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Yulug B, Ayyildiz S, Sayman D, Karaca R, Ipek L, Cankaya S, Salar AB, Ayyildiz B, Mikuta C, Yagci N, Oktem EO, Ozsimsek A, Velioglu HA, Hanoglu L. The functional role of the pulvinar in discriminating between objective and subjective cognitive impairment in major depressive disorder. Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2024; 10:e12450. [PMID: 38356480 PMCID: PMC10865482 DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Emotionally driven cognitive complaints represent a major diagnostic challenge for clinicians and indicate the importance of objective confirmation of the accuracy of depressive patients' descriptions of their cognitive symptoms. METHODS We compared cognitive status and structural and functional brain connectivity changes in the pulvinar and hippocampus between patients with total depression and healthy controls. The depressive group was also classified as "amnestic" or "nonamnestic," based on the members' subjective reports concerning their forgetfulness. We then sought to determine whether these patients would differ in terms of objective neuroimaging and cognitive findings. RESULTS The right pulvinar exhibited altered connectivity in individuals with depression with objective cognitive impairment, a finding which was not apparent in depressive patients with subjective cognitive impairment. DISCUSSION The pulvinar may play a role in depression-related cognitive impairments. Connectivity network changes may differ between objective and subjective cognitive impairment in depression and may play a role in the increased risk of dementia in patients with depression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- School of MedicineDepartment of NeuroradiologyTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
- School of MedicineTUM‐NIC Neuroimaging CenterTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
- Anatomy PhD ProgramGraduate School of Health SciencesKocaeli UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN)Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Anatomy PhD ProgramGraduate School of Health SciencesKocaeli UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Translational Research CenterUniversity Hospital of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
- Interdisciplinary Biosciences Doctoral Training PartnershipDepartment of PhysiologyAnatomy and GeneticsUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAntalyaTurkey
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- School of MedicineTUM‐NIC Neuroimaging CenterTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
- Center for Psychiatric NeuroscienceFeinstein Institute for Medical ResearchManhassetNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Neurology and NeuroscienceIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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Hajebrahimi F, Budak M, Saricaoglu M, Temel Z, Demir TK, Hanoglu L, Yildirim S, Bayraktaroglu Z. Functional neural networks stratify Parkinson's disease patients across the spectrum of cognitive impairment. Brain Behav 2024; 14:e3395. [PMID: 38376051 PMCID: PMC10808882 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Cognitive impairment (CI) is a significant non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) that often precedes the emergence of motor symptoms by several years. Patients with PD hypothetically progress from stages without CI (PD-normal cognition [NC]) to stages with Mild CI (PD-MCI) and PD dementia (PDD). CI symptoms in PD are linked to different brain regions and neural pathways, in addition to being the result of dysfunctional subcortical regions. However, it is still unknown how functional dysregulation correlates to progression during the CI. Neuroimaging techniques hold promise in discriminating CI stages of PD and further contribute to the biomarker formation of CI in PD. In this study, we explore disparities in the clinical assessments and resting-state functional connectivity (FC) among three CI stages of PD. METHODS We enrolled 88 patients with PD and 26 healthy controls (HC) for a cross sectional clinical study and performed intra- and inter-network FC analysis in conjunction with comprehensive clinical cognitive assessment. RESULTS Our findings underscore the significance of several neural networks, namely, the default mode network (DMN), frontoparietal network (FPN), dorsal attention network, and visual network (VN) and their inter-intra-network FC in differentiating between PD-MCI and PDD. Additionally, our results showed the importance of sensory motor network, VN, DMN, and salience network (SN) in the discriminating PD-NC from PDD. Finally, in comparison to HC, we found DMN, FPN, VN, and SN as pivotal networks for further differential diagnosis of CI stages of PD. CONCLUSION We propose that resting-state networks (RSN) can be a discriminating factor in distinguishing the CI stages of PD and progressing from PD-NC to MCI or PDD. The integration of clinical and neuroimaging data may enhance the early detection of PD in clinical settings and potentially prevent the disease from advancing to more severe stages.
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- Farzin Hajebrahimi
- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, School of Health SciencesIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Department of Health Informatics, Rutgers University, School of Health ProfessionsRutgers Biomedical and Health SciencesNewarkNew JerseyUSA
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Department of Ergotherapy, School of Health SciencesIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral NeuroscienceRutgers University‐NewarkNewarkNew JerseyUSA
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational SchoolIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of PsychologyFatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational SchoolBiruni UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of MedicineIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Department of Medical Microbiology, International School of MedicineIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA)Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
- Department of Physiology, International School of MedicineIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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Velioglu HA, Dudukcu EZ, Hanoglu L, Guntekin B, Akturk T, Yulug B. rTMS reduces delta and increases theta oscillations in Alzheimer's disease: A visual-evoked and event-related potentials study. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14564. [PMID: 38287520 PMCID: PMC10805393 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has emerged as a promising alternative therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its ability to modulate neural networks and enhance cognitive function. This treatment offers the unique advantage of enabling real-time monitoring of immediate cognitive effects and dynamic brain changes through electroencephalography (EEG). OBJECTIVE This study focused on exploring the effects of left parietal rTMS stimulation on visual-evoked potentials (VEP) and visual event-related potentials (VERP) in AD patients. METHODS Sixteen AD patients were recruited for this longitudinal study. EEG data were collected within a Faraday cage both pre- and post-rTMS to evaluate its impact on potentials. RESULTS Significant alterations were found in both VEP and VERP oscillations. Specifically, delta power in VEP decreased, while theta power in VERP increased post-rTMS, indicating a modulation of brain activities. DISCUSSION These findings confirm the positive modulatory impact of rTMS on brain activities in AD, evidenced by improved cognitive scores. They align with previous studies highlighting the potential of rTMS in managing hyperexcitability and oscillatory disturbances in the AD cortex. CONCLUSION Cognitive improvements post-rTMS endorse its potential as a promising neuromodulatory treatment for cognitive enhancement in AD, thereby providing critical insights into the neurophysiological anomalies in AD and possible therapeutic avenues.
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- Halil Aziz Velioglu
- Center for Psychiatric NeuroscienceFeinstein Institute for Medical ResearchManhassetNew YorkUSA
- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN)Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive‐Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN)Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of MedicineIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Biophysics, School of MedicineIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational SchoolIstanbul Medipol UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, School of MedicineAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat UniversityAlanyaTurkey
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Dilek B, Yildirim E, Hanoglu L. Low frequency oscillations during hand laterality judgment task with and without personal perspectives: a preliminary study. Cogn Neurodyn 2023; 17:1447-1461. [PMID: 37974585 PMCID: PMC10640502 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-023-09974-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Sense of personal perspective is crucial for understanding in attentional mechanisms of the perception in "self" or "other's" body. In a hand laterality judgment (HLJ) task, perception of perspective can be assessed by arranging angular orientations and depths of images. A total of 11 healthy, right-handed participants (8 females, mean age: 38.36 years, education: 14 years) were included in the study. The purpose of this study was to investigate behavioural and cortical responses in low-frequency cortical rhythms during a HLJ task. A total of 80-visual hand stimuli were presented through the experiment. Hand visuals were categorized in the way of side (right vs. left) and perspective (1st vs. 3rd personal perspective). Both behavioural outcomes and brain oscillatory characteristics (i.e., frequency and amplitude) of the Electroencephalography were analysed. All reaction time and incorrect answers for 3rd person perspective were higher than the ones for 1st person perspective. Location effect was statistically significant in event-related theta responses confirming the dominant activity of theta frequency in spatial memory tasks on parietal and occipital areas. In addition, we found there were increasing in delta power and phase in hand visuals with 1st person perspective and increasing theta phase in hand visuals with 3rd person perspective (p < 0.05). Accordingly, a clear dissociation in the perception of perspectives in low-frequency bands was revealed. These different cortical strategy in the perception of hand visual with and without perspectives may be interpreted as delta activity may be related in self-body perception, whereas theta activity may be related in allocentric perception.
