and directions for future empirical and clinical research. © 2020 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Zahra Jafari
- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.,Department of Basic Sciences in Rehabilitation, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Science (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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Ostrolenk A, Bao VA, Mottron L, Collignon O, Bertone A. Reduced multisensory facilitation in adolescents and adults on the Autism Spectrum. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11965. [PMID: 31427634 PMCID: PMC6700191 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48413-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Individuals with autism are reported to integrate information from visual and auditory channels in an idiosyncratic way. Multisensory integration (MSI) of simple, non-social stimuli (i.e., flashes and beeps) was evaluated in adolescents and adults with (n = 20) and without autism (n = 19) using a reaction time (RT) paradigm using audio, visual, and audiovisual stimuli. For each participant, the race model analysis compares the RTs on the audiovisual condition to a bound value computed from the unimodal RTs that reflects the effect of redundancy. If the actual audiovisual RTs are significantly faster than this bound, the race model is violated, indicating evidence of MSI. Our results show that the race model violation occurred only for the typically-developing (TD) group. While the TD group shows evidence of MSI, the autism group does not. These results suggest that multisensory integration of simple information, void of social content or complexity, is altered in autism. Individuals with autism may not benefit from the advantage conferred by multisensory stimulation to the same extent as TD individuals. Altered MSI for simple, non-social information may have cascading effects on more complex perceptual processes related to language and behaviour in autism.
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- Alexia Ostrolenk
- Perceptual Neuroscience Lab for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Perceptual Neuroscience Lab for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,School/Applied Child Psychology, Department of Education and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre for Mind/Brain Science (CIMeC), University of Trento, Trento, Italy.,Institut de recherche en Psychologie (IPSY) et en Neuroscience (IoNS), Université de Louvain-la-Neuve, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Perceptual Neuroscience Lab for Autism and Development (PNLab), McGill University, Montreal, Canada. .,School/Applied Child Psychology, Department of Education and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. .,University of Montreal Center of Excellence for Pervasive Developmental Disorders (CETEDUM), CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
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Scarpina F, Cau N, Cimolin V, Galli M, Priano L, Mauro A. Defective Tool Embodiment in Body Representation of Individuals Affected by Parkinson's Disease: A Preliminary Study. Front Psychol 2019; 9:2489. [PMID: 30666219 PMCID: PMC6330277 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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When efficiently used for action, tools become part of the body, with effect on the spatial-temporal movement parameters and body size perception. Until now, no previous investigation has been reported about tool embodiment in Parkinson’s disease (PD), which is a neurological disease characterized by several sensory and motor symptoms affecting body and action. We enrolled 14 individuals affected by PD and 18 healthy individuals as controls. We studied the spatial-temporal parameters on self-paced free pointing movement task, via an optoelectronic system, before and after a short training in which a 27-cm long rod was used to point toward a far target. Moreover, we investigated changes in estimation of arm length through the Tactile Estimation Task. After the tool-use training, controls showed changes in spatial-temporal parameters: they were slower to perform movements and reported a higher value of deceleration than the baseline. However, such a difference did not emerge in the PD individuals. In the Tactile Discrimination Task, no difference emerged before and after the tool-use training in both groups. Our results were suggestive of possible difficulties of the tool embodiment process in PD. We discussed our results in relation to aberrant multisensory integration as well as in terms of the effect of PD sensory and motor symptoms on body schema plasticity. The present study points at a novel way to conceive PD sensory motor signs and symptoms in terms of their effect on individuals’ body representation.
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- Federica Scarpina
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Divisione di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Piancavallo (VCO), Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.,IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Tosinvest Sanità Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Divisione di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Piancavallo (VCO), Italy.,Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Divisione di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Piancavallo (VCO), Italy.,Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Absent Audiovisual Integration Elicited by Peripheral Stimuli in Parkinson's Disease. PARKINSONS DISEASE 2018; 2018:1648017. [PMID: 29850014 PMCID: PMC5924975 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1648017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2017] [Revised: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The basal ganglia, which have been shown to be a significant multisensory hub, are disordered in Parkinson's disease (PD). This study was to investigate the audiovisual integration of peripheral stimuli in PD patients with/without sleep disturbances. Thirty-six age-matched normal controls (NC) and 30 PD patients were recruited for an auditory/visual discrimination experiment. The mean response times for each participant were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA and race model. The results showed that the response to all stimuli was significantly delayed for PD compared to NC (all p < 0.01). The response to audiovisual stimuli was significantly faster than that to unimodal stimuli in both NC and PD (p < 0.001). Additionally, audiovisual integration was absent in PD; however, it did occur in NC. Further analysis showed that there was no significant audiovisual integration in PD with/without cognitive impairment or in PD with/without sleep disturbances. Furthermore, audiovisual facilitation was not associated with Hoehn and Yahr stage, disease duration, or the presence of sleep disturbances (all p > 0.05). The current results showed that audiovisual multisensory integration for peripheral stimuli is absent in PD regardless of sleep disturbances and further suggested the abnormal audiovisual integration might be a potential early manifestation of PD.
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Butler JS, Fearon C, Killane I, Waechter SM, Reilly RB, Lynch T. Motor preparation rather than decision-making differentiates Parkinson’s disease patients with and without freezing of gait. Clin Neurophysiol 2017; 128:463-471. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 12/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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