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Asp A, Lund F, Benedict C, Wasling P. Impaired procedural memory in narcolepsy type 1. Acta Neurol Scand 2022; 146:186-193. [PMID: 35652281 PMCID: PMC9544773 DOI: 10.1111/ane.13651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Objectives Sleep enhances the consolidation of memories. Here, we investigated whether sleep‐dependent memory consolidation differs between healthy subjects and narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) patients. Material and Methods We recruited 18 patients with NT1 and 24 healthy controls. The consolidation of spatial (declarative memory; 2‐dimensional object location) and procedural (non‐declarative memory; finger sequence tapping) memories was examined across one night of at‐home sleep. Sleep was measured by an ambulatory sleep recording device. Results The overnight gain in the number of correctly recalled sequences in the finger‐tapping test was smaller for NT1 patients than healthy subjects (+8.1% vs. +23.8% from pre‐sleep learning to post‐sleep recall, p = .035). No significant group differences were found for the overnight consolidation of spatial memory. Compared to healthy subjects, the sleep of NT1 patients was significantly more fragmented and shallow. However, no significant correlations were found between sleep parameters and overnight performance changes on the memory tests in the whole group. Conclusion The sleep‐dependent consolidation of procedural but not spatial memories may be impaired among patients with NT1. Therefore, future studies are warranted to examine whether sleep improvement, for example, using sodium oxybate, can aid the sleep‐dependent formation of procedural memories among NT1 patients.
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- Amanda Asp
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Molecular Neuropharmacology (Sleep Science Lab), Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
- Department of Neurology Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg Sweden
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Forsberg M, Olsson M, Seth H, Wasling P, Zetterberg H, Hedner J, Hanse E. Ion concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid in wakefulness, sleep and sleep deprivation in healthy humans. J Sleep Res 2021; 31:e13522. [PMID: 34787340 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13522] [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: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sleep is controlled by a circadian rhythmicity, via a reduction of arousal-promoting neuromodulatory activity, and by accumulation of somnogenic factors in the interstitial fluid of the brain. Recent experiments in mice suggest that a reduced neuronal excitability caused by a reduced concentration of potassium in the brain, concomitant with an increased concentration of calcium and magnesium, constitutes an important mediator of sleep. In the present study, we examined whether such changes in ion concentrations could be detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of healthy humans. Each subject underwent cerebrospinal fluid collection at three occasions in a randomized order: at 15:00 hours-17:00 hours during waking, at 06:00 hours-07:00 hours immediately following 1 night of sleep, and at 06:00 hours-07:00 hours following 1 night of sleep deprivation. When compared with wakefulness, both sleep and sleep deprivation produced the same effect of a small (0.1 mm, about 3%), but robust and highly significant, reduction in potassium concentration. Calcium and magnesium concentrations were unchanged. Our results support a circadian modulation of neuronal excitability in the brain mediated via changes of the interstitial potassium concentration.
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- My Forsberg
- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Sleep and Vigilance Disorders, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.,UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK.,The Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK.,Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Sleep and Vigilance Disorders, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Sleep Laboratory, Pulmonary Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Johansson K, Wasling P, Axelsson M. Fatigue, insomnia and daytime sleepiness in multiple sclerosis versus narcolepsy. Acta Neurol Scand 2021; 144:566-575. [PMID: 34278566 DOI: 10.1111/ane.13497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In multiple sclerosis (MS), fatigue is the most prevalent cause of impaired ability to work. In narcolepsy, daytime sleepiness is the main symptom but some studies indicate fatigue being present. We aimed to assess fatigue and associated features in patients with MS or narcolepsy and healthy controls and to assess whether clinical parameters separate fatigued (MS-F) and non-fatigued MS patients (MS-NoF). MATERIALS & METHODS In this non-interventional cross-sectional study, we recruited 34 MS patients, 15 narcolepsy type 1 patients and 17 healthy controls. An interviewer administered the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale. Information about clinical parameters and current treatments was collected. RESULTS In its fatigue profile, MS-F resembled the narcolepsy group rather than MS-NoF, which resembled the healthy control group. ISI alone was significantly associated with FSS, and only in MS-NoF and healthy controls; in MS-F and the narcolepsy group, no variable was associated with FSS. Months since diagnosis was the only clinical variable significantly separating MS-F from MS-NoF. In MS, disease duration correlated with fatigue. No clinical variables correlated with fatigue in the narcolepsy group. CONCLUSIONS Fatigued MS patients resemble narcolepsy patients more than they resemble non-fatigued MS patients, who resemble healthy controls. Insomnia is the main factor associated with fatigue in MS, while disease duration is the only clinical variable separating fatigued and non-fatigued MS patients. In fatigued patients, variance in fatigue cannot be explained by insomnia, daytime sleepiness, depression or level of exercise.