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- Burcu Dilek
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
- Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Vocational School, Program of Electroneurophysiology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Saricaoglu M, Hanoglu L, Guntekin B, Ozkara C. The effects of cognitive, physical, and somatosensory rehabilitation after right temporo-parietal tumor resection on cognitive, motor, somatosensory, and electrophysiological parameters: A case report. Physiother Theory Pract 2023; 39:2241-2250. [PMID: 35436161 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2064787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This report examines the effects of a multimodal rehabilitation program which includes cognitive, physical, and somatosensory rehabilitation after right temporo-parietal tumor resection on cognitive, motor, somatosensory, and electrophysiological parameters. CASE DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old patient presented with sensory loss in the dominant left hand and reduced writing ability after right temporo-parietal lobe resection. Cognitive, motor, and sensory evaluations were carried out pre and post-treatment. The patient's spontaneous electroencephalo-gram (EEG) and an EEG during application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) (TENS EEG) were recorded. As a reference for the patient's electrophysiological values, EEGs of 4 healthy individuals were also taken. Over a period of 1 year, the patient received multimodal rehabilitation which includes cognitive, physical, and somato-sensory rehabilitation on 2 days each week. OUTCOMES An improvement of the patient's cognitive capacities, motor strength, superficial, deep and cortical sensations was achieved. After rehabilitation, an increase in parietal and occipital alpha activity as well as in frontal and parietal beta activity was seen both in spontaneous EEG and in TENS EEG. With increasing TENS intensity, alpha and beta power increased as well. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that a multimodal rehabilitation program may improve cognitive, sensory, and motor effects after resection due to tumor surgery.
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- Mevhibe Saricaoglu
- Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Medical Science, Istanbul Medipol University, Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey
- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational School, Istanbul Medipol University, Cibali, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul-Cerrahpasa University, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yulug B, Ayyıldız B, Ayyıldız S, Sayman D, Salar AB, Cankaya S, Ozdemir Oktem E, Ozsimsek A, Kurt CC, Lakadamyalı H, Akturk A, Altay Ö, Hanoglu L, Velioglu HA, Mardinoglu A. Infection with COVID-19 is no longer a public emergency: But what about degenerative dementia? J Med Virol 2023; 95:e29072. [PMID: 37724347 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
Abstract
Although no longer considered a public health threat, post-COVID cognitive syndrome continues to impact on a considerable proportion of individuals who were infected with COVID-19. Recent studies have also suggested that COVID may be represent a critical risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We compared 17 COVID patients with 20 controls and evaluated the effects of COVID-19 on general cognitive performance, hippocampal volume, and connections using structural and seed-based connectivity analysis. We showed that COVID patients exhibited considerably worse cognitive functioning and increased hippocampal connectivity supported by the strong correlation between hippocampal connectivity and cognitive scores. Our findings of higher hippocampal connectivity with no observable hippocampal morphological changes even in mild COVID cases may be represent evidence of a prestructural compensatory mechanism for stimulating additional neuronal resources to combat cognitive dysfunction as recently shown for the prodromal stages of degenerative cognitive disorders. Our findings may be also important in light of recent data showing that other viral infections as well as COVID may constitute a critical risk factor for the development of AD. To our knowledge, this is the first study that investigated network differences in COVID patients, with a particular focus on compensatory hippocampal connectivity.
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Anatomy PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kocaeli University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Anatomy PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kocaeli University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- TUM-NIC Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA
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- KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- King's College London, Faculty of Dentistry, London, UK
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Ayyildiz S, Velioglu HA, Ayyildiz B, Sutcubasi B, Hanoglu L, Bayraktaroglu Z, Yildirim S, Atasever A, Yulug B. Differentiation of claustrum resting-state functional connectivity in healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:1741-1750. [PMID: 36515182 PMCID: PMC9921234 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The claustrum is a sheet-like of telencephalic gray matter structure whose function is poorly understood. The claustrum is considered a multimodal computing network due to its reciprocal connections with almost all cortical areas as well as subcortical structures. Although the claustrum has been involved in several neurodegenerative diseases, specific changes in connections of the claustrum remain unclear in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). Resting-state fMRI and T1-weighted structural 3D images from healthy elderly (n = 15), AD (n = 16), and PD (n = 12) subjects were analyzed. Seed-based FC analysis was performed using CONN FC toolbox and T1-weighted images were analyzed with the Computational Anatomy Toolbox for voxel-based morphometry analysis. While we observed a decreased FC between the left claustrum and sensorimotor cortex, auditory association cortex, and cortical regions associated with social cognition in PD compared with the healthy control group (HC), no significant difference was found in alterations in the FC of both claustrum comparing the HC and AD groups. In the AD group, high FC of claustrum with regions of sensorimotor cortex and cortical regions related to cognitive control, including cingulate gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, and insular cortex were demonstrated. In addition, the structural results show significantly decreased volume in bilateral claustrum in AD and PD compared with HC. There were no significant differences in the claustrum volumes between PD and AD groups so the FC may offer more precise findings in distinguishing changes for claustrum in AD and PD.
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- Sevilay Ayyildiz
- Anatomy PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.,Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Anatomy PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.,Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Istanbul Medipol University, International School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, International School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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Budak M, Bayraktaroglu Z, Hanoglu L. The effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and aerobic exercise on cognition, balance and functional brain networks in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Cogn Neurodyn 2023; 17:39-61. [PMID: 36704634 PMCID: PMC9871139 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-022-09818-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of high-frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and aerobic exercises (AE) in addition to the pharmacological therapy (PT) in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Twenty-seven patients with AD aged ≥ 60 years were included in the study and divided into 3 groups (rTMS, AE and control). All groups received PT. rTMS group (n = 10) received 20 Hz rTMS over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) bilaterally and AE group (n = 9) received the structured moderate-intensity AE for 5 consecutive days/week over 2 weeks. Control group (n = 8) only received PT. Cognition, balance, mobility, quality of life (QoL), and resting state functional brain activity were evaluated one week before and one week after the interventions. (ClinicalTrials.gov ID:NCT05102045). Significant improvements were found in executive functions, behavior, and QoL in the rTMS group, in balance and mobility in the AE group, and in the visual memory and behavior in the control group (p < 0.05). Significant differences were found in the behavior in favor of the rTMS group, and balance in favor of the AE group (p < 0.05). There was a significant increase in activation on middle temporal gyrus, intra calcarine, central opercular cortex, superior parietal lobule, and paracingulate cortex in Default Mode Network (DMN) in the rTMS group (p < 0.05). High-frequency rTMS over bilateral dlPFC may improve executive functions and behavior and lead to increased activation in DMN, structured moderate-intensity AE may improve balance and mobility, and PT may improve memory and behaviour compared to pretreatment in AD.
