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Ørbo MC, Grønli OK, Larsen C, Vangberg TR, Friborg O, Turi Z, Mittner M, Csifcsak G, Aslaksen PM. The antidepressant effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS): study protocol for a randomized double-blind sham-controlled trial. Trials 2023; 24:627. [PMID: 37784199 PMCID: PMC10546766 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07674-6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) when applied over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been shown to be equally effective and safe to treat depression compared to traditional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) paradigms. This protocol describes a funded single-centre, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled, clinical trial to investigate the antidepressive effects of iTBS and factors associated with an antidepressive response. METHODS In this trial, outpatients (N = 96, aged 22-65 years) meeting the diagnostic criteria for at least moderate depression (Montgomery and Aasberg Depression Rating Scale score ≥ 20) will be enrolled prospectively and receive ten, once-a-day sessions of either active iTBS or sham iTBS to the left DLPFC, localized via a neuronavigation system. Participants may have any degree of treatment resistance. Prior to stimulation, participants will undergo a thorough safety screening and a brief diagnostic assessment, genetic analysis of brain-derived neurotropic factor, 5-HTTLPR and 5-HT1A, and cerebral MRI assessments. A selection of neuropsychological tests and questionnaires will be administered prior to stimulation and after ten stimulations. An additional follow-up will be conducted 4 weeks after the last stimulation. The first participant was enrolled on June 4, 2022. Study completion will be in December 2027. The project is approved by the Regional Ethical Committee of Medicine and Health Sciences, Northern Norway, project number 228765. The trial will be conducted according to Good Clinical Practice and published safety guidelines on rTMS treatment. DISCUSSION The aims of the present trial are to investigate the antidepressive effect of a 10-session iTBS protocol on moderately depressed outpatients and to explore the factors that can explain the reduction in depressive symptoms after iTBS but also a poorer response to the treatment. In separate, but related work packages, the trial will assess how clinical, cognitive, brain imaging and genetic measures at baseline relate to the variability in the antidepressive effects of iTBS. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05516095. Retrospectively registered on August 25, 2022.
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- Marte Christine Ørbo
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway
- Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- PET Imaging Center, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway
- Regional Centre for Eating Disorders, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Hindenes LB, Ingebrigtsen T, Isaksen JG, Håberg AK, Johnsen LH, Herder M, Mathiesen EB, Vangberg TR. Anatomical variations in the circle of Willis are associated with increased odds of intracranial aneurysms: The Tromsø study. J Neurol Sci 2023; 452:120740. [PMID: 37517271 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2023.120740] [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: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Studies on patients suggest an association between anatomical variations in the Circle of Willis (CoW) and intracranial aneurysms (IA), but it is unclear whether this association is present in the general population. In this cross-sectional population study, we investigated the associations between CoW anatomical variations and IA. METHODS We included 1667 participants from a population sample with 3 T MRI time-of-flight angiography (40-84 years, 46.5% men). Saccular IAs were defined as protrusions in the intracranial arteries ≥2 mm, while variants of the CoW were classified according to whether segments were missing or hypoplastic (< 1 mm). We used logistic regression, adjusting for age and IA risk factors, to assess whether participants with incomplete CoW variants had a greater prevalence of IA and whether participants with specific incomplete variants had a greater prevalence of IA. RESULTS Participants with an incomplete CoW had an increased prevalence of IA (OR, 2.3 [95% CI 1.05-5.04]). This was mainly driven by the variant missing all three communicating arteries (OR, 4.2 [95% CI 1.7-1 0.3]) and the variant missing the P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery (OR, 3.6 [95% CI 1.2-10.1]). The combined prevalence of the two variants was 15.4% but accounted for 28% of the IAs. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that an incomplete CoW is associated with an increased risk of IA for adults in the general population.