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- Kalle Johansson
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
- Department of Neurology Sahlgrenska Universtity Hospital Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
- Department of Neurology Sahlgrenska Universtity Hospital Gothenburg Sweden
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Pelletier F, Perrier S, Cayami FK, Mirchi A, Saikali S, Tran LT, Ulrick N, Guerrero K, Rampakakis E, van Spaendonk RML, Naidu S, Pohl D, Gibson WT, Demos M, Goizet C, Tejera-Martin I, Potic A, Fogel BL, Brais B, Sylvain M, Sébire G, Lourenço CM, Bonkowsky JL, Catsman-Berrevoets C, Pinto PS, Tirupathi S, Strømme P, de Grauw T, Gieruszczak-Bialek D, Krägeloh-Mann I, Mierzewska H, Philippi H, Rankin J, Atik T, Banwell B, Benko WS, Blaschek A, Bley A, Boltshauser E, Bratkovic D, Brozova K, Cimas I, Clough C, Corenblum B, Dinopoulos A, Dolan G, Faletra F, Fernandez R, Fletcher J, Garcia Garcia ME, Gasparini P, Gburek-Augustat J, Gonzalez Moron D, Hamati A, Harting I, Hertzberg C, Hill A, Hobson GM, Innes AM, Kauffman M, Kirwin SM, Kluger G, Kolditz P, Kotzaeridou U, La Piana R, Liston E, McClintock W, McEntagart M, McKenzie F, Melançon S, Misbahuddin A, Suri M, Monton FI, Moutton S, Murphy RPJ, Nickel M, Onay H, Orcesi S, Özkınay F, Patzer S, Pedro H, Pekic S, Pineda Marfa M, Pizzino A, Plecko B, Poll-The BT, Popovic V, Rating D, Rioux MF, Rodriguez Espinosa N, Ronan A, Ostergaard JR, Rossignol E, Sanchez-Carpintero R, Schossig A, Senbil N, Sønderberg Roos LK, Stevens CA, Synofzik M, Sztriha L, Tibussek D, Timmann D, Tonduti D, van de Warrenburg BP, Vázquez-López M, Venkateswaran S, Wasling P, Wassmer E, Webster RI, Wiegand G, Yoon G, Rotteveel J, Schiffmann R, van der Knaap MS, Vanderver A, Martos-Moreno GÁ, Polychronakos C, Wolf NI, Bernard G. Endocrine and Growth Abnormalities in 4H Leukodystrophy Caused by Variants in POLR3A, POLR3B, and POLR1C. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:e660-e674. [PMID: 33005949 PMCID: PMC7823228 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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CONTEXT 4H or POLR3-related leukodystrophy is an autosomal recessive disorder typically characterized by hypomyelination, hypodontia, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in POLR3A, POLR3B, POLR1C, and POLR3K. The endocrine and growth abnormalities associated with this disorder have not been thoroughly investigated to date. OBJECTIVE To systematically characterize endocrine abnormalities of patients with 4H leukodystrophy. DESIGN An international cross-sectional study was performed on 150 patients with genetically confirmed 4H leukodystrophy between 2015 and 2016. Endocrine and growth abnormalities were evaluated, and neurological and other non-neurological features were reviewed. Potential genotype/phenotype associations were also investigated. SETTING This was a multicenter retrospective study using information collected from 3 predominant centers. PATIENTS A total of 150 patients with 4H leukodystrophy and pathogenic variants in POLR3A, POLR3B, or POLR1C were included. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Variables used to evaluate endocrine and growth abnormalities included pubertal history, hormone levels (estradiol, testosterone, stimulated LH and FSH, stimulated GH, IGF-I, prolactin, ACTH, cortisol, TSH, and T4), and height and head circumference charts. RESULTS The most common endocrine abnormalities were delayed puberty (57/74; 77% overall, 64% in males, 89% in females) and short stature (57/93; 61%), when evaluated according to physician assessment. Abnormal thyroid function was reported in 22% (13/59) of patients. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm pubertal abnormalities and short stature are the most common endocrine features seen in 4H leukodystrophy. However, we noted that endocrine abnormalities are typically underinvestigated in this patient population. A prospective study is required to formulate evidence-based recommendations for management of the endocrine manifestations of this disorder.