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- Miray Budak
- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Institute of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Ergotherapy, School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Physiology, International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Turkez H, Altay O, Yildirim S, Li X, Yang H, Bayram C, Bolat I, Oner S, Tozlu OO, Arslan ME, Arif M, Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Cankaya S, Lam S, Velioglu HA, Coskun E, Idil E, Nogaylar R, Ozsimsek A, Hacimuftuoglu A, Shoaie S, Zhang C, Nielsen J, Borén J, Uhlén M, Mardinoglu A. Combined metabolic activators improve metabolic functions in the animal models of neurodegenerative diseases. Life Sci 2023; 314:121325. [PMID: 36581096 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), are associated with metabolic abnormalities. Integrative analysis of human clinical data and animal studies have contributed to a better understanding of the molecular and cellular pathways involved in the progression of NDDs. Previously, we have reported that the combined metabolic activators (CMA), which include the precursors of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and glutathione can be utilized to alleviate metabolic disorders by activating mitochondrial metabolism. METHODS We first analysed the brain transcriptomics data from AD patients and controls using a brain-specific genome-scale metabolic model (GEM). Then, we investigated the effect of CMA administration in animal models of AD and PD. We evaluated pathological and immunohistochemical findings of brain and liver tissues. Moreover, PD rats were tested for locomotor activity and apomorphine-induced rotation. FINDINGS Analysis of transcriptomics data with GEM revealed that mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in the underlying molecular pathways of AD. In animal models of AD and PD, we showed significant damage in the high-fat diet groups' brain and liver tissues compared to the chow diet. The histological analyses revealed that hyperemia, degeneration and necrosis in neurons were improved by CMA administration in both AD and PD animal models. These findings were supported by immunohistochemical evidence of decreased immunoreactivity in neurons. In parallel to the improvement in the brain, we also observed dramatic metabolic improvement in the liver tissue. CMA administration also showed a beneficial effect on behavioural functions in PD rats. INTERPRETATION Overall, we showed that CMA administration significantly improved behavioural scores in parallel with the neurohistological outcomes in the AD and PD animal models and is a promising treatment for improving the metabolic parameters and brain functions in NDDs.
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- Hasan Turkez
- Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Neuroimaging Lab, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Yulug B, Altay O, Li X, Hanoglu L, Cankaya S, Lam S, Velioglu HA, Yang H, Coskun E, Idil E, Nogaylar R, Ozsimsek A, Bayram C, Bolat I, Oner S, Tozlu OO, Arslan ME, Hacimuftuoglu A, Yildirim S, Arif M, Shoaie S, Zhang C, Nielsen J, Turkez H, Borén J, Uhlén M, Mardinoglu A. Combined metabolic activators improve cognitive functions in Alzheimer's disease patients: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II trial. Transl Neurodegener 2023; 12:4. [PMID: 36703196 PMCID: PMC9879258 DOI: 10.1186/s40035-023-00336-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with metabolic abnormalities linked to critical elements of neurodegeneration. We recently administered combined metabolic activators (CMA) to the AD rat model and observed that CMA improves the AD-associated histological parameters in the animals. CMA promotes mitochondrial fatty acid uptake from the cytosol, facilitates fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria, and alleviates oxidative stress. METHODS Here, we designed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial and studied the effect of CMA administration on the global metabolism of AD patients. One-dose CMA included 12.35 g L-serine (61.75%), 1 g nicotinamide riboside (5%), 2.55 g N-acetyl-L-cysteine (12.75%), and 3.73 g L-carnitine tartrate (18.65%). AD patients received one dose of CMA or placebo daily during the first 28 days and twice daily between day 28 and day 84. The primary endpoint was the difference in the cognitive function and daily living activity scores between the placebo and the treatment arms. The secondary aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of CMA. A comprehensive plasma metabolome and proteome analysis was also performed to evaluate the efficacy of the CMA in AD patients. RESULTS We showed a significant decrease of AD Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) score on day 84 vs day 0 (P = 0.00001, 29% improvement) in the CMA group. Moreover, there was a significant decline (P = 0.0073) in ADAS-Cog scores (improvement of cognitive functions) in the CMA compared to the placebo group in patients with higher ADAS-Cog scores. Improved cognitive functions in AD patients were supported by the relevant alterations in the hippocampal volumes and cortical thickness based on imaging analysis. Moreover, the plasma levels of proteins and metabolites associated with NAD + and glutathione metabolism were significantly improved after CMA treatment. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that treatment of AD patients with CMA can lead to enhanced cognitive functions and improved clinical parameters associated with phenomics, metabolomics, proteomics and imaging analysis. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04044131 Registered 17 July 2019, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04044131.
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- grid.5037.10000000121581746Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- grid.5037.10000000121581746Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- grid.411781.a0000 0004 0471 9346Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Centre for Host-Microbiome Interaction’s, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- grid.4714.60000 0004 1937 0626Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ,grid.411781.a0000 0004 0471 9346Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.5037.10000000121581746Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- grid.411781.a0000 0004 0471 9346Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- grid.411445.10000 0001 0775 759XDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.411445.10000 0001 0775 759XDepartment of Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.448691.60000 0004 0454 905XDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.448691.60000 0004 0454 905XDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.448691.60000 0004 0454 905XDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.411445.10000 0001 0775 759XDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.411445.10000 0001 0775 759XDepartment of Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.5037.10000000121581746Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- grid.5037.10000000121581746Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden ,grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Centre for Host-Microbiome Interaction’s, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- grid.5037.10000000121581746Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden ,grid.207374.50000 0001 2189 3846School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.5371.00000 0001 0775 6028Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- grid.411445.10000 0001 0775 759XDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- grid.8761.80000 0000 9919 9582Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Centre for Host-Microbiome Interaction's, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
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Hanoglu L, Velioglu HA, Hanoglu T, Yulug B. Neuroimaging-Guided Transcranial Magnetic and Direct Current Stimulation in MCI: Toward an Individual, Effective and Disease-Modifying Treatment. Clin EEG Neurosci 2023; 54:82-90. [PMID: 34751037 DOI: 10.1177/15500594211052815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
The therapeutic approaches currently applied in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar neurodegenerative diseases are essentially based on pharmacological strategies. However, despite intensive research, the effectiveness of these treatments is limited to transient symptomatic effects, and they are still far from exhibiting a true therapeutic effect capable of altering prognosis. The lack of success of such pharmacotherapy-based protocols may be derived from the cases in the majority of trials being too advanced to benefit significantly in therapeutic terms at the clinical level. For neurodegenerative diseases, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may be an early stage of the disease continuum, including Alzheimer's. Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques have been developed to modulate plasticity in the human cortex in the last few decades. NIBS techniques have made it possible to obtain unique findings concerning brain functions, and design novel approaches to treat various neurological and psychiatric conditions. In addition, its synaptic and cellular neurobiological effects, NIBS is an attractive treatment option in the early phases of neurodegenerative diseases, such as MCI, with its beneficial modifying effects on cellular neuroplasticity. However, there is still insufficient evidence about the potential positive clinical effects of NIBS on MCI. Furthermore, the huge variability of the clinical effects of NIBS limits its use. In this article, we reviewed the combined approach of NIBS with various neuroimaging and electrophysiological methods. Such methodologies may provide a new horizon to the path for personalized treatment, including a more individualized pathophysiology approach which might even define new specific targets for specific symptoms of neurodegenerations.
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- Lutfu Hanoglu
- 218502Istanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- 218502Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey
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- 218502Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey
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- 450199Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University School of Medicine, Alanya/Antalya, Turkey
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Velioglu HA, Ayyildiz B, Ayyildiz S, Sutcubasi B, Hanoglu L, Bayraktaroglu Z, Yulug B. A structural and resting-state functional connectivity investigation of the pulvinar in elderly individuals and Alzheimer's disease patients. Alzheimers Dement 2022. [PMID: 36576157 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), structural and functional changes in the brain may give rise to disruption of specific cognitive functions. The aim of this study is to investigate the functional connectivity alterations in the pulvinar's subdivisions and total pulvinar voxel-based morphometry (VBM) changes in individuals with AD and healthy controls. A seed-based functional connectivity analysis was applied to the anterior, inferior, lateral, and medial pulvinar in each hemisphere. Furthermore, VBM analysis was carried out to compare gray matter (GM) volume differences in the pulvinar and thalamus between the two groups. Connectivity analysis revealed that the pulvinar subdivisions had decreased connectivity in individuals with AD. In addition, the pulvinar and thalamus in each hemisphere were significantly smaller in the AD group. The pulvinar may have a role in AD-related cognitive impairments and the intrinsic connectivity network changes and GM loss in pulvinar subdivisions suggest the cognitive deterioration occurring in those with AD. HIGHLIGHTS: The pulvinar may play a role in pathophysiology of cognitive impairments in those with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Decreased structural volume and functional connectivity were found in patients with AD. The inferior pulvinar is functionally the most affected subdivision by AD compared to the others.