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- Lars B Hindenes
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; PET Imaging Center, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, and Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, and Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; PET Imaging Center, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
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Myrvang AD, Vangberg TR, Linnman C, Stedal K, Rø Ø, Endestad T, Rosenvinge JH, Aslaksen PM. Altered functional connectivity in adolescent anorexia nervosa is related to age and cortical thickness. BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21:490. [PMID: 34615497 PMCID: PMC8496064 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03497-4] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Functional networks develop throughout adolescence when anorexia nervosa (AN) normally debuts. In AN, cerebral structural alterations are found in most brain regions and may be related to the observed functional brain changes. Few studies have investigated the functional networks of the brain in adolescent AN patients.. The aim of this explorative study was to investigate multiple functional networks in adolescent AN patients compared to healthy age-matched controls (HC) and the relationship with age, eating disorder symptoms and structural alterations. METHODS Included were 29 female inpatients with restrictive AN, and 27 HC. All participants were between the ages of 12 to 18 years. Independent component analysis (ICA) identified 21 functional networks that were analyzed with multivariate and univariate analyses of components and group affiliation (AN vs HC). Age, age × group interaction and AN symptoms were included as covariates. Follow-up correlational analyses of selected components and structural measures (cortical thickness and subcortical volume) were carried out. RESULTS Decreased functional connectivity (FC) in AN patients was found in one cortical network, involving mainly the precuneus, and identified as a default mode network (DMN). Cortical thickness in the precuneus was significantly correlated with functional connectivity in this network. Significant group differences were also found in two subcortical networks involving mainly the hippocampus and the amygdala respectively, and a significant interaction effect of age and group was found in both these networks. There were no significant associations between FC and the clinical measures used in the study. CONCLUSION The findings from the present study may imply that functional alterations are related to structural alterations in selected regions and that the restricted food intake in AN patients disrupt normal age-related development of functional networks involving the amygdala and hippocampus.
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- Anna D. Myrvang
- grid.10919.300000000122595234Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- grid.10919.300000000122595234Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway ,grid.412244.50000 0004 4689 5540PET Center, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- grid.416228.b0000 0004 0451 8771Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, USA
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- grid.55325.340000 0004 0389 8485Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.55325.340000 0004 0389 8485Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ,grid.5510.10000 0004 1936 8921Institute of clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.5510.10000 0004 1936 8921Department of psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway ,Helgelandssykehuset, Mosjøen, Norway
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- grid.10919.300000000122595234Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- grid.10919.300000000122595234Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Huginbakken 32, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway ,grid.412244.50000 0004 4689 5540Regional Center for Eating Disorders, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Myrvang AD, Vangberg TR, Stedal K, Rø Ø, Endestad T, Rosenvinge JH, Aslaksen PM. Cerebral cortical thickness and surface area in adolescent anorexia nervosa: Separate and joint analyses with a permutation-based nonparametric method. Int J Eat Disord 2020; 54:561-568. [PMID: 33350512 DOI: 10.1002/eat.23448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Reduction in cerebral volume is often found in underweight patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but few studies have investigated other morphological measures. Cortical thickness (CTh) and surface area (CSA), often used to produce the measure of cortical volume, are developmentally distinct measures that may be differentially affected in AN, particularly in the developing brain. In the present study, we investigated CTh and CSA both separately and jointly to gain further insight into structural alterations in adolescent AN patients. METHOD Thirty female AN inpatients 12-18 years of age, and 27 age-matched healthy controls (HC) underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging. Group differences in CTh and CSA were investigated separately and jointly with a permutation-based nonparametric combination method (NPC) which may be more sensitive in detecting group differences compared to traditional volumetric methods. RESULTS Results showed significant reduction in in both CTh and CSA in several cortical regions in AN compared to HC and the reduction was related to BMI. Different results for the two morphological measures were found in a small number of cortical regions. The joint NPC analyses showed significant group differences across most of the cortical mantle. DISCUSSION Results from this study give novel insight to areal reduction in adolescent AN patients and indicate that both CTh and CSA reduction is related to BMI. The study is the first to use the NPC method to reveal large structural alterations covering most of the brain in adolescent AN.