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- Félixe Pelletier
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Specialized Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Center of Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Specialized Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre de Référence Neurogénétique, Service de Génétique Médicale, Bordeaux University Hospital, and Laboratoire MRGM, INSERM U1211, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Clinic for Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Medical Faculty University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Departments of Neurology and Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre Mère Enfant, CHU de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro Universitario Estácio de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Erasmus University Hospital - Sophia Children’s Hospital, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neuroradiology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, UK
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- Division of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, 0450 Oslo, and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Child Neurology, University Children’s Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center of Developmental Neurology (SPZ Frankfurt Mitte), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. v. Hauner Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- University Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Metabolic Clinic, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Child Neurology, Thomayers Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, Povisa Hospital, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Third Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
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- Genetics and Molecular Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, 34100 Trieste, and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Neuropaediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Neurogenetics Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital JM Ramos Mejia, ADC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Child Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Nemours Biomedical Research, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Neurogenetics Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital JM Ramos Mejia and CONICET, ADC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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- PMU Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; Clinic for Neuropediatrics and Neurorehabilitation, Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents, Schön Klinik Vogtareuth, Vogtareuth, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Child Neurology, University Children’s Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- South West Thames Regional Genetics Service, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK
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- Genetic Services of Western Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia
- School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Essex Centre for Neurological Sciences, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, UK
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- Nottingham Clinical Genetics Service, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Ireland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Pediatric Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Children’s Hospital St. Elisabeth and St. Barbara, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Diseases of Metabolism, University Clinical Center, Belgrade & School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Genetics, MetroHealth Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children’s Hospital, 1105 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Children’s Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke - Hôpital Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Hunter New England LHD, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Rare Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Departments of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, CHU-Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Child Neurology, Kırıkkale University Medical Faculty, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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- Applied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Centre of Neurology, German Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Child Neurology Unit, V. Buzzi Children’s Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Sección Neuropediatría. Hospital Maternoinfantil Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- T. Y. Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Kiel, Germany
- Neuropediatrics Section of the Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Clinic Hamburg Nord-Heidberg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Pediatric Endocrinology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Instituto de Investigación La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- CIBER de Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutriciόn (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Endocrinology, Montreal Children’s Hospital and the Endocrine Genetics Lab, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Specialized Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Correspondence and Reprint Requests: Geneviève Bernard, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boul Décarie, EM02224 (CHHD Mail Drop Point #EM03211 (Cubicle C)), Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada. E-mail:
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Wasling HB, Bornstein A, Wasling P. Quality of life and procrastination in post-H1N1 narcolepsy, sporadic narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, a Swedish cross-sectional study. Sleep Med 2020; 76:104-112. [PMID: 33152582 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.10.014] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND A cross-sectional study of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), procrastination and the relation to sleepiness, depression and fatigue in post-H1N1 narcolepsy type 1 (NT1), sporadic NT1 and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). PATIENTS/METHODS Participants with NT1 and IH were enrolled from the Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg (Sweden). All participants completed questionnaires about medication, employment, studies, transfer income, sleepiness, HRQoL, depression, fatigue and three questionnaires for procrastination. RESULTS Post-H1N1, sporadic NT1 and IH all scored higher than healthy controls on Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), whereas EQ-5D-5L index and VAS was lower than for healthy individuals, but with no difference between groups. Post-H1N1 NT1 had a larger proportion of participants prescribed with sodium oxybate (44% vs. 9%, p = 0.003) and dexamphetamine (62% vs. 17%, p = 0.03) compared to sporadic NT1. The latter also in significantly higher doses than in sporadic NT1 (46 ± 12 vs. 25 ± 10 and 47.5 ± 21 mg, p < 0.0001). Post-H1N1 NT1 also had significantly higher scores on Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS), Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) and Susceptibility to Temptation Scale (STS), indicating a higher degree of procrastination. Multivariate analysis showed that depression, and to some extent fatigue, were predictors in NT1 for both HRQoL and procrastination. CONCLUSIONS The results show that health-related quality of life is impaired and tendency to procrastinate is higher in patients suffering from NT1 and both attributes can in part be explained by depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the impact of symptoms other than sleep and wakefulness regulation in patients with NT1.
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- Helena Backlund Wasling
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Lundblad LC, Olausson H, Wasling P, Jood K, Wysocka A, Hamilton JP, McIntyre S, Backlund Wasling H. Tactile direction discrimination in humans after stroke. Brain Commun 2020; 2:fcaa088. [PMID: 32954335 PMCID: PMC7472910 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Sensing movements across the skin surface is a complex task for the tactile sensory system, relying on sophisticated cortical processing. Functional MRI has shown that judgements of the direction of tactile stimuli moving across the skin are processed in distributed cortical areas in healthy humans. To further study which brain areas are important for tactile direction discrimination, we performed a lesion study, examining a group of patients with first-time stroke. We measured tactile direction discrimination in 44 patients, bilaterally on the dorsum of the hands and feet, within 2 weeks (acute), and again in 28 patients 3 months after stroke. The 3-month follow-up also included a structural MRI scan for lesion delineation. Fifty-nine healthy participants were examined for normative direction discrimination values. We found abnormal tactile direction discrimination in 29/44 patients in the acute phase, and in 21/28 3 months after stroke. Lesions that included the opercular parietal area 1 of the secondary somatosensory cortex, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex or the insular cortex were always associated with abnormal tactile direction discrimination, consistent with previous functional MRI results. Abnormal tactile direction discrimination was also present with lesions including white matter and subcortical regions. We have thus delineated cortical, subcortical and white matter areas important for tactile direction discrimination function. The findings also suggest that tactile dysfunction is common following stroke.
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- Linda C Lundblad
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bornstein A, Hedström A, Wasling P. Actigraphy measurement of physical activity and energy expenditure in narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia: A Sensewear Armband study. J Sleep Res 2020; 30:e13038. [PMID: 32281246 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13038] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The cause of obesity in narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) patients is not fully understood. The present study investigated if a reduced physical activity could explain weight gain in NT1. Seventy-nine patients were included in this retrospective study and divided into an NT1 group (n = 56) and a non-NT1 group (n = 23), including NT2 and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). Accelerometry-derived measures of physical activity, total energy expenditure and skin temperature were collected from patients during seven consecutive days without medication. In addition, results from multiple sleep latency tests and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale questionnaire, body weight, height and CSF orexin/hypocretin were acquired. Three measurements of physical activity, including metabolic equivalent of task (MET), the average time of physical activity and step count, were compared without differences between groups. Neither could we find a significant difference in total energy expenditure or skin temperature. Thus, by analysing accelerometric data, we could not find any differences in the amount of physical activity or total energy expenditure explaining overweight in NT1.