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- Halil Aziz Velioglu
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Anatomy PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.,Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Anatomy PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.,Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medipol University, International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Alanya/Antalya, Turkey
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Keles HO, Karakulak EZ, Hanoglu L, Omurtag A. Screening for Alzheimer's disease using prefrontal resting-state functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:1061668. [PMID: 36518566 PMCID: PMC9742284 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1061668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neurodegenerative dementia that causes neurovascular dysfunction and cognitive impairment. Currently, 50 million people live with dementia worldwide, and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year. There is a need for relatively less costly and more objective methods of screening and early diagnosis. METHODS Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) systems are a promising solution for the early Detection of AD. For a practical clinically relevant system, a smaller number of optimally placed channels are clearly preferable. In this study, we investigated the number and locations of the best-performing fNIRS channels measuring prefrontal cortex activations. Twenty-one subjects diagnosed with AD and eighteen healthy controls were recruited for the study. RESULTS We have shown that resting-state fNIRS recordings from a small number of prefrontal locations provide a promising methodology for detecting AD and monitoring its progression. A high-density continuous-wave fNIRS system was first used to verify the relatively lower hemodynamic activity in the prefrontal cortical areas observed in patients with AD. By using the episode averaged standard deviation of the oxyhemoglobin concentration changes as features that were fed into a Support Vector Machine; we then showed that the accuracy of subsets of optical channels in predicting the presence and severity of AD was significantly above chance. The results suggest that AD can be detected with a 0.76 sensitivity score and a 0.68 specificity score while the severity of AD could be detected with a 0.75 sensitivity score and a 0.72 specificity score with ≤5 channels. DISCUSSION These scores suggest that fNIRS is a viable technology for conveniently detecting and monitoring AD as well as investigating underlying mechanisms of disease progression.
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- Hasan Onur Keles
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Engineering, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Mutlu-Burnaz O, Yulug B, Oncul M, Celik E, Atasoy NS, Cankaya S, Hanoglu L, Velioglu HA. Chemogenetic inhibition of MCH neurons does not alter memory performance in mice. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 155:113771. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Avunç H, Budak M, Saricaoğlu M, Aydin F, Hanoglu L. TH-282. The effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over left posterior parietal cortex on visual-spatial attention and visual bisection in young adults: An EEG oscillations study. Clin Neurophysiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Helvaci Yilmaz N, Bolluk Kilic B, Zirh TA, Aslan AS, Hanoglu L. Parkinson’s Disease and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Do Quarantine Affect the Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms of Patients with and without Deep Brain Stimulation? Haseki 2022. [DOI: 10.4274/haseki.galenos.2022.8225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Toprak G, Hanoglu L, Cakir T, Guntekin B, Velioglu HA, Yulug B. DLPF Targeted Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Brain Glucose Metabolism Along with the Clinical and Electrophysiological Parameters in CBD Patients. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2022; 22:415-424. [PMID: 35100961 DOI: 10.2174/1871530322666220131120349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD) is a rare neurological disease caused by the pathological accumulation of tau protein. The primary pathological features of CBD include progressive neurodegenerative processes resulting in remarkable frontoparietal and basal ganglia atrophy. OBJECTIVE Like in many other neurodegenerative disorders, there is still no effective disease-modifying drug therapy in CBD. Therefore, the development of new treatment methods is of great importance. In this study, we aimed to assess the stimulating effects of high-frequency DLPFC rTMS on the motor, cognitive and behavioral disturbances in four CBD patients. METHODS Four (three females, one male) CBD patients who had been diagnosed as CBD were enrolled in this study. Patients were evaluated before and after the rTMS procedure regarding the motor, neuropsychometric and behavioral tests. The results of statistical analysis of behavioral and neuropsychometric evaluation were assessed via SPSS 18.0 package program. Data are expressed as mean, standard deviation. Before and after values of the groups were compared with the Wilcoxon sign rank test, and p<0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS We have provided strong preliminary evidence that the improvement in clinical parameters was associated with the normalizations of the theta activity and glucose metabolism. CONCLUSION Our current results are consistent with some previous trials showing a strong association between DLPFC targeted rTMS and electrophysiological normalizations in the left DLPFC.
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- Guven Toprak
- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University School of Medicine, Alanya/Antalya, Turkey
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Kayasandik CB, Velioglu HA, Hanoglu L. Predicting the Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Cognitive Functions in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease by Automated EEG Analysis. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:845832. [PMID: 35663423 PMCID: PMC9160828 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.845832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative brain disorder that generally affects the elderly. Today, after the limited benefit of the pharmacological treatment strategies, numerous noninvasive brain stimulation techniques have been developed. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), based on electromagnetic stimulation, is one of the most widely used methods. The main problem in the use of TMS is the existence of large individual variability in the results. This causes a waste of money, time, and more importantly, a burden for delicate patients. Hence, it is a necessity to form an efficient and personalized TMS application protocol. In this paper, we performed a machine-learning analysis to see whether it is possible to predict the responses of patients with AD to TMS by analyzing their electroencephalography (EEG) signals. For that purpose, we analyzed both the EEG signals collected before and after the TMS application (EEG1 and EEG2, respectively). Through correlating EEG1 and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) outcomes, we tried to see whether it is possible to predict patients' responses before the treatment application. On the other hand, by EEG2 analysis, we investigated TMS impacts on EEG, more importantly if this impact is correlated with patients' response to the treatment. We used the support vector machine (SVM) classifier due to its multiple advantages for the current task with feature selection processes by stepwise linear discriminant analysis (SWLDA) and SVM. However, to justify our numerical analysis framework, we examined and compared the performances of different feature selection and classification techniques. Since we have a limited sample number, we used the leave-one-out method for the validation with the Monte Carlo technique to eliminate bias by a small sample size. In the conclusion, we observed that the correlation between rTMS outcomes and EEG2 is stronger than EEG1, since we observed, respectively, 93 and 79% of accuracies during our data analysis. Besides the informative features of EEG2 are focused on theta band, it indicates that TMS is characterizing the theta band signals in patients with AD in direct relation to patients' response to rTMS. This shows that it is more possible to determine patients' benefit from the TMS at the early stages of the treatment, which would increase the efficiency of rTMS applications in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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- Cihan Bilge Kayasandik
- Department of Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Women's and Childrens' Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Hanoglu L, Toplutas E, Saricaoglu M, Velioglu HA, Yildiz S, Yulug B. Therapeutic Role of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease: Electroencephalography Microstate Correlates. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:798558. [PMID: 35250446 PMCID: PMC8889013 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.798558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Introduction The microstate analysis is a method to convert the electrical potentials on the multi-channel electrode array to topographical electroencephalography (EEG) data. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive method that can modulate brain networks. This study explores the pathophysiological changes through microstate analysis in two different neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), characterized by motor and cognitive symptoms and analysis the effect of rTMS on the impaired cognitive and motor functions. Materials and Methods We included 18 AD, 8 PD patients, and 13 age-matched controls. For both groups, we applied 5 Hz rTMS on the left pre-SMA in PD patients while 20 Hz rTMS on the left lateral parietal region in AD patients. Each patient was re-evaluated 1 week after the end of the sessions, which included a detailed clinical evaluation and measurement of EEG microstates. Results At the baseline, the common findings between our AD and PD patients were altered microstate (MS) B, MS D durations and transition frequencies between MS A–MS B, MS C–MS D while global explained variance (GEV) ratio and the extent and frequency of occurrence of MS A, MS B, and MS D were separately altered in AD patients. Although no specific microstate parameter adequately differentiated between AD and PD patients, we observed significant changes in MS B and MS D parameters in PD patients. Further, we observed that Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) performances were associated with the transition frequencies between MS A–MS B and MS C–MS D and GEV ratio. After left parietal rTMS application, we have observed significantly increased visual memory recognition and clock drawing scores after left parietal rTMS application associated with improved microstate conditions prominent, especially in the mean duration of MS C in AD patients. Also, pre-SMA rTMS resulted in significant improvement in motor scores and frequency of transitions from MS D to MS C in PD patients. Conclusion This study shows that PD and AD can cause different and similar microstate changes that can be modulated through rTMS, suggesting the role of MS parameters and rTMS as a possible combination in monitoring the treatment effect in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Lutfu Hanoglu
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Program of Neuroscience Ph.D., Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- *Correspondence: Eren Toplutas,
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Program of Neuroscience Ph.D., Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational School, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Program of Neuroscience Ph.D., Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Alanya, Turkey
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Saricaoglu M, Hanoglu L, Toprak G, Yilmaz NH, Yulug B. The Multifactorial Role of Pre-supplementary Motor Area Stimulation in the Freezing of Gait: An Alternative Strategy to the Classical Drug-Target Approach. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2021; 22:518-524. [PMID: 34649492 DOI: 10.2174/1871530321666211014170107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The pre-supplementary motor area (Pre-SMA) plays a pivotal role in the control of voluntary motor control and freezing of gait (FOG) pathophysiological mechanism. Here, we aimed to modulate if the pre-SMA would have beneficial effects on motor and behavioural outcomes in freezing of gait. To test this hypothesis, we examined the left pre-SMA stimulating effect of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on motor, cognitive and behavioural parameters in Parkinson's patients with FOG. METHOD The study included 20 Parkinson's patients with FOG (3 females, 17 males) who received the left Pre-SMA rTMS procedure. The clinical assessments were performed on all patients at the baseline and the patients were re-evaluated under the same clinical conditions one week after the end of the sessions. RESULTS & DISCUSSION We found significant improvements in motor, cognitive and behavioural symptoms (p<0.05). The main finding of our study is that Pre-SMA is an attractive stimulation area leading to critical improvement of symptoms of Parkinson' s patients with FOG. CONCLUSION The high-frequency rTMS stimulation over the left preSMA has a restorative effect on the motor, cognitive and behavioural symptoms of Parkinson' s patients with FOG.