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- Anna D Myrvang
- Department of psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- PET Center, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Regional Center for Eating Disorders, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Hindenes LB, Håberg AK, Johnsen LH, Mathiesen EB, Robben D, Vangberg TR. Variations in the Circle of Willis in a large population sample using 3D TOF angiography: The Tromsø Study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241373. [PMID: 33141840 PMCID: PMC7608873 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The main arteries that supply blood to the brain originate from the Circle of Willis (CoW). The CoW exhibits considerable anatomical variations which may have clinical importance, but the variability is insufficiently characterised in the general population. We assessed the anatomical variability of CoW variants in a community-dwelling sample (N = 1,864, 874 men, mean age = 65.4, range 40–87 years), and independent and conditional frequencies of the CoW’s artery segments. CoW segments were classified as present or missing/hypoplastic (w/1mm diameter threshold) on 3T time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography images. We also examined whether age and sex were associated with CoW variants. We identified 47 unique CoW variants, of which five variants constituted 68.5% of the sample. The complete variant was found in 11.9% of the subjects, and the most common variant (27.8%) was missing both posterior communicating arteries. Conditional frequencies showed patterns of interdependence across most missing segments in the CoW. CoW variants were associated with mean-split age (P = .0147), and there was a trend showing more missing segments with increasing age. We found no association with sex (P = .0526). Our population study demonstrated age as associated with CoW variants, suggesting reduced collateral capacity with older age.
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- Lars B. Hindenes
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- PET Centre, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- ESAT-PSI, Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Icometrix, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- PET Centre, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Rodríguez-Aranda C, Castro-Chavira SA, Espenes R, Barrios FA, Waterloo K, Vangberg TR. The Role of Moderating Variables on BOLD fMRI Response During Semantic Verbal Fluency and Finger Tapping in Active and Educated Healthy Seniors. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 14:203. [PMID: 32581748 PMCID: PMC7290010 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Semantic verbal fluency is among the most employed tasks in cognitive aging research and substantial work is devoted to understanding the underlying mechanisms behind age-related differences at the neural and behavioral levels. The present investigation aimed to evaluate the role of moderating variables, such as age, sex, MMSE, and proxies of cognitive reserve (CR) on the hemodynamic response evoked by semantic verbal fluency in healthy young and healthy older adults. So far, no study has been conducted to this end. To elucidate the exclusive effect of the mentioned variables on brain activation during semantic fluency, finger tapping was included as a control task. Results showed that disregarding adjustments for age, older adults displayed important parietal activations during semantic fluency as well as during finger-tapping. Specifically, the anterior intra-parietal sulcus (IPS) and left inferior parietal lobule (IPL) were areas activated in both tasks in the older group. Younger adults, only displayed parietal activations related to age and sex when these demographics were employed as predictors. Concerning proxies of CR in semantic fluency, the only vocabulary was an important moderator in both age groups. Higher vocabulary scores were associated with lesser activation in occipital areas. Education did not show significant correlations with brain activity during semantic fluency in any of the groups. However, both CR proxies were significantly correlated to brain activations of older adults during finger tapping. Specifically, vocabulary was associated with frontal regions, while education correlated with parietal lobe and cingulate gyrus. Finally, the effects of MMSE were mostly observed on brain activation of older adults in both tasks. These findings demonstrate that the effects of moderating variables on shaping brain activation are intricate and not exclusive of complex verbal tasks. Thus, before adjusting for “nuisance variables,” their importance needs to be established. This is especially true for samples including older adults for whom a motor task may be a demanding operation due to normal age-related processes of dedifferentiation.