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- Axel Bornstein
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bolin K, Niska P, Pirhonen L, Wasling P, Landtblom A. The cost utility of pitolisant as narcolepsy treatment. Acta Neurol Scand 2020; 141:301-310. [PMID: 31838740 DOI: 10.1111/ane.13202] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The cost-effectiveness of available pharmacological treatments for narcolepsy is largely unknown. Available pharmacological treatments are associated with tolerability, abuse, and adherence issues. Pitolisant is the first inverse agonist of the histamine H3 receptor to be prescribed for the treatment of narcolepsy with and without cataplexy. Studies suggest that pitolisant is both as effective as previously introduced drugs and is associated with fewer adverse effects. The objective in this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of pitolisant as monotherapy, and pitolisant as an adjunctive treatment to modafinil, compared with standard treatment. MATERIALS & METHODS Calculations were performed using a Markov model with a 50-year time horizon. Healthcare utilization and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for each treatment alternative were calculated assuming no treatment effect on survival. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed for treatment effectiveness and healthcare cost parameters. RESULTS The cost per additional quality-adjusted life year was estimated at SEK 356 337 (10 SEK ≈ 1 Euro) for pitolisant monotherapy, and at SEK 491 128 for pitolisant as an adjunctive treatment, as compared to standard treatment. The cost-effectiveness measure was demonstrated to be particularly sensitive to the assumptions made concerning indirect effects on total healthcare utilization and the pitolisant treatment cost. CONCLUSIONS The incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were below the unofficial willingness-to-pay threshold at SEK 500 000. The estimated costs per additional QALY obtained here are likely to overestimate the true cost-effectiveness ratio since significant potential indirect effects-pertaining both to labor-market and household-related productivity-of treatment are not taken into account.
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- Kristian Bolin
- Department of Economics and Centre for Health Economics University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Economics and Centre for Health Economics University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience/Neurology University of Uppsala Uppsala Sweden
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine IKE, Neurology University of Linköping Linköping Sweden
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Wasling P, Malmeström C, Blennow K. CSF orexin-A levels after rituximab treatment in recent onset narcolepsy type 1. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2019; 6:6/6/e613. [PMID: 31484686 PMCID: PMC6745716 DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Pontus Wasling
- From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (P.W., C.M.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
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- From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (P.W., C.M.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (P.W., C.M.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (K.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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Forsberg M, Seth H, Björefeldt A, Lyckenvik T, Andersson M, Wasling P, Zetterberg H, Hanse E. Ionized calcium in human cerebrospinal fluid and its influence on intrinsic and synaptic excitability of hippocampal pyramidal neurons in the rat. J Neurochem 2019; 149:452-470. [PMID: 30851210 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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It is well-known that the extracellular concentration of calcium affects neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission. Less is known about the physiological concentration of extracellular calcium in the brain. In electrophysiological brain slice experiments, the artificial cerebrospinal fluid traditionally contains relatively high concentrations of calcium (2-4 mM) to support synaptic transmission and suppress neuronal excitability. Using an ion-selective electrode, we determined the fraction of ionized calcium in healthy human cerebrospinal fluid to 1.0 mM of a total concentration of 1.2 mM (86%). Using patch-clamp and extracellular recordings in the CA1 region in acute slices of rat hippocampus, we then compared the effects of this physiological concentration of calcium with the commonly used 2 mM on neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, and long-term potentiation (LTP) to examine the magnitude of changes in this range of extracellular calcium. Increasing the total extracellular calcium concentration from 1.2 to 2 mM decreased spontaneous action potential firing, induced a depolarization of the threshold, and increased the rate of both de- and repolarization of the action potential. Evoked synaptic transmission was approximately doubled, with a balanced effect between inhibition and excitation. In 1.2 mM calcium high-frequency stimulation did not result in any LTP, whereas a prominent LTP was observed at 2 or 4 mM calcium. Surprisingly, this inability to induce LTP persisted during blockade of GABAergic inhibition. In conclusion, an increase from the physiological 1.2 mM to 2 mM calcium in the artificial cerebrospinal fluid has striking effects on neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, and the induction of LTP. OPEN SCIENCE BADGES: This article has received a badge for *Open Materials* because it provided all relevant information to reproduce the study in the manuscript. The complete Open Science Disclosure form for this article can be found at the end of the article. More information about the Open Practices badges can be found at https://cos.io/our-services/open-science-badges/. Read the Editorial Highlight for this article on page 435.