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- Mevhibe Saricaoglu
- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational School, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul. Turkey
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- Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Lab, Clinical Electrophysiology, REMER, Istanbul, Medipol University, Istanbul. Turkey
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- Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Lab, Clinical Electrophysiology, REMER, Istanbul, Medipol University, Istanbul. Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul. Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Alanya/Antalya. Turkey
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Ogul OE, Coskunsu DK, Akcay S, Akyol K, Hanoglu L, Ozturk N. The effect of Electromyography (EMG)-driven Robotic Treatment on the recovery of the hand Nine years after stroke. J Hand Ther 2021; 36:234-240. [PMID: 34253408 DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2021.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of electromyography (EMG)-driven robotic therapy on the recovery of the hand in a stroke case lasting 9 years. CASE An 18-year-old patient with hemiparesis due to the ischemic lesion was admitted to our clinic with hand impairment. Fifteen sessions (5 weeks x 3 times) of robotic rehabilitation were applied with the Hand of Hope. Average EMG (mV) of flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) muscle, average force (N) and the rate of force development (RFD)(N/s) were also assessed before and after the treatment following the 5th and 10th sessions and at the end of treatment. Also, Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Upper Extremity Scale (FMU-UE), Motor Activity Log (MAL), Canadian Occupational Performance Score (COPM) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) were used for assessment before and after the treatment. RESULTS The average EMG measured from FDS increased from 0.093-0.133 mV. The average force and average RFD increased from 45.6-97.7 and from 135.6-172.6 respectively. While affected and/or unaffected side force ratio increased dramatically from 54%-82%, the FMA-UE score increased from 56-59. The MAL quality of use score increased from 3.93-4.13. Performance and satisfaction scores of COPM changed from 5.25-7.25 and 4.5-8.25 respectively. VAS score for fatigue changed from 6 to 4. DISCUSSION The improvement achieved 9 years later with 15 sessions of rehabilitation suggests that improvement may be possible for chronic stroke patients.
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- Ozden Erkan Ogul
- Department of Ergotherapy, Medipol University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bahcesehir University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fenerbahce University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bahcesehir University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Institute of Health Sciences, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Hadımkoy, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Deparment of Neurology, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Arici Duz O, Saatci O, Karakulak EZ, Birday E, Hanoglu L. Olfactory Dysfunction and Cognition in Radiologically Isolated Syndrome and Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Eur Neurol 2021; 84:175-182. [PMID: 33831865 DOI: 10.1159/000514433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, demyelinating disease that causes cognitive, olfactory, and other neurological dysfunctions. Radiologically Isolated Syndrome (RIS), in which only radiological findings are monitored, is accepted as the preclinical stage of demyelinating disease and is considered an important period for disease pathology. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the olfactory and cognitive functions and their clinical correlation in RIS and Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) patients and a healthy control group. METHODS Our study included 10 RRMS patients, 10 RIS patients, and 10 healthy controls. We conducted an olfactor evaluation via the "Sniffin' Sticks" test. The subjects underwent a neuropsychometric test battery to evaluate cognitive functions, including memory, visuospatial, and executive functions. Depression was evaluated using the Beck depression scale. Fatigue and daily life activity were evaluated using the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36), respectively. Disability assessment was done with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). RESULTS RRMS and RIS patients' olfactory test scores were significantly different from those in the control group (p < 0.05). There was a significant difference between the odor threshold scores of patients in the RRMS and RIS groups. There was a significant correlation between memory-oriented cognitive tests and olfactory tests in the RRMS and RIS groups. CONCLUSION Olfactory dysfunction can be seen in RIS patients, like in RRMS patients. Cognitive and olfactory dysfunction may be together a sign of degeneration in demyelinating diseases.
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- Ozge Arici Duz
- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sancaktepe Education and Research Hospital Ministry of Health Sancaktepe Sehit Prof.Dr. Ilhan Varank Training And Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Velioglu HA, Hanoglu L, Bayraktaroglu Z, Toprak G, Guler EM, Bektay MY, Mutlu-Burnaz O, Yulug B. Left lateral parietal rTMS improves cognition and modulates resting brain connectivity in patients with Alzheimer's disease: Possible role of BDNF and oxidative stress. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2021; 180:107410. [PMID: 33610772 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique which is increasingly used for cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Although rTMS has been shown to modify Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and oxidative stress levels in many neurological and psychiatric diseases, there is still no study evaluating the relationship between memory performance, BDNF, oxidative stress, and resting brain connectivity following rTMS in Alzheimer's patients. Furthermore, there are increasing clinical data showing that the stimulation of strategic brain regions may lead to more robust improvements in memory functions compared to conventional rTMS. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the possible disease-modifying effects of rTMS on the lateral parietal cortex in AD patients who have the highest connectivity with the hippocampus. To fill the mentioned research gaps, we have evaluated the relationships between resting-state Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), cognitive scores, blood BDNF levels, and total oxidative/antioxidant status to explain the therapeutic and potential disease-modifying effects of rTMS which has been applied at 20 Hz frequencies for two weeks. Our results showed significantly increased visual recognition memory functions and clock drawing test scores which were associated with elevated peripheral BDNF levels, and decreased oxidant status after two weeks of left lateral parietal TMS stimulation. Clinically our findings suggest that the left parietal region targeted rTMS application leads to significant improvement in familiarity-based cognition associated with the network connections between the left parietal region and the hippocampus.
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- Halil Aziz Velioglu
- Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey; Istanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey; Istanbul Medipol University, International School of Medicine Department of Physiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences Hamidiye School of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey; University of Health Sciences, Haydarpasa Numune Health Application and Research Center, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bezmialem Vakif University School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Istanbul, Turkey; Marmara University School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Health Sciences and Technology Research Institute (SABITA), Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), functional Imaging and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience Lab (fINCAN), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Alanya/Antalya, Turkey.