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- Claudia Rodríguez-Aranda
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Mexico
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Castro-Chavira SA, Vangberg TR, Gorecka MM, Vasylenko O, Waterloo K, Rodríguez-Aranda C. White matter correlates of gait perturbations resulting from spontaneous and lateralized attention in healthy older adults: A dual-task study. Exp Gerontol 2019; 128:110744. [PMID: 31634543 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2019.110744] [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: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To date the neural mechanisms behind gait perturbations caused by dual-task paradigms are still unknown. Therefore, the present study examined white matter correlates of gait perturbations caused by a dichotic listening task where spontaneous (free focus of attention) and lateralized attentional control (voluntary attention directed to right or left-ear) were tested. Fifty-nine right-handed, healthy older adults (59-88 years) were evaluated during single-task walking and three dual-task conditions. Dual-task costs were calculated for mean (DTCM) and coefficients of variation (DTCCoV) in gait speed, step length, stride length and step width. Volume, fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity were estimated using global probabilistic tractography for the 18 major brain tracts and correlated with the DTCs. Data demonstrated that DTCs on gait speed and step length significantly correlated with white matter integrity and volume in various tracts. Perturbations on gait speed caused by spontaneous attention were related to frontal circuitry integrity including corpus callosum, while perturbations on gait speed and step length produced by voluntary lateralized attention were associated to tracts subserving visuomotor integration and frontal function.
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- Susana A Castro-Chavira
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
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Ørbo MC, Aslaksen PM, Anke A, Tande PM, Vangberg TR. Cortical Thickness and Cognitive Performance After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2019; 33:296-306. [PMID: 30979357 DOI: 10.1177/1545968319834904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment is common in long-term survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) but corresponding neuroimaging data are lacking. OBJECTIVES This study explored the relationship among the cortical brain structure, cognitive performance, and clinical variables after OHCA. METHODS Three months after resuscitation, 13 OHCA survivors who had recovered from a coma to living independently and 19 healthy controls were assessed by cerebral magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological tests quantifying memory, fine-motor coordination, and attention/executive functions. Cortical thickness (Cth) and surface area (SA) were compared between groups and analyzed for relationships with cognitive performance as well as the clinical variables of coma duration and the time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). All analyses were controlled for age and sex. RESULTS Analyses of SA revealed no significant differences. Compared with controls, survivors had significantly reduced memory and fine-motor coordination and significantly thinner cortex in large clusters in the frontal, parietal, and inferior temporal cortices, with additional regions in the left occipital lobe and the left temporal lobe. Widespread thinner cortical regions were significantly associated with decreased memory performance in survivors when compared with those in controls and were significantly associated with an increased time to ROSC and increased coma duration in the OHCA group. Increased coma duration, but not increased time to ROSC, was significantly correlated with cognitive test performance. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that widespread Cth reductions correspond to the cognitive impairments observed after OHCA. Neuroimaging studies of long-term OHCA survivors are warranted to guide the development of diagnostics and treatment options.
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- Marte C Ørbo
- 1 University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- 1 University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,2 UIT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- 1 University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- 1 University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,2 UIT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Myrvang AD, Vangberg TR, Stedal K, Rø Ø, Endestad T, Rosenvinge JH, Aslaksen PM. Hippocampal subfields in adolescent anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 282:24-30. [PMID: 30384147 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) exhibit volume reduction in cerebral gray matter (GM), and several studies report reduced hippocampus volume. The hippocampal subfields (HS) are functionally and structurally distinct, and appear to respond differently to neuropathology. The aim of this study was to investigate HS volumes in adolescent females with restrictive AN compared to a healthy age-matched control group (HC). The FreeSurfer v6.0 package was used to extract brain volumes, and segment HS in 58 female adolescents (AN = 30, HC = 28). We investigated group differences in GM, white matter (WM), whole hippocampus and 12 HS volumes. AN patients had significantly lower total GM and total hippocampal volume. No group difference was found in WM. Volume reduction was found in 11 of the 12 HS, and most results remained significant when adjusting for global brain volume reduction. Investigations of clinical covariates revealed statistically significant relationships between the whole hippocampus, several HS and scores on depression and anxiety scales in AN. Results from this study show that young AN patients exhibit reduced volume in most subfields of the hippocampus, and that this reduction may be more extensive than the observed global cerebral volume loss.
