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Karthik V, Jabbar PK, Roshan R, Basheer S. Hypogonadism evaluation: clinical examination is the key. BMJ Case Rep 2023; 16:e257472. [PMID: 37802586 PMCID: PMC10565332 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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- Vijayakumar Karthik
- Endocrinology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Endocrinology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Endocrinology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Di Nardo F, Manara R, Canna A, Trojsi F, Velletrani G, Sinisi AA, Cirillo M, Tedeschi G, Esposito F. Dynamic spectral signatures of mirror movements in the sensorimotor functional connectivity network of patients with Kallmann syndrome. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:971809. [PMID: 36117618 PMCID: PMC9477102 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.971809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In Kallmann syndrome (KS), the peculiar phenomenon of bimanual synkinesis or mirror movement (MM) has been associated with a spectral shift, from lower to higher frequencies, of the resting-state fMRI signal of the large-scale sensorimotor brain network (SMN). To possibly determine whether a similar frequency specificity exists across different functional connectivity SMN states, and to capture spontaneous transitions between them, we investigated the dynamic spectral changes of the SMN functional connectivity in KS patients with and without MM symptom. Brain MRI data were acquired at 3 Tesla in 39 KS patients (32 without MM, KSMM-, seven with MM, KSMM+) and 26 age- and sex-matched healthy control (HC) individuals. The imaging protocol included 20-min rs-fMRI scans enabling detailed spectro-temporal analyses of large-scale functional connectivity brain networks. Group independent component analysis was used to extract the SMN. A sliding window approach was used to extract the dynamic spectral power of the SMN functional connectivity within the canonical physiological frequency range of slow rs-fMRI signal fluctuations (0.01–0.25 Hz). K-means clustering was used to determine (and count) the most recurrent dynamic states of the SMN and detect the number of transitions between them. Two most recurrent states were identified, for which the spectral power peaked at a relatively lower (state 1) and higher (state 2) frequency. Compared to KS patients without MM and HC subjects, the SMN of KS patients with MM displayed significantly larger spectral power changes in the slow 3 canonical sub-band (0.073–0.198 Hz) and significantly fewer transitions between state 1 (less recurrent) and state 2 (more recurrent). These findings demonstrate that the presence of MM in KS patients is associated with reduced spontaneous transitions of the SMN between dynamic functional connectivity states and a higher recurrence and an increased spectral power change of the high-frequency state. These results provide novel information about the large-scale brain functional dynamics that could help to understand the pathologic mechanisms of bimanual synkinesis in KS syndrome and, potentially, other neurological disorders where MM may also occur.
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- Federica Di Nardo
- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,”Naples, Italy
- *Correspondence: Fabrizio Esposito,
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Liu Y, Zhi X. Advances in Genetic Diagnosis of Kallmann Syndrome and Genetic Interruption. Reprod Sci 2021; 29:1697-1709. [PMID: 34231173 PMCID: PMC9110439 DOI: 10.1007/s43032-021-00638-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a rare hereditary disease with high phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hyposmia/anosmia are the two major characterized phenotypes of KS. Besides, mirror movements, dental agenesis, digital bone abnormalities, unilateral renal agenesis, midline facial defects, hearing loss, and eye movement abnormalities can also be observed in KS patients. Because of the phenotypic heterogeneity, genetic diagnosis become increasingly valuable to distinguish KS from other disorders including normosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, constitutional delay of growth and puberty, CHARGE syndrome, and functional hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Application of next-generation sequencing has promoted the discovery of novel pathogenic genes in KS pedigrees. Prenatal diagnosis is an effective method in clinical settings to decrease birth defects and block transmission of genetic disorders. However, pregnant women may suffer from physical and psychological distress when fetuses are diagnosed with congenital defects. Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is a prospective approach during the in vitro fertilization process that helps to interrupt transmission of hereditary diseases to offspring at an early stage. Thus, genetic testing and counseling are recommended to KS patients with family histories, prenatal diagnosis and PGT are considered to be useful options.