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Yulug B, Saatci O, Işıklar A, Hanoglu L, Kilic U, Ozansoy M, Cankaya S, Cankaya B, Kilic E. The Association between HbA1c Levels, Olfactory Memory and Cognition in Normal, Pre-Diabetic and Diabetic Persons. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2020; 20:198-212. [PMID: 31203811 DOI: 10.2174/1871530319666190614121738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Recent data have shown that olfactory dysfunction is strongly related to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) that is often preceded by olfactory deficits suggesting that olfactory dysfunction might represent an early indicator of future cognitive in prediabetes. METHODS We have applied to a group of normal (n=15), prediabetic (n=16) and type 2 diabetic outpatients (n=15) olfactory testing, 1.5-T MRI scanner and detailed cognitive evaluation including the standard Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) form, Short Blessed Test (SBT), Letter Fluency Test (LFT) and the category fluency test with animal, Fruit and Vegetable Naming (CFT). RESULTS We have shown that Odour Threshold (OT), Discrimination (OD), and Identification (OI) scores and most cognitive test results were significantly different in the prediabetes and diabetes group compared to those in the control group. OD and OT were significantly different between the prediabetes and diabetes group, although the cognitive test results were only significantly different in the prediabetes and diabetes group compared to those in the control group. In evaluating the association between OI, OT, OD scores and specific cognitive tests, we have found, that impaired olfactory identification was the only parameter that correlated significantly with the SBT both in the pre-diabetes and diabetes group. Although spot glucose values were only correlated with OT, HbA1c levels were correlated with OT, OD, and OI, as well as results of the letter fluency test suggesting that HbA1c levels rather than the spot glucose values play a critical role in specific cognitive dysfunction. CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this is the first prospective study to demonstrate a strong association between olfactory dysfunction and specific memory impairment in a population with prediabetes and diabetes suggesting that impaired olfactory identification might play an important role as a specific predictor of memory decline.
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology, Alanya AlaaddinKeykubat University, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey.,Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul Sancaktepe, Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Sancaktepe, Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Alanya AlaaddinKeykubat University, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Marmara University Pendik Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medipol University, International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yildiz S, Yulug B, Kocabora MS, Hanoglu L. Power spectral density and coherence analysis of eye disease with and without visual hallucination. Neurosci Lett 2020; 740:135444. [PMID: 33127444 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) is a rare clinical condition which has been defined as complex visual hallucinations (CVH) due to visual loss. This study investigated differences in the EEG power spectral density (PSD) and magnitude-squared coherences between patients with eye disease and hallucinations (VH+), and the control subjects with eye disease without hallucinations (VH-). METHODS 19 scalp channels EEG was recorded in four VH+ (CBS) and four VH- subjects during an eyes-closed resting condition. Artefact-free epochs were analyzed to obtain PSD values in the delta, theta, alpha1, alpha2, beta1, beta2 and gamma frequency bands. Coherence values were calculated through inter-hemispheric and intra-hemispheric electrodes pairs of interest. All subjects were performed with neuropsychological and behavioral assessments to evaluate cognitive functions. RESULTS The VH + group had increase PSD in theta, beta2 and gamma bands in central, parietal and occipital (O2) areas. The synchronicity was altered particularly in parietal and frontal-parietal regions especially at theta and alpha1 respectively. CONCLUSIONS The aberrant activity in occipital and parietal regions suggest the mechanism of CBS. This is a major electrophysiological study of understanding CBS and visual hallucinations.
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- Sultan Yildiz
- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Hajebrahimi F, Cakir T, Hanoglu L. Virtual Reality Training Helpful in Motor and Cognition in Corticobasal Syndrome: A Case Report PET Study. Case Rep Neurol 2020; 12:238-246. [PMID: 32774281 PMCID: PMC7383208 DOI: 10.1159/000508492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by a combination of asymmetric motor symptoms and non-motor symptoms. CBS is poorly responsive to levodopa. Non-pharmacological strategies have been found to be useful as components of a multidisciplinary therapeutic approach for patients with CBS. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of virtual reality training in addressing symptoms of CBS. A 64-year-old man was clinically diagnosed as CBS one year after the onset of complaints. Positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed asymmetrical hypometabolism in the right thalamus and basal ganglia. The patient was evaluated for balance, gait, mobility, and cognition 1 week before, 1 week after, and 1 year after 6 weeks of training, 3 times weekly (18 sessions in total). All clinical outcomes and PET result had improved after the intervention; cognition and balance were maintained after 1 year. Additionally, the asymmetric hypometabolism, which had been detectable on the PET scan, became normal, and a relative improvement was noted in the visual evaluation of cortical involvement. Virtual reality may address different aspects of motor and cognition and possibly brain metabolic changes that can affect the course of the disease in patients with CBS.
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- Farzin Hajebrahimi
- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation PhD Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Cankaya S, Oktem EO, Saatci O, Velioglu HA, Uygur AB, Ozsimsek A, Hanoglu L, Yulug B. Paracetamol alters empathy scores in healthy and headache subjects: Functional MRI correlates. J Clin Neurosci 2020; 78:215-221. [PMID: 32376158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Although previous evidence suggest that paracetamol decreases psychological reactivity in healthy subjects, there is still no confirmed correlation between the empathy scores and brain activity in healthy and headache patients after paracetamol treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group included 16 patients with tension-type headache, and 12 healthy age-and sex-matched controls. After a detailed neurological examination Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and Empathy for Pain Scale (EPS) were applied to all subjects. Next, 1000 mg paracetamol tablet was administered orally, after administration of paracetamol, EPS were repeated, and fMRI was performed to all subjects. RESULTS We have revealed increased empathy scores in the headache group after the paracetamol treatment which were associated with significant alterations in brain regions which play a critical role in the processing of empathy. DISCUSSION The observed neuroimaging and clinical difference between healthy and headache subjects could be related to the fact that pain perception in healthy subjects might differ in some aspects from the mechanisms of empathy in headache-experienced patients. CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that evaluated the paracetamol treatment and neural networks' correlation with pain empathy in healthy and headache individuals.
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- Seyda Cankaya
- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey.
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey
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- Istanbul Sancaktepe, Education and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey; Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kayasandik C, Velioglu H, Hanoglu L. P37 Can the possible effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s patients be predicted by EEG classification? Clin Neurophysiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.12.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Caglayan AB, Beker MC, Caglayan B, Yalcin E, Caglayan A, Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Kutlu S, Doeppner TR, Hermann DM, Kilic E. Acute and Post-acute Neuromodulation Induces Stroke Recovery by Promoting Survival Signaling, Neurogenesis, and Pyramidal Tract Plasticity. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:144. [PMID: 31031599 PMCID: PMC6474396 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has gained interest as a non-invasive treatment for stroke based on the data promoting its effects on functional recovery. However, the exact action mechanisms by which the rTMS exert beneficial effects in cellular and molecular aspect are largely unknown. To elucidate the effects of high- and low-frequency rTMS in the acute-ischemic brain, we examined how rTMS influences injury development, cerebral blood flow (CBF), DNA fragmentation, neuronal survival, pro- and anti-apoptotic protein activations after 30 and 90 min of focal cerebral ischemia. In addition, inflammation, angiogenesis, growth factors and axonal outgrowth related gene expressions, were analyzed. Furthermore, we have investigated the effects of rTMS on post-acute ischemic brain, particularly on spontaneous locomotor activity, perilesional tissue remodeling, axonal sprouting of corticobulbar tracts, glial scar formation and cell proliferation, in which rTMS was applied starting 3 days after the stroke onset for 28 days. In the high-frequency rTMS received animals reduced DNA fragmentation, infarct volume and improved CBF were observed, which were associated with increased Bcl-xL activity and reduced Bax, caspase-1, and caspase-3 activations. Moreover, increased angiogenesis, growth factors; and reduced inflammation and axonal sprouting related gene expressions were observed. These results correlated with reduced microglial activation, neuronal degeneration, glial scar formation and improved functional recovery, tissue remodeling, contralesional pyramidal tract plasticity and neurogenesis in the subacute rTMS treated animals. Overall, we propose that high-frequency rTMS in stroke patients can be used to promote functional recovery by inducing the endogenous repair and recovery mechanisms of the brain.