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- Anna D Myrvang
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
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- Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Regional Center for Eating Disorders, University hospital of North Norway, Norway
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Aslaksen PM, Bystad MK, Ørbo MC, Vangberg TR. The relation of hippocampal subfield volumes to verbal episodic memory measured by the California Verbal Learning Test II in healthy adults. Behav Brain Res 2018; 351:131-137. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ørbo MC, Vangberg TR, Tande PM, Anke A, Aslaksen PM. Memory performance, global cerebral volumes and hippocampal subfield volumes in long-term survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation 2018; 126:21-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hansen TI, Brezova V, Eikenes L, Håberg A, Vangberg TR. How Does the Accuracy of Intracranial Volume Measurements Affect Normalized Brain Volumes? Sample Size Estimates Based on 966 Subjects from the HUNT MRI Cohort. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2015; 36:1450-6. [PMID: 25857759 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The intracranial volume is commonly used for correcting regional brain volume measurements for variations in head size. Accurate intracranial volume measurements are important because errors will be propagated to the corrected regional brain volume measurements, possibly leading to biased data or decreased power. Our aims were to describe a fully automatic SPM-based method for estimating the intracranial volume and to explore the practical implications of different methods for obtaining the intracranial volume and normalization methods on statistical power. MATERIALS AND METHODS We describe a method for calculating the intracranial volume that can use either T1-weighted or both T1- and T2-weighted MR images. The accuracy of the method was compared with manual measurements and automatic estimates by FreeSurfer and SPM-based methods. Sample size calculations on intracranial volume-corrected regional brain volumes with intracranial volume estimates from FreeSurfer, SPM, and our proposed method were used to explore the benefits of accurate intracranial volume estimates. RESULTS The proposed method for estimating the intracranial volume compared favorably with the other methods evaluated here, with mean and absolute differences in manual measurements of -0.1% and 2.2%, respectively, and an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.97 when using T1-weighted images. Using both T1- and T2-weighted images for estimating the intracranial volume slightly improved the accuracy. Sample size calculations showed that both the accuracy of intracranial volume estimates and the method for correcting the regional volume measurements affected the sample size. CONCLUSIONS Accurate intracranial volume estimates are most important for ratio-corrected regional brain volumes, for which our proposed method can provide increased power in intracranial volume-corrected regional brain volume data.
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- T I Hansen
- From the Departments of Neuroscience (T.I.H., V.B., A.H.) Department of Medical Imaging (T.I.H., V.B., A.H.), St. Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- From the Departments of Neuroscience (T.I.H., V.B., A.H.) Department of Medical Imaging (T.I.H., V.B., A.H.), St. Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Circulation and Medical Imaging (L.E.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- From the Departments of Neuroscience (T.I.H., V.B., A.H.) Department of Medical Imaging (T.I.H., V.B., A.H.), St. Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Medical Imaging Research Group (T.R.V.), Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway Department of Radiology (T.R.V.), University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
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Ørbo M, Aslaksen PM, Larsby K, Norli L, Schäfer C, Tande PM, Vangberg TR, Anke A. Determinants of cognitive outcome in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2014; 85:1462-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Skranes J, Vangberg TR, Kulseng S, Indredavik MS, Evensen KAI, Martinussen M, Dale AM, Haraldseth O, Brubakk AM. Clinical findings and white matter abnormalities seen on diffusion tensor imaging in adolescents with very low birth weight. Brain 2007; 130:654-66. [PMID: 17347255 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Very low birth weight (VLBW) children are at high risk of perinatal white matter injury, which, when subtle, may not be seen using conventional magnetic resonance imaging. The relationship between clinical findings and fractional anisotropy (FA) measurements in white matter of adolescents born prematurely with VLBW was studied in 34 subjects (age = 15 years, birth weight </=1500 g) and 47 age-matched controls born at term, who were examined both clinically and with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Perceptual and cognitive functions were evaluated by visual motor integration (VMI) with supplementary tests and sub-tests from WISC-III, motor function by movement ABC and Grooved Pegboard test and psychiatric symptoms by the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children semistructured interview, the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) rating scale IV. Overall functioning was scored on the children's global assessment