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- My Forsberg
- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.,UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK.,The Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Fernström E, Minta K, Andreasson U, Sandelius Å, Wasling P, Brinkmalm A, Höglund K, Blennow K, Nyman J, Zetterberg H, Kalm M. Cerebrospinal fluid markers of extracellular matrix remodelling, synaptic plasticity and neuroinflammation before and after cranial radiotherapy. J Intern Med 2018; 284:211-225. [PMID: 29664192 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Advances in the treatment of brain tumours have increased the number of long-term survivors, but at the cost of side effects following cranial radiotherapy ranging from neurocognitive deficits to outright tissue necrosis. At present, there are no tools reflecting the molecular mechanisms underlying such side effects, and thus no means to evaluate interventional effects after cranial radiotherapy. Therefore, fluid biomarkers are of great clinical interest. OBJECTIVE Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of proteins involved in inflammatory signalling, synaptic plasticity and extracellular matrix (ECM) integrity were investigated following radiotherapy to the brain. METHODS Patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) eligible for prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) were asked to participate in the study. PCI was prescribed either as 2 Gy/fraction to a total dose of 30 Gy (limited disease) or 4 Gy/fraction to 20 Gy (extensive disease). CSF was collected by lumbar puncture at baseline, 3 months and 1 year following PCI. Protein concentrations were measured using immunobased assays or mass spectrometry. RESULTS The inflammatory markers IL-15, IL-16 and MCP-1/CCL2 were elevated in CSF 3 months following PCI compared to baseline. The plasticity marker GAP-43 was elevated 3 months following PCI, and the same trend was seen for SNAP-25, but not for SYT1. The investigated ECM proteins, brevican and neurocan, showed a decline following PCI. There was a strong correlation between the progressive decline of soluble APPα and brevican levels. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first time ECM-related proteins have been shown to be affected by cranial radiotherapy in patients with cancer. These findings may help us to get a better understanding of the mechanisms behind side effects following radiotherapy.
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- E Fernström
- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bolin K, Berling P, Wasling P, Meinild H, Kjellberg J, Jennum P. The cost-utility of sodium oxybate as narcolepsy treatment. Acta Neurol Scand 2017; 136:715-720. [PMID: 28677318 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Based on class-I studies, sodium oxybate is regarded as a first-line treatment for both EDS and cataplexy. The cost-effectiveness of sodium oxybate is largely unknown, though. In this study, we estimate the cost-effectiveness of sodium oxybate as treatment for patients with narcolepsy as compared to standard treatment, by calculating incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (cost per quality-adjusted life year, QALY) for patients in a Swedish setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS Calculations were performed using a Markov model with a 10-year time horizon. The study population consisted of adult patients treated for narcolepsy with cataplexy. Healthcare utilization and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for each treatment alternative were calculated assuming no treatment effect on survival. Sensitivity analyses were performed for treatment effectiveness and healthcare cost parameters. RESULTS The cost per additional quality-adjusted life year was estimated at SEK 563,481. The cost-effectiveness measure was demonstrated to be particularly sensitive to the duration of the relative quality-of-life improvements accruing to patients treated with sodium oxybate. CONCLUSIONS The estimated cost per additional QALY for the sodium oxybate treatment alternative compared with standard treatment was estimated above the informal Swedish willingness-to-pay threshold (SEK 500,000). The estimated cost per additional QALY obtained here is likely to overestimate the true cost-effectiveness ratio as potentially beneficial effects on productivity of treatment with sodium oxybate were not included (due to lack of data).
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- K. Bolin
- Centre for Health Economics; Department of Economics; Gothenburg University; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology; KORA; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology; Faculty of Health Sciences; Danish Center for Sleep Medicine; Center for Healthy Aging; Glostrup Hospital; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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Perez-Alcazar M, Culley G, Lyckenvik T, Mobarrez K, Björefeldt A, Wasling P, Seth H, Asztely F, Harrer A, Iglseder B, Aigner L, Hanse E, Illes S. Corrigendum: Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Promotes Neuronal Viability and Activity of Hippocampal Neuronal Circuits In Vitro. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:227. [PMID: 27733816 PMCID: PMC5056174 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Marta Perez-Alcazar
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of GothenburgGothenburg, Sweden; Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria
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Perez-Alcazar M, Culley G, Lyckenvik T, Mobarrez K, Bjorefeldt A, Wasling P, Seth H, Asztely F, Harrer A, Iglseder B, Aigner L, Hanse E, Illes S. Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Promotes Neuronal Viability and Activity of Hippocampal Neuronal Circuits In Vitro. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:54. [PMID: 26973467 PMCID: PMC4777716 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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For decades it has been hypothesized that molecules within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diffuse into the brain parenchyma and influence the function of neurons. However, the functional consequences of CSF on neuronal circuits are largely unexplored and unknown. A major reason for this is the absence of appropriate neuronal in vitro model systems, and it is uncertain if neurons cultured in pure CSF survive and preserve electrophysiological functionality in vitro. In this article, we present an approach to address how human CSF (hCSF) influences neuronal circuits in vitro. We validate our approach by comparing the morphology, viability, and electrophysiological function of single neurons and at the network level in rat organotypic slice and primary neuronal cultures cultivated either in hCSF or in defined standard culture media. Our results demonstrate that rodent hippocampal slices and primary neurons cultured in hCSF maintain neuronal morphology and preserve synaptic transmission. Importantly, we show that hCSF increases neuronal viability and the number of electrophysiologically active neurons in comparison to the culture media. In summary, our data indicate that hCSF represents a physiological environment for neurons in vitro and a superior culture condition compared to the defined standard media. Moreover, this experimental approach paves the way to assess the functional consequences of CSF on neuronal circuits as well as suggesting a novel strategy for central nervous system (CNS) disease modeling.
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- Marta Perez-Alcazar
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg (SCI-TReCS), Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of GothenburgGothenburg, Sweden; Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg (SCI-TReCS), Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria
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Bjorefeldt A, Wasling P, Zetterberg H, Hanse E. Neuromodulation of fast-spiking and non-fast-spiking hippocampal CA1 interneurons by human cerebrospinal fluid. J Physiol 2016; 594:937-52. [PMID: 26634295 DOI: 10.1113/jp271553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS How the brain extracellular fluid influences the activity of GABAergic interneurons in vivo is not known. This issue is examined in the hippocampal brain slice by comparing GABAergic interneuron activity in human versus artificial cerebrospinal fluid. Human cerebrospinal fluid (hCSF) substantially increases the excitability of fast-spiking and non-fast-spiking CA1 interneurons. CA1 pyramidal cells are even more strongly excited by hCSF. The tonic excitation of pyramidal cells, in combination with an increased responsiveness of interneurons to excitatory input, is likely to promote the generation of synchronized network activity in the hippocampus. ABSTRACT GABAergic interneurons intricately regulate the activity of hippocampal and neocortical networks. Their function in vivo is likely to be tuned by neuromodulatory substances in the brain extracellular fluid. However, in vitro investigations of GABAergic interneuron function do not account for such effects, as neurons are kept in artificial extracellular fluid. To examine the neuromodulatory influence of brain extracellular fluid on GABAergic activity, we recorded from fast-spiking and non-fast-spiking CA1 interneurons, as well as from pyramidal cells, in the presence of human cerebrospinal fluid (hCSF), using a matched artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) as control. We found that hCSF increased the frequency of spontaneous firing more than twofold in the two groups of interneurons, and more than fourfold in CA1 pyramidal cells. hCSF did not affect the resting membrane potential of CA1 interneurons but caused depolarization in pyramidal cells. The increased excitability of interneurons and pyramidal cells was accompanied by reductions in after-hyperpolarization amplitudes and a left-shift in the frequency-current relationships. Our results suggest that ambient concentrations of neuromodulators in the brain extracellular fluid powerfully influence the excitability of neuronal networks.
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- Andreas Bjorefeldt
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, 431 80 Molndal, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bjorefeldt A, Andreasson U, Daborg J, Riebe I, Wasling P, Zetterberg H, Hanse E. Human cerebrospinal fluid increases the excitability of pyramidal neurons in the in vitro brain slice. J Physiol 2014; 593:231-43. [PMID: 25556798 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.284711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS The cerebrospinal fluid contains numerous neuromodulators at ambient levels but whether, and how, they affect the activity of central neurons is unknown. This study provides experimental evidence that human cerebrospinal fluid (hCSF) increases the excitability of hippocampal and neocortical pyramidal neurons. Hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in hCSF displayed lowered firing thresholds, depolarized resting membrane potentials and reduced input resistance, mimicking properties of pyramidal neurons recorded in vivo. The excitability-increasing effect of hCSF on CA1 pyramidal neurons was entirely occluded by intracellular application of GTPγS, suggesting that neuromodulatory effects were mediated by G-protein coupled receptors. These results indicate that the CSF promotes spontaneous excitatory neuronal activity, and may help to explain observed differences in the activity of pyramidal neurons recorded in vivo and in vitro. The composition of brain extracellular fluid is shaped by a continuous exchange of substances between the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and interstitial fluid. The CSF is known to contain a wide range of endogenous neuromodulatory substances, but their collective influence on neuronal activity has been poorly investigated. We show here that replacing artificial CSF (aCSF), routinely used for perfusion of brain slices in vitro, with human CSF (hCSF) powerfully boosts spontaneous firing of CA1, CA3 and layer 5 pyramidal neurons in the rat brain slice. CA1 pyramidal neurons in hCSF display lowered firing thresholds, more depolarized resting membrane potentials and reduced input resistance, mimicking properties of pyramidal neurons recorded in vivo. The increased excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons was completely occluded by intracellular application of GTPγS, suggesting that endogenous neuromodulators in hCSF act on G-protein coupled receptors to enhance excitability. We found no increase in spontaneous inhibitory synaptic transmission by hCSF, indicating a differential effect on glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons. Our findings highlight a previously unknown function of the CSF in promoting spontaneous excitatory activity, and may help to explain differences observed in the activity of pyramidal neurons recorded in vivo and in vitro.
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- Andreas Bjorefeldt
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 11, Box 432, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kalm M, Abel E, Wasling P, Nyman J, Hietala MA, Bremell D, Hagberg L, Elam M, Blennow K, Björk-Eriksson T, Zetterberg H. Neurochemical evidence of potential neurotoxicity after prophylactic cranial irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014; 89:607-14. [PMID: 24803034 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2014] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE To examine whether cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for neuroaxonal damage, neuroglial activation, and amyloid β-related processes could characterize the neurochemical response to cranial radiation. METHODS AND MATERIALS Before prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) of patients with small cell lung cancer, each patient underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, lumbar puncture, and Mini-Mental State Examination of cognitive function. These examinations were repeated at approximately 3 and 12 months after radiation. RESULTS The major findings were as follows. (1) Cerebrospinal fluid markers for neuronal and neuroglial injury were elevated during the subacute phase after PCI. Neurofilament and T-tau increased 120% and 50%, respectively, after PCI (P<.05). The same was seen for the neuroglial markers YKL-40 and glial fibrillary acidic protein, which increased 144% and 106%, respectively, after PCI (P<.05). (2) The levels of secreted amyloid precursor protein-α and -β were reduced 44% and 46%, respectively, 3 months after PCI, and the levels continued to decrease as long as 1 year after treatment (P<.05). (3) Mini-Mental State Examination did not reveal any cognitive decline, indicating that a more sensitive test should be used in future studies. CONCLUSION In conclusion, we were able to detect radiation therapy-induced changes in several markers reflecting neuronal injury, inflammatory/astroglial activation, and altered amyloid precursor protein/amyloid β metabolism, despite the low number of patients and quite moderate radiation doses (20-30 Gy). These changes are hypothesis generating and could potentially be used to assess the individual risk of developing long-term symptoms of chronic encephalopathy after PCI. This has to be evaluated in large studies with extended clinical follow-up and more detailed neurocognitive assessments.
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- Marie Kalm
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Insitute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Insitute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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Perez-Alcazar M, Daborg J, Stokowska A, Wasling P, Björefeldt A, Kalm M, Zetterberg H, Carlström KE, Blomgren K, Ekdahl CT, Hanse E, Pekna M. Altered cognitive performance and synaptic function in the hippocampus of mice lacking C3. Exp Neurol 2014; 253:154-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wasling P, Strandberg J, Hanse E. AMPA receptor activation causes silencing of AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the developing hippocampus. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34474. [PMID: 22485173 PMCID: PMC3317613 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Agonist-induced internalization of transmembrane receptors is a widespread biological phenomenon that also may serve as a mechanism for synaptic plasticity. Here we show that the agonist AMPA causes a depression of AMPA receptor (AMPAR) signaling at glutamate synapses in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in slices from developing, but not from mature, rats. This developmentally restricted agonist-induced synaptic depression is expressed as a total loss of AMPAR signaling, without affecting NMDA receptor (NMDAR) signaling, in a large proportion of the developing synapses, thus creating AMPAR silent synapses. The AMPA-induced AMPAR silencing is induced independently of activation of mGluRs and NMDARs, and it mimics and occludes stimulus-induced depression, suggesting that this latter form of synaptic plasticity is expressed as agonist-induced removal of AMPARs. Induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) rendered the developing synapses resistant to the AMPA-induced depression, indicating that LTP contributes to the maturation-related increased stability of these synapses. Our study shows that agonist binding to AMPARs is a sufficient triggering stimulus for the creation of AMPAR silent synapses at developing glutamate synapses.
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- Pontus Wasling
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Strandberg J, Wasling P, Gustafsson B. Modulation of Low-Frequency-Induced Synaptic Depression in the Developing CA3–CA1 Hippocampal Synapses by NMDA and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation. J Neurophysiol 2009; 101:2252-62. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.91210.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Brief test-pulse stimulation (0.2–0.05 Hz) of naïve (previously nonstimulated) developing hippocampal CA3–CA1 synapses leads to a substantial synaptic depression, explained by α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) silencing. Using field recordings in hippocampal slices from P8 to P12 rats, we examined this depression of naïve synapses using more prolonged test-pulse stimulation as well as low-frequency (1 Hz) stimulation (LFS). We found that 900 stimuli produced depression during stimulation to ∼40% of the naïve level independent of whether test-pulse stimulation or LFS was used. This result was also observed during combined blockade of N-methyl-d-aspartate/metabotropic glutamate receptors (NMDAR/mGluRs) although the depression was smaller (to ∼55% of naïve level). Using separate blockade of either NMDARs or mGluRs, we found that this impairment of the depression resulted from the NMDAR, and not from the mGluR, blockade. In fact, during NMDAR blockade alone, depression was smaller even than that observed during combined blockade. We also found that mGluR blockade alone facilitated the LFS-induced depression. In conclusion, test-pulse stimulation produced as much depression as LFS when applied to naïve synapses even when allowing for NMDAR and mGluR activation. Our results seem in line with the notion that NMDARs and mGluRs may exert a bidirectional control on AMPA receptor recruitment to synapses.
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Wasling P, Daborg J, Riebe I, Andersson M, Portelius E, Blennow K, Hanse E, Zetterberg H. Synaptic retrogenesis and amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2009; 16:1-14. [PMID: 19158416 DOI: 10.3233/jad-2009-0918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) include synaptic and neuronal degeneration and the presence of extracellular deposits of amyloid-beta (Abeta) in senile plaques in the cerebral cortex. Although these brain lesions may be seen also in aged non-demented individuals, the increase in brain Abeta is believed by many to represent the earliest event in the disease process. Accumulating evidence suggests that Abeta, which is highly conserved by evolution, may have an important physiological role in synapse elimination during brain development. An intriguing idea is that this putative function can become pathogenic if activated in the aging brain. Here, we review the literature on the possible physiological roles of Abeta and its precursor protein AbetaPP during development with special focus on electrophysiological findings.