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- Ahmet B Caglayan
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yulug B, Ozansoy M, Alokten M, Ozansoy MBC, Cankaya S, Hanoglu L, Kilic U, Kilic E. Minocycline Increases in-vitro Cortical Neuronal Cell Survival after Laser Induced Axotomy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 15:105-109. [PMID: 30813881 PMCID: PMC7579254 DOI: 10.2174/1574884714666190226093119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Background Antibiotic therapies targeting multiple regenerative mechanisms have the potential for neuroprotective effects, but the diversity of experimental strategies and analyses of non-standardised therapeutic trials are challenging. In this respect, there are no cases of successful clinical application of such candidate molecules when it comes to human patients. Methods After 24 hours of culturing, three different minocycline (Sigma-Aldrich, M9511, Germany) concentrations (1 µM, 10 µM and 100 µM) were added to the primary cortical neurons 15 minutes before laser axotomy procedure in order to observe protective effect of minocycline in these dosages. Results Here, we have shown that minocycline exerted a significant neuroprotective effect at 1 and 100μM doses. Beyond confirming the neuroprotective effect of minocycline in a more standardised and advanced in-vitro trauma model, our findings could have important implications for future studies that concentrate on the translational block between animal and human studies. Conclusion Such sophisticated approaches might also help to conquer the influence of human-made variabilities in critical experimental injury models. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing that minocycline increases in-vitro neuronal cell survival after laser-axotomy.
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey,Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medipol University, International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey,Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya/Alanya, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yildirim E, Hanoglu L, Aktürk T, Helvaci Yilmaz N, Uysal Kaba R, Rusen E, Guntekin B. Frontal theta response in parkinson's disease during auditory and visual cognitive paradigms. Int J Psychophysiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.07.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Guntekin B, Yildirim E, Akturk T, Helvaci Yilmaz N, Uysal Kaba R, Rusen E, Ozer F, Hanoglu L. EEG theta and alpha responses in patients with parkinson's disease with and without hallucinations. Int J Psychophysiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.07.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Khanmammadov E, Duz OA, Polat B, Hanoglu T, Gunal MY, Kilic E. Beyond The Therapeutic Effect of rTMS in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Possible Neuroprotective Role of Hippocampal BDNF? : A Minireview. Mini Rev Med Chem 2018; 18:1479-1485. [DOI: 10.2174/1389557517666170927162537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology, Istanbul-Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul-Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul-Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul-Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul-Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Regeneration and Restoration Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Regeneration and Restoration Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Brandmeier S. More Evidence for the Therapeutic Role of Pramipexole in Upper Limb Restlessness Due to Cervical Disc Pathology? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 13:73-74. [PMID: 29493461 DOI: 10.2174/1574884713666180227165917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The causal link between upper limb restlessness and cervical disc prolapsus is still unclear, and the exact role of the spinal cord in the origination of limb restlessness is not yet completely understood. METHODS Here we have evaluated the therapeutic effect of pramipexole (0.5 mg/kg) in a 47-year old male with cervical disc prolapsus who described restlessness in his upper limb and neck. RESULTS The patient felt significantly better, and his symptoms improved near to complete after five days when we initiated 0.5 mg/day pramipexole treatment. CONCLUSION In our present paper, we provide more evidence for the role of pramipexole (0.5 mg/day) in limb restlessness which is associated with cervical disc herniation. In this context, we also have discussed the underlying pathophysiology which seems to be responsible for the restlessness symptoms of the patients.
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- Burak Yulug
- Istanbul-Medipol University, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.,Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul-Medipol University, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.,Istanbul Medipol University, Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul-Medipol University, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Kilic E. Does sleep disturbance affect the amyloid clearance mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease? Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2017; 71:673-677. [PMID: 28523718 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Sleep is an important factor that plays a key role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. However, it is still unclear whether poor-quality sleep may overlap with sleep disturbances in the underlying dysfunctional mechanisms of amyloid beta (Aβ) clearance metabolism. Here, we aimed to evaluate the current evidence on the role of sleep deprivation in Aβ clearance metabolism. To that end, we discuss possible mechanisms underlying the bidirectional interaction between the sleep deprivation and Aβ clearance pathways.
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Center, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center (REMER), University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey.,Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center (REMER), University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center (REMER), University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Physiology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Kilic E. The neuroprotective effect of focused ultrasound: New perspectives on an old tool. Brain Res Bull 2017; 131:199-206. [PMID: 28458041 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2017.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a novel technique that can noninvasively modulate the cortical function. Moreover, there are rapidly replicating evidence suggesting the role of tFUS for targeted neuroprotective drug delivery by increasing the permeability of the central nervous system barrier that results with increased neuroprotective activity. In contrast to the indirect neuroprotective effect, there is rare evidence suggesting the direct parenchymal neuroprotective effect of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). In the light of these findings, we aimed to review the direct and indirect neuroprotective effect of FUS in various animal models of Stroke, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and Major Depressive Disorder. METHODS A literary search was conducted, utilizing search terms "animal", "focused ultrasound", "neuroprotection", "Alzheimer's Disease", "Parkinson's Disease ", "Stroke", "Neurodegenerative disease" and "Major Depressive Disorder". Items were excluded if they failed to: (1) include patients, (2) editorials, and letters. RESULTS This mini-review article presents an up-to-date review of the neuroprotective effects of tFUS in animal studies and suggests the dual neurotherapeutic role of tFUS in various neurodegenerative diseases. CONCLUSION Future well-conducted human studies are emergently needed to assess the neuroprotective effects of FUS.