scale. DTI scans were performed for calculation of FA maps and areas of significant differences in mean FA values between subjects and controls were compared with their clinical data. The VLBW children had reduced FA values in the internal and external capsule, corpus callosum and superior, middle superior and inferior fasciculus. Within this group of children, visual motor and visual perceptual deficits were associated with low FA values in the external capsule, posterior part of the internal capsule and in the inferior fasciculus. Children with low IQ had low FA values in the external capsule and inferior and middle superior fasciculus. Fine motor impairment was related to low FA values in the internal and external capsule and superior fasciculus. Eight VLBW children with inattention symptoms or a diagnosis of ADHD had significantly lower FA values in several areas. Mild social deficits correlated with reduced FA values in the external capsule and superior fasciculus. We conclude that DTI was able to detect differences in FA between VLBW adolescents and controls in several white matter areas at risk of periventricular leucomalacia in VLBW newborns. Our results show that low FA values in these areas were associated with perceptual, cognitive, motor and mental health impairments. These conclusions indicate that perinatal injury of white matter tracts persist with clinical significance in adolescence.
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- J Skranes
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Medical Faculty, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Skjold A, Kristoffersen A, Vangberg TR, Haraldseth O, Jynge P, Larsson HBW. An apparent unidirectional influx constant for manganese as a measure of myocardial calcium channel activity. J Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 24:1047-55. [PMID: 17024667 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/18/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To develop an in vivo MR method for evaluation of myocardial calcium channel activity through quantification of apparent unidirectional manganese influx constants following manganese dipyridoxyl-diphosphate (MnDPDP) infusions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 10 healthy volunteers were divided in two groups, and received 5 micromol of MnDPDP per kg of body weight intravenously in a 1.5 Tesla scanner over five or 30 minutes, respectively. A fast inversion recovery gradient echo sequence was used to estimate pre- and postcontrast R1 values and to measure signal changes following infusions. By assuming equal longitudinal relaxivity (r1) of the contrast in all tissue compartments, signal changes in blood and myocardial tissue yielded temporal input and tissue contrast concentrations respectively. Through a two-tissue compartment model, apparent unidirectional influx constants (Ki) for myocardial manganese accumulation were estimated. RESULTS Consistent values for Ki in left ventricular wall were found, with a mean value of 5.96 mL/100 g/minute (SD=0.49; N=10). No statistical significant differences in Ki were found between the two infusion groups. CONCLUSION Since unidirectional manganese accumulation depends upon intact myocyte membranes with functioning calcium channels, the use of unidirectional manganese influx rates may be a valuable research tool for in vivo studies of myocyte functioning in myocardial disease.
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- Arne Skjold
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
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Vangberg TR, Skranes J, Dale AM, Martinussen M, Brubakk AM, Haraldseth O. Changes in white matter diffusion anisotropy in adolescents born prematurely. Neuroimage 2006; 32:1538-48. [PMID: 16843682 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.04.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [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: 12/20/2005] [Revised: 04/26/2006] [Accepted: 04/27/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Being born with very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight<or=1500 g) or small for gestational age (SGA) carries an increased risk of cerebral white matter damage. The reduced cognitive and motor skills these two groups exhibit suggest that the early injuries to white matter persist into adolescence. White matter integrity was assessed using voxel-wise statistical analysis of fractional anisotropy (FA) maps between three groups of adolescents at age 15; the VLBW group (n=34), the SGA group (n=42) and a control group with normal birth weight (n=47). The FA maps were normalized to a study specific template and group differences were assessed using an analysis of covariance with gender as a confounder (FDR-corrected P<0.05). The main finding is that the VLBW group has significantly reduced FA values in several white matter regions, including the corpus callosum, internal capsule and superior fasciculus compared to the control group. Some of the observed reduction in anisotropy, particularly that observed in the corpus callosum, may have been caused by inaccurate spatial normalization, but this can only explain 30% of the area with reduced anisotropy. Analysis of the eigenvalues of the diffusion tensor show that the reduced FA values in the VLBW group is primarily due to an increase in the two lowest eigenvalues of the diffusion tensor. We speculate that this may be caused by reduced myelination. For the SGA group, we find no statistically significant differences in anisotropy compared to the control group.
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- Torgil R Vangberg
- Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olavs University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway.
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Martinussen M, Fischl B, Larsson HB, Skranes J, Kulseng S, Vangberg TR, Vik T, Brubakk AM, Haraldseth O, Dale AM. Cerebral cortex thickness in 15-year-old adolescents with low birth weight measured by an automated MRI-based method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 128:2588-96. [PMID: 16123146 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Infants with low birth weight are at increased risk of perinatal brain injury. Disruption of normal cortical development may have consequences for later motor, behavioural and cognitive development. The aim of this study was to measure cerebral cortical thickness, area and volume with an automated MRI technique in 15-year-old adolescents who had low birth weight. Cerebral MRI for morphometric analysis was performed on 50 very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight </=1500 g), 49 term small for gestational age births (SGA, birth weight <10th percentile at term) and 58 control adolescents. A novel method of cortical surface models yielded measurements of cortical thickness and area for each subject's entire brain and computed cross-subject statistics based on cortical anatomy. The cortical surface models demonstrated regional thinning of the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes in the VLBW group, whereas regional thickening was demonstrated in the frontal and occipital lobes. The areas of change were greatest in those with the shortest gestational age at birth and lowest birth weight. Cortical surface area and cortical volume were lower in the VLBW than in the Control group. Within the VLBW group, there was an association between surface area and estimation of the intelligence quotient IQ (IQ(est)) and between cortical volume and IQ(est). Furthermore, cortical grey matter as a proportion of brain volume was significantly lower in the VLBW, but not in the SGA group compared with Controls. This observed reorganization of the developing brain offers a unique opportunity to investigate any relationship between changes in cortical anatomy and cognitive and social impairments, and the increase in psychiatric disorders that have been found in VLBW children and adolescents.
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- M Martinussen
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Skjold A, Vangberg TR, Kristoffersen A, Haraldseth O, Jynge P, Larsson HBW. Relaxation enhancing properties of MnDPDP in human myocardium. J Magn Reson Imaging 2005; 20:948-52. [PMID: 15558550 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To assess magnitude and duration of changes in myocardial longitudinal relaxation rate (R1) in humans following infusion of the manganese (Mn) releasing contrast agent MnDPDP (Mn-dipyridoxyl-diphosphate). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen healthy volunteers were divided into three groups. After initial myocardial and liver R1 measurements using an inversion recovery (IR) turbo fast low-angle shot (FLASH) sequence at 1.5 Tesla, the groups were given different doses of intravenous MnDPDP: 5, 10 and 15 micromol/kg body weight, respectively, over 30 minutes. R1 measurements were then repeated at 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 hours after the infusion ended. RESULTS The left ventricular wall R1 prevalue was 0.98 second(-1) (+/-0.04). R1 increased on average (all 15 subjects) 0.41 second(-1) (+/-0.09). The increase was present one hour after the end of the infusion, remained relatively constant the next two hours, and then declined gradually. After 24 hours, there was still a moderate R1 elevation present, with an average R1-value of 1.16 (+/-0.05). There were only small differences in myocardial R1 responses between the three doses investigated, which was contrasted by a marked dose-response in liver tissue. CONCLUSION MnDPDP gave a significant and prolonged rise in myocardial R1 even at a dose of 5 micromol/kg. The R1-values in the myocardium did not increase linearly with higher doses.
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- Arne Skjold
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
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