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- Yujun Liu
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.,Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction (Peking University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China. .,National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction (Peking University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Filippopulos FM, Brem C, Seelos K, Köglsperger T, Sonnenfeld S, Kellert L, Vollmar C. Uncrossed corticospinal tract in health and genetic disorders: Review, case report, and clinical implications. Eur J Neurol 2021; 28:2804-2811. [PMID: 33949047 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Crossing pathologies of the corticospinal tract (CST) are rare and often associated with genetic disorders. However, they can be present in healthy humans and lead to ipsilateral motor deficits when a lesion to motor areas occurs. Here, we review historical and current literature of CST crossing pathologies and present a rare case of asymmetric crossing of the CST. METHODS Description of the case and systematic review of the literature were based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. The PubMed database was searched for peer-reviewed articles in English since 1950. All articles on ipsilateral stroke, uncrossed CST, and associated neurologic disorders were screened. Furthermore, a literature review between the years 1850 and 1980 including articles in other languages, books, opinions, and case studies was conducted. RESULTS Only a few descriptions of CST crossing pathologies exist in healthy humans, whereas they seem to be more common in genetic disorders such as horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis or congenital mirror movements. Our patient presented with aphasia and left-sided hemiparesis. Computed tomographic (CT) scan revealed a perfusion deficit in the left middle cerebral artery territory, which was confirmed by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), so that thrombolysis was administered. Diffusion tensor imaging with fibre tracking revealed an asymmetric CST crossing. CONCLUSIONS The knowledge of CST crossing pathologies is essential if a motor deficit occurs ipsilateral to the lesion side. An ipsilateral deficit should not lead to exclusion or delay of therapeutic options in patients with suspected stroke. Here, a combined evaluation of CT perfusion imaging and MRI diffusion imaging may be of advantage.
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of the LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Bierhals T, Korenke GC, Baethmann M, Marín LL, Staudt M, Kutsche K. Novel DCC variants in congenital mirror movements and evaluation of disease-associated missense variants. Eur J Med Genet 2018; 61:329-334. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Akinola OB, Gabriel MO. Neuroanatomical and molecular correlates of cognitive and behavioural outcomes in hypogonadal males. Metab Brain Dis 2018; 33:491-505. [PMID: 29230619 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-017-0163-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Robust epidemiological, clinical and laboratory evidence supports emerging roles for the sex steroids in such domains as neurodevelopment, behaviour, learning and cognition. Regions of the mammalian brain that are involved in cognitive development and memory do not only express the classical nuclear androgen receptor, but also the non-genomic membrane receptor, which is a G protein-coupled receptor that mediates some rapid effects of the androgens on neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity. Under physiological conditions, hippocampal neurons do express the enzyme aromatase, and therefore actively aromatize testosterone to oestradiol. Although glial expression of the aromatase enzyme is minimal, increased expression following injury suggests a role for sex steroids in neuroprotection. It is therefore plausible to deduce that low levels of circulating androgens in males would perturb neuronal functions in relation to cognition and memory, as well as neural repair following injury. The present review is an overview of some roles of the sex steroids on cognitive function in males, and the neuroanatomical and molecular underpinnings of some behavioural and cognitive deficits characteristic of such genetic disorders noted for low androgen levels, including Klinefelter syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Kallman syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome. Recent literature in relation to some behavioural and cognitive changes secondary to surgical and pharmacological castration are also appraised.
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- O B Akinola
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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Manara R, Di Nardo F, Salvalaggio A, Sinisi AA, Bonanni G, Palumbo V, Cantone E, Brunetti A, Di Salle F, D'errico A, Elefante A, Esposito F. Spectral signatures of mirror movements in the sensori-motor connectivity in kallmann syndrome. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 39:42-53. [PMID: 28963812 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Mirror movements (MM) might be observed in congenital and acquired neurodegenerative conditions but their anatomic-functional underpinnings are still largely elusive. This study investigated the spectral changes of resting-state functional connectivity in Kallmann Syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with hypo/anosmia with or without congenital MM) searching for insights into the phenomenon of MM. Forty-four Kallmann syndrome patients (21 with MM) and 24 healthy control subjects underwent task (finger tapping) and resting-state functional MRI. The spatial pattern of task-related activations was used to mask regions and select putative motor networks in a spatially independent component analysis of resting-state signals. For each resting-state independent component time-course power spectrum, we extracted the relative contribution of four separate bands: slow-5 (0.01-0.027 Hz), slow-4 (0.027-0.073 Hz), slow-3 (0.073-0.198 Hz), slow-2 (0.198-0.25 Hz), and analyzed the variance between groups. For the sensorimotor network, the analysis revealed a significant group by frequency interaction (P = 0.002) pointing to a frequency shift in the spectral content among subgroups with lower slow-5 band and higher slow-3 band contribution in Kallmann patients with MM versus controls (P = 0.028) and with lower slow-5 band contribution between patients with and without MM (P = 0.057). In specific regions, as obtained from hand motor activation task analysis, spectral analyses demonstrated a lower slow-5 band contribution in Kallmann patients with MM versus both controls and patients without MM (P < 0.05). In Kallmann syndrome, the peculiar phenomenon of bimanual synkinesis is associated at rest with regionally and spectrally selective functional connectivity changes pointing to a distinctive cortical and subcortical functional reorganization. Hum Brain Mapp 39:42-53, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Renzo Manara
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, neurological, Metabolic and aging sciences, Second University of Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical, neurological, Metabolic and aging sciences, Second University of Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, ENT section, Università Federico II, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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Lack of decussation of pyramids in Kallmann syndrome presenting with mirror movements. J Neurol Sci 2017; 372:220-222. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Welniarz Q, Dusart I, Roze E. The corticospinal tract: Evolution, development, and human disorders. Dev Neurobiol 2016; 77:810-829. [PMID: 27706924 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 09/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The corticospinal tract (CST) plays a major role in cortical control of spinal cord activity. In particular, it is the principal motor pathway for voluntary movements. Here, we discuss: (i) the anatomic evolution and development of the CST across mammalian species, focusing on its role in motor functions; (ii) the molecular mechanisms regulating corticospinal tract formation and guidance during mouse development; and (iii) human disorders associated with abnormal CST development. A comparison of CST anatomy and development across mammalian species first highlights important similarities. In particular, most CST axons cross the anatomical midline at the junction between the brainstem and spinal cord, forming the pyramidal decussation. Reorganization of the pattern of CST projections to the spinal cord during evolution led to improved motor skills. Studies of the molecular mechanisms involved in CST formation and guidance in mice have identified several factors that act synergistically to ensure proper formation of the CST at each step of development. Human CST developmental disorders can result in a reduction of the CST, or in guidance defects associated with abnormal CST anatomy. These latter disorders result in altered midline crossing at the pyramidal decussation or in the spinal cord, but spare the rest of the CST. Careful appraisal of clinical manifestations associated with CST malformations highlights the critical role of the CST in the lateralization of motor control. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 77: 810-829, 2017.
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- Quentin Welniarz
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, F-75013, Paris, France.,Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Neuroscience Paris Seine, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Neuroscience Paris Seine, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, F-75013, Paris, France.,Département des Maladies du Système Nerveux, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Stewart CE, Corella KM, Samberg BD, Jones PT, Linscott ML, Chung WCJ. Perinatal midline astrocyte development is impaired in fibroblast growth factor 8 hypomorphic mice. Brain Res 2016; 1646:287-296. [PMID: 27291295 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Our previous studies showed that Fgf8 mutations can cause Kallmann syndrome (KS), a form of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, in which patients do not undergo puberty and are infertile. Interestingly, some KS patients also have agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) suggesting that KS pathology is not limited to reproductive function. Here, we asked whether FGF8 dysfunction is the underlying cause of ACC in some KS patients. Indeed, early studies in transgenic mice with Fgf8 mutations reported the presence of failed or incomplete corpus callosum formation. Additional studies in transgenic mice showed that FGF8 function most likely prevents the prenatal elimination of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-immunoreactive (IR) glial cells in the indusium griseum (IG) and midline zipper (MZ), two anterior-dorsal midline regions required for corpus callosum formation (i.e., between embryonic days (E) 15.5-18.5). Here, we tested the hypothesis that FGF8 function is critical for the survival of the GFAP-IR midline glial cells. First, we measured the incidence of apoptosis in the anterior-dorsal midline region in Fgf8 hypomorphic mice during embryonic corpus callosum formation. Second, we quantified the GFAP expression in the anterior-dorsal midbrain region during pre- and postnatal development, in order to study: 1) how Fgf8 hypomorphy disrupts prenatal GFAP-IR midline glial cell development, and 2) whether Fgf8 hypomorphy continues to disrupt postnatal GFAP-IR midline glial cell development. Our results indicate that perinatal FGF8 signaling is important for the timing of the onset of anterior-dorsal Gfap expression in midline glial cells suggesting that FGF8 function regulates midline GFAP-IR glial cell development, which when disrupted by Fgf8 deficiency prevents the formation of the corpus callosum. These studies provide an experimentally-based mechanistic explanation as to why corpus callosum formation may fail in KS patients with deficits in FGF signaling.