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- Burak Yulug
- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey; Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Experimental Neurology Laboratuary, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Physiology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey; Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Experimental Neurology Laboratuary, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Physiology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, Experimental Neurology Laboratuary, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Physiology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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Toprak G, Hanoglu L, Guntekin B, Yulug B, Velioglu H, Budak M, Çakır T. P054 The evaluation of transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS in corticobasal degeneration (CBD): PET, QEEG and neuropsychological correlates. Clin Neurophysiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hanoglu L, Yildiz S, Polat B, Demirci S, Tavli A, Yilmaz N, Yulug B. Therapeutic Effects of Rivastigmine and Alfa-Lipoic Acid Combination in the Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Electroencephalography Correlates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 11:270-273. [DOI: 10.2174/1574884711666161003153616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Guntekin B, Cadirci F, Mantar N, Yılmaz NH, Ozer FF, Hanoglu L, Yener GG, Basar E. Abnormal event related EEG delta coherence in Parkinson type of dementia during the visual oddball paradigm. Int J Psychophysiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Guntekin B, Hanoglu L, Akturk T, Guner D, Turp-Golbasi B, Yener G, Basar E. Delta oscillatory responses as a general electrophysiological biomarker for cognitive disorders. Int J Psychophysiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hanoglu L, Yulug B, Cakir T, Sogukkanli K, Duz OA, Atasever T. The Therapeutic Role of Lamotrigine And Topiramate In A Depressive Patient With Anxiety Symptoms And Cognitive Decline: Neurometabolic Correlates. Curr Clin Pharmacol 2016:78187. [PMID: 27592837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We describe here 67 years old women presented with symptoms of anxiety and cognitive impairment that responded well to the combined treatment of lamotrigine and topiramate. In contrast to recent data, we have shown that lamotrigine and topiramate treatment additively increased the cerebral glucose metabolism that was associated with complete resolution of the neuropsychiatric symptoms. Our findings indicate that the therapeutic effect of both agents involve a cortico-subcortical network and suggest the functional role of a bi-directional hippocampal-cingulate connectivity. The main limitation of this report is that this a single case study and that these findings need to be replicated in a larger sample e.g., as part of a controlled trial.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yilmaz NH, Polat B, Hanoglu L. Transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of essential tremor. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.10.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yulug B, Hanoglu L, Kilic E. The Neuroprotective Role of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Med Chem 2015; 11:104-8. [DOI: 10.2174/1573406410666140925151845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hanoglu L, Yilmaz NH, Ozkara C, Uzan M, Polat B, Demirci S. Wada memory dominance in temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ozer F, Meral H, Hanoglu L, Aydemir T, Yilsen M, Cetin S, Ozturk O, Seval H, Koldas M. Plasma homocysteine levels in patients treated with levodopa: motor and cognitive associations. Neurol Res 2013; 28:853-8. [PMID: 17288745 DOI: 10.1179/016164106x110445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether hyperhomocysteinemia caused by levodopa used in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is associated with cognitive or physical impairments. The role of folate and vitamin B12 levels in this context was also ascertained. METHODS Thirty-nine patients who had been followed with the diagnosis of IPD in our clinic for > 2 years and 28 healthy control subjects with similar demographic features were included in the study. The homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B12 levels and the results of the short test of mental status (STMS) and the clock drawing test of IPD patients were compared with those of the controls. Subsequently, the patients with a homocysteine level of >14 micromol/l were compared with those having a homocysteine level of <14 micromol/l by means of detailed neuropsychometric test batteries. RESULTS Homocysteine levels were significantly higher in the patient group in comparison with the controls. There was a negative correlation between hyperhomocysteinemia and the levels of vitamin B12 and folate. On the other hand, a positive correlation between hyperhomocysteinemia and the levodopa dose was detected. There was a positive correlation between hyperhomocysteinemia and unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) motor section. The critical dose of levodopa was observed to be 300 mg/d. In terms of cognitive and frontal functions, no significant difference was detected between the patients and control group. The subgroup with a homocysteine level of >14 micromol/l had a significantly poorer performance in frontal and memory tests. DISCUSSION In patients with IPD who are detected to have hyperhomocysteinemia, the assessment of the cognitive performance, folic acid and vitamin B12 levels and the supplementation of folic acid and vitamin B12 to the treatment regimen might be appropriate.
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- Feriha Ozer
- Department of Neurology, Haseki Educational and Research Hospital, Turkey.
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Meral H, Aydemir T, Ozer F, Ozturk O, Ozben S, Erol C, Cetin S, Hanoglu L, Ozkayran T, Yilsen M. Relationship between visual hallucinations and REM sleep behavior disorder in patients with Parkinson's disease. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2008; 109:862-7. [PMID: 17913346 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2007] [Revised: 08/15/2007] [Accepted: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) has been documented to precede or to co-occur with Parkinson's disease (PD). Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurological conditions associated with visual hallucinations. Cognitive dysfunction is present in PD, even at the early stages of these diseases. In this study we aimed to investigate the relationship between visual hallucinations and RBD in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). Additionally, we evaluated the association of the cognition and the pattern of cognitive impairment with VHs and RBD, effects of factors like duration and severity of the disease and duration of levodopa usage. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy-nine patients, diagnosed as PD, were included the study and then, patients were divided into four groups; with RBD and VHs (group 1), with RBD but no VHs (group 2), with VHs but no RBD (group 3), without RBD and VHs (group 4). We compared each group with the others according to demographic characteristics and neuropsychological test scores. RESULTS Of all patients, in 46% (n=36) RBD and in 48% (n=38) VHs were observed. Our study established VHs in 58% of patients with RBD, and RBD in 55% of patients with VHs. However, due to a 40% incidence of VHs in patients without RBD, RBD and VHs were not found to be correlated. All of the neuropsychometric test scores did not reveal significant difference between groups. CONCLUSION Although it seems like there is a small association between RBD and VHs in our patients, it was not significant. Group 1 presented with significantly worse scores in UPDRS total scores and I, II subscores.
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- Hasan Meral
- Department of Neurology, Haseki Educational and Research Hospital, Turkey
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Ozer F, Meral H, Hanoglu L, Ozturk O, Aydemir T, Cetin S, Atmaca B, Tiras R. Cognitive impairment patterns in Parkinson's disease with visual hallucinations. J Clin Neurosci 2007; 14:742-6. [PMID: 17544275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Revised: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 05/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We investigated the role of stage of disease, motor status and dopaminergic treatment in cognitive impairment of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with visual hallucination (VH) and the presence of specific cognitive impairment patterns. METHOD We compared 33 PD patients with VH (group 1) with 30 PD patients without VH (group 2) with regard to demographic characteristics and neuropsychological test scores. RESULTS The group with VH demonstrated significantly worse Short Test of Mental Status scores; the cognitive impairment pattern presented in the form of frontal dysfunction and memory deterioration. There were significant differences in Stroop duration/error, verbal fluency, Wechsler Memory Scale and Sozel Bellek Surecleri Test (a Turkish verbal learning test) scores. CONCLUSION In PD patients with VH the main pattern of cognitive impairment is frontal dysfunction and memory deterioration. Because visual perceptive functions were not different between the two groups, such deterioration may not be a primary factor in the development of VH.
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- Feriha Ozer
- Department of Neurology, Haseki Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Hanoglu L, Ozer F, Meral H, Dincer A. Brainstem 1H-MR spectroscopy in patients with Parkinson's disease with REM sleep behavior disorder and IPD patients without dream enactment behavior. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2005; 108:129-34. [PMID: 15936138 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2004] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objective of our study was to evaluate brainstem involvement by 1H-MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) method in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and IPD without dream enactment behavior. PATIENTS AND METHODS We prospectively studied 12 IPD (3 females, 9 males) with a clinically and electrophysiologically confirmed RBD and 12 IPD (3 females, 9 males) patients without dream enactment behavior followed in Outpatient Clinics for Movement Disorders of Department of Neurology, Haseki Hospital. Using long and short TE single voxel 1H-MRS directed at ventral and dorsal pons, long TE NAA/Cr, Ch/Cr and short TE NAA/Cr, Ch/Cr, MI/Cr values of both groups were compared. RESULTS Although no difference was found between groups with RBD and IPD without dream enactment behavior in demographic characteristics, duration of disease, mean levodopa dosage and duration of levodopa use, all UPDRS scores (total, motor and cognitive) were worse in RBD group (p<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in long TE NAA/Cr, Ch/Cr and short TE NAA/Cr, Ch/Cr, MI/Cr values obtained in both groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSION 1H-MRS does not detect marked metabolic differences in the pons in subjects with IPD with RBD and IPD without dream enactment behavior. This finding suggests either that present methodologies are not sensitive to detect subtle metabolic changes in the pons of subjects with RBD or that the primary lesion of RBD exists in other REM sleep-related brain regions beyond the pons such as the substantia nigra, the basal ganglia or the limbic system.
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- Lutfu Hanoglu
- Department of Neurology, Bakirkoy Neurology Center, Turkey
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In the late-stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IDP), comorbid conditions such as depression and drug-induced psychosis may be observed. A patient with Parkinson disease, major depression, and paranoid psychosis who developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) as the result of the sudden termination of high-dose (1200 mg/d) levodopa treatment is presented in this report. Because the patient did not respond to other treatment modalities, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was applied, and a rapid improvement was observed both in the patient's NMS and also in Parkinson's and psychiatric symptoms, with no additional side effects other than transient post-ictal confusions. The application of ECT allowed the patient to remain stable for a 5-year period with a quite low dose of levodopa (300 mg/d). Later, the patient had two episodes of depressive and psychotic symptoms, which were again successfully treated with the ECT. We suggest that ECT might be an effective and life-saving therapy in patients with severe, drug-resistant NMS.
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- Feriha Ozer
- Department of Neurology, Bakirkoy Neurology Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
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