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- Pontus Wasling
- Department of Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kim M, Wasling P, Xiao MY, Jennische E, Lange S, Hanse E. Antisecretory factor modulates GABAergic transmission in the rat hippocampus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 129:109-18. [PMID: 15927705 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2005.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2004] [Revised: 01/12/2005] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Antisecretory Factor (AF) is a protein that has been implicated in the suppression of intestinal hypersecretion and inflammation. Intestinal secretion and inflammation are partly under local and central neural control raising the possibility that AF might exert its action by modulating neural signaling. In the present study we have investigated whether AF can modulate central synaptic transmission. Evoked glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic transmissions were investigated using extracellular recordings in the CA1 region of hippocampal slices from adult rats. AF (0.5 microg/ml) suppressed GABA(A)-mediated synaptic transmission by about 40% while having no effect on glutamatergic transmission. Per oral administration of cholera toxin as well as feeding of rats with a diet containing hydrothermally processed cereals, known to upregulate endogenous AF plasma activity, mimicked the effect of exogenously administered AF on hippocampal GABAergic transmission. Our results identify AF as a neuromodulator and further raise the possibility that the hippocampus and AF are involved in a gut-brain loop controlling intestinal secretion and inflammation.
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- Malin Kim
- Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Developmental changes in release probability (Pr) and paired-pulse plasticity at CA3-CA1 glutamate synapses in hippocampal slices of neonatal rats were examined using field excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) recordings. Paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) at these synapses was, on average, absent in the first postnatal week but emerged and became successively larger during the second postnatal week. This developmental increase in PPF was associated with a reduction in Pr, as indicated by the slower progressive block of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) EPSP by the noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801. This developmental reduction in Pr was not homogenous among the synapses. As shown by the MK-801 analysis, the Pr heterogeneity observed among adult CA3-CA1 synapses is present already during the first postnatal week, and the developmental Pr reduction was found to be largely selective for synapses with higher Pr values, leaving Pr of the vast majority of the synapses essentially unaffected. A reduction in Pves, the release probability of the individual vesicle, possibly caused by reduction in Ca2+ influx, seems to explain the reduction in Pr. In vivo injection of tetanus toxin at the end of the first postnatal week did not prevent the increase in PPF, indicating that this developmental change in release is not critically dependent on normal neural activity during the second postnatal week.
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- P Wasling
- Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Physiology, Göteborg University, Box 432, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Xiao MY, Wasling P, Hanse E, Gustafsson B. Creation of AMPA-silent synapses in the neonatal hippocampus. Nat Neurosci 2004; 7:236-43. [PMID: 14966524 DOI: 10.1038/nn1196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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: 12/16/2003] [Accepted: 01/26/2004] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In the developing brain, many glutamate synapses have been found to transmit only NMDA receptor-mediated signaling, that is, they are AMPA-silent. This result has been taken to suggest that glutamate synapses are initially AMPA-silent when they are formed, and that AMPA signaling is acquired through activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. The present study on CA3-CA1 synapses in the hippocampus of the neonatal rat suggests that AMPA-silent synapses are created through a form of activity-dependent silencing of AMPA signaling. We found that AMPA signaling, but not NMDA signaling, could be very rapidly silenced by presynaptic electrical stimulation at frequencies commonly used to probe synaptic function (0.05-1 Hz). Although this AMPA silencing required a rise in postsynaptic Ca(2+), it did not require activation of NMDA receptors, metabotropic glutamate receptors or voltage-gated calcium channels. The AMPA silencing, possibly explained by a removal of postsynaptic AMPA receptors, could subsequently be reversed by paired presynaptic and postsynaptic activity.
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- Min-Yi Xiao
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Box 432, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Wasling P, Hanse E, Gustafsson B. Long-term depression in the developing hippocampus: low induction threshold and synapse nonspecificity. J Neurosci 2002; 22:1823-30. [PMID: 11880511 PMCID: PMC6758866] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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It was observed that the use of paired-pulse afferent stimulation as test stimulation (0.1-0.02 Hz) in the hippocampal CA1 area in young (1-2 week) rats, but not in older ones, led to declining synaptic activity. We show that such very low-frequency stimulation leads to long-term depression (LTD) initiated by activation of NMDA receptor channels and/or T-type voltage-dependent calcium channels. The depression is initiated within three or four such stimuli, and <10 are sufficient to induce a notable long-term effect. When the paired-pulse stimulation exceeded threshold for postsynaptic spike activation, the depression was preceded by an NMDA receptor-dependent potentiation. Irrespective of whether homosynaptic potentiation or depression occurred, the paired pulse stimulation also induced depression in neighboring synapses alternately activated by single stimuli. These results point to a very high sensitivity for induction of synaptic depression during the neonatal period. They also support the notion that a brief rise in postsynaptic calcium can induce long-term potentiation (LTP) or LTD, a larger rise more likely to induce LTP, as well as that a prolonged modest increase produces selectively only LTD.
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- Pontus Wasling
- Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Göteborg University, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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