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- Courtney E Stewart
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
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Willenberg R, Zukor K, Liu K, He Z, Steward O. Variable laterality of corticospinal tract axons that regenerate after spinal cord injury as a result of PTEN deletion or knock-down. J Comp Neurol 2016; 524:2654-76. [PMID: 26878190 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Corticospinal tract (CST) axons from one hemisphere normally extend and terminate predominantly in the contralateral spinal cord. We previously showed that deleting the gene phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) in the sensorimotor cortex enables CST axons to regenerate after spinal cord injury and that some regenerating axons extend along the "wrong" side. Here, we characterize the degree of specificity of regrowth in terms of laterality. PTEN was selectively deleted via cortical adeno-associated virus (AAV)-Cre injections in neonatal PTEN-floxed mice. As adults, mice received dorsal hemisection injuries at T12 or complete crush injuries at T9. CST axons from one hemisphere were traced by unilateral biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) injections in PTEN-deleted mice with spinal cord injury and in noninjured PTEN-floxed mice that had not received AAV-Cre. In noninjured mice, 97.9 ± 0.7% of BDA-labeled axons in white matter and 88.5 ± 1.0% of BDA-labeled axons in gray matter were contralateral to the cortex of origin. In contrast, laterality of CST axons that extended past a lesion due to PTEN deletion varied across animals. In some cases, regenerated axons extended predominantly on the ipsilateral side; in other cases, axons extended predominantly contralaterally, and in others, axons were similar in numbers on both sides. Similar results were seen in analyses of cases from previous studies using short hairpin (sh)RNA-mediated PTEN knock-down. These results indicate that CST axons that extend past a lesion due to PTEN deletion or knock-down do not maintain the contralateral rule of the noninjured CST, highlighting one aspect of how the resultant circuitry from regenerating axons may differ from that of the uninjured CST. J. Comp. Neurol. 524:2654-2676, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Rafer Willenberg
- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697.,School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115.,Institute for Antiviral Research, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115.,Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, 999077
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
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- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697
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Boehm U, Bouloux PM, Dattani MT, de Roux N, Dodé C, Dunkel L, Dwyer AA, Giacobini P, Hardelin JP, Juul A, Maghnie M, Pitteloud N, Prevot V, Raivio T, Tena-Sempere M, Quinton R, Young J. Expert consensus document: European Consensus Statement on congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism--pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2015; 11:547-64. [PMID: 26194704 DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2015.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 486] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) is a rare disorder caused by the deficient production, secretion or action of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which is the master hormone regulating the reproductive axis. CHH is clinically and genetically heterogeneous, with >25 different causal genes identified to date. Clinically, the disorder is characterized by an absence of puberty and infertility. The association of CHH with a defective sense of smell (anosmia or hyposmia), which is found in ∼50% of patients with CHH is termed Kallmann syndrome and results from incomplete embryonic migration of GnRH-synthesizing neurons. CHH can be challenging to diagnose, particularly when attempting to differentiate it from constitutional delay of puberty. A timely diagnosis and treatment to induce puberty can be beneficial for sexual, bone and metabolic health, and might help minimize some of the psychological effects of CHH. In most cases, fertility can be induced using specialized treatment regimens and several predictors of outcome have been identified. Patients typically require lifelong treatment, yet ∼10-20% of patients exhibit a spontaneous recovery of reproductive function. This Consensus Statement summarizes approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of CHH and discusses important unanswered questions in the field.
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- Ulrich Boehm
- University of Saarland School of Medicine, Germany
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- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Sevice of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), du Bugnon 46, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland
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- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Sevice of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), du Bugnon 46, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland
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Pintana H, Chattipakorn N, Chattipakorn S. Testosterone deficiency, insulin-resistant obesity and cognitive function. Metab Brain Dis 2015; 30:853-76. [PMID: 25703239 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-015-9655-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Testosterone is an androgenic steroid hormone, which plays an important role in the regulation of male reproduction and behaviors, as well as in the maintenance of insulin sensitivity. Several studies showed that testosterone exerted beneficial effects in brain function, including preventing neuronal cell death, balancing brain oxidative stress and antioxidant activity, improving synaptic plasticity and involving cognitive formation. Although previous studies showed that testosterone deficiency is positively correlated with cognitive impairment and insulin-resistant obesity, several studies demonstrated contradictory findings. Thus, this review comprehensively summarizes the current evidence from in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies of the relationship between testosterone deficiency and insulin-resistant obesity as well as the correlation between either insulin-resistant obesity or testosterone deficiency and cognitive impairment. Controversial reports and the mechanistic insights regarding the roles of testosterone in insulin-resistant obesity and cognitive function are also presented and discussed.
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- Hiranya Pintana
- Neurophysiology Unit, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Pangelinan MM, Leonard G, Perron M, Pike GB, Richer L, Veillette S, Pausova Z, Paus T. Puberty and testosterone shape the corticospinal tract during male adolescence. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 221:1083-94. [PMID: 25503450 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0956-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Some of the known sex differences in white matter emerge during adolescence. Here, we replicate and extend our previous findings of sex differences in the structure of the corticospinal tract (Perrin et al. 2009; Hervé et al. 2009). In a large normative sample of adolescents, we observed age × sex interactions in the signal intensity of T1-weighted (T1W) images (n = 941) and in magnetization transfer ratio (MTR; n = 761); both features were inversely associated with age in males but not in females. Moreover, we hypothesized that the age-related differences in CST structure exhibited by males would be mediated by differences in puberty stage and levels of bioavailable testosterone. We confirmed this prediction using mediation analysis with bootstrapping. These findings suggest that sex differences in the CST structure observed during male adolescence may be due to multiple processes associated with puberty, including (but not limited to) the rising levels of testosterone.
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- Melissa M Pangelinan
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- ECOBES, Céjep de Jonquière, 2505 Rue Saint Hubert, Jonquière, QC, G7X 3W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences de la Santé, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555 Boulevard de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC, G7H 2B1, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Département des Sciences de la Santé, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555 Boulevard de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC, G7H 2B1, Canada
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- ECOBES, Céjep de Jonquière, 2505 Rue Saint Hubert, Jonquière, QC, G7X 3W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences de la Santé, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555 Boulevard de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC, G7H 2B1, Canada
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- The Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada.
- Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3, Canada.
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Manara R, Salvalaggio A, Citton V, Palumbo V, D'Errico A, Elefante A, Briani C, Cantone E, Ottaviano G, Pellecchia MT, Greggio NA, Weis L, D'Agosto G, Rossato M, De Carlo E, Napoli E, Coppola G, Di Salle F, Brunetti A, Bonanni G, Sinisi AA, Favaro A. Brain anatomical substrates of mirror movements in Kallmann syndrome. Neuroimage 2014; 104:52-8. [PMID: 25300200 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2014] [Revised: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Among male patients affected by Kallmann syndrome, a genetically determined disease due to defective neural migration leading to hypogonadropic hypogonadism and hypo/anosmia, about 40% present the peculiar phenomenon of mirror movements, i.e. involuntary movements mirroring contralateral voluntary hand movements. Several pathogenic hypotheses have been proposed, but the ultimate neurological mechanisms are still elusive. The aim of the present study was to investigate brain anatomical substrates of mirror movements in Kallmann syndrome by means of a panel of quantitative MRI analyses. Forty-nine male Kallmann syndrome patients underwent brain MRI. The study protocol included 3D-T1-weighted gradient echo, fluid attenuated inversion recovery and diffusion tensor imaging. Voxel-based morphometry, sulcation, curvature and cortical thickness analyses and tract based spatial statistics were performed using SPM8, Freesurfer and FSL. All patients underwent a complete physical and neurological examination including the evaluation of mirror movements (according to the Woods and Teuber criteria). Kallmann syndrome patients presenting with mirror movements (16/49, 32%) displayed the following brain changes: 1) increased gray matter density in the depth of the left precentral sulcus behind the middle frontal gyrus; 2) decreased cortical thickness in the precentral gyrus bilaterally, in the depth of right precentral sulcus and in the posterior portion of the right superior frontal gyrus; and 3) decreased fractional anisotropy in the left hemisphere involving the temporal lobe and peritrigonal white matter. No differences were shown by cortical curvature and sulcation analyses. The composite array of brain changes observed in Kallmann syndrome patients with mirror movements likely represents the anatomical-structural underpinnings leading to the peculiar derangement of the complex circuitry committed to unilateral hand voluntary movements.
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- R Manara
- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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- IRCCS S. Camillo, Venezia, Italy.
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- Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Endocrinology and Medical Andrology Section, Second University of Napoli, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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- Neurology, Dept. of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Italy.
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- Ent. Section, Dept. of Neurosciences, "Federico II" University, Napoli, Italy; Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathology, "Federico II" University, Napoli, Italy.
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- Otolaryngology Section, Dept. of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Italy.
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- Neurology, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
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- UOS di Endocrinolgia Pediatrica e Adolescentologia, D.A.I.S. per la Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Azienda Ospedaliera - University of Padova, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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- Medicanova, Diagnostic Center, Battipaglia (SA), Italy.
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- Clinica Medica III, Dept. of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy.
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- Clinica Medica III, Dept. of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy.
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- Medicanova, Diagnostic Center, Battipaglia (SA), Italy.
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- Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University of Salerno, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
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- Neuroradiology, Dept. of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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- Unità di Endocrinologia, Dept. of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy.
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- Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Endocrinology and Medical Andrology Section, Second University of Napoli, Italy.
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- Psychiatry, Dept. of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Italy.
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Josephs KA, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Machulda MM, Senjem ML, Gunter JL, Schwarz CG, Reid RI, Spychalla AJ, Lowe VJ, Jack CR, Whitwell JL. The evolution of primary progressive apraxia of speech. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 137:2783-95. [PMID: 25113789 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Primary progressive apraxia of speech is a recently described neurodegenerative disorder in which patients present with an isolated apraxia of speech and show focal degeneration of superior premotor cortex. Little is known about how these individuals progress over time, making it difficult to provide prognostic estimates. Thirteen subjects with primary progressive apraxia of speech underwent two serial comprehensive clinical and neuroimaging evaluations 2.4 years apart [median age of onset = 67 years (range: 49-76), seven females]. All underwent detailed speech and language, neurological and neuropsychological assessments, and magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion tensor imaging and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography at both baseline and follow-up. Rates of change of whole brain, ventricle, and midbrain volumes were calculated using the boundary-shift integral and atlas-based parcellation, and rates of regional grey matter atrophy were assessed using tensor-based morphometry. White matter tract degeneration was assessed on diffusion-tensor imaging at each time-point. Patterns of hypometabolism were assessed at the single subject-level. Neuroimaging findings were compared with a cohort of 20 age, gender, and scan-interval matched healthy controls. All subjects developed extrapyramidal signs. In eight subjects the apraxia of speech remained the predominant feature. In the other five there was a striking progression of symptoms that had evolved into a progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome; they showed a combination of severe parkinsonism, near mutism, dysphagia with choking, vertical supranuclear gaze palsy or slowing, balance difficulties with falls and urinary incontinence, and one was wheelchair bound. Rates of whole brain atrophy (1.5% per year; controls = 0.4% per year), ventricular expansion (8.0% per year; controls = 3.3% per year) and midbrain atrophy (1.5% per year; controls = 0.1% per year) were elevated (P ≤ 0.001) in all 13, compared to controls. Increased rates of brain atrophy over time were observed throughout the premotor cortex, as well as prefrontal cortex, motor cortex, basal ganglia and midbrain, while white matter tract degeneration spread into the splenium of the corpus callosum and motor cortex white matter. Hypometabolism progressed over time in almost all subjects. These findings demonstrate that some subjects with primary progressive apraxia of speech will rapidly evolve and develop a devastating progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome ∼ 5 years after onset, perhaps related to progressive involvement of neocortex, basal ganglia and midbrain. These findings help improve our understanding of primary progressive apraxia of speech and provide some important prognostic guidelines.
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- Keith A Josephs
- 1 Department of Neurology (Behavioural Neurology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA 2 Department of Neurology (Movement Disorders), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 3 Department of Neurology (Speech Pathology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 3 Department of Neurology (Speech Pathology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (Neuropsychology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 5 Department of Information Technology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 5 Department of Information Technology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 6 Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 6 Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 7 Department of Radiology (Nuclear Medicine), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 6 Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- 6 Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Manara R, Salvalaggio A, Favaro A, Palumbo V, Citton V, Elefante A, Brunetti A, Di Salle F, Bonanni G, Sinisi AA. Brain changes in Kallmann syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:1700-6. [PMID: 24788131 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Kallmann syndrome is a rare inherited disorder due to defective intrauterine migration of olfactory axons and gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons, leading to rhinencephalon hypoplasia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Concomitant brain developmental abnormalities have been described. Our aim was to investigate Kallmann syndrome-related brain changes with conventional and novel quantitative MR imaging analyses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-five male patients with Kallmann syndrome (mean age, 30.7 years; range, 9-55 years) and 23 age-matched male controls underwent brain MR imaging. The MR imaging study protocol included 3D-T1, FLAIR, and diffusion tensor imaging (32 noncollinear gradient-encoding directions; b-value=800 s/mm2). Voxel-based morphometry, sulcation, curvature, and cortical thickness analyses and tract-based spatial statistics were performed by using Statistical Parametric Mapping 8, FreeSurfer, and the fMRI of the Brain Software Library. RESULTS Corpus callosum partial agenesis, multiple sclerosis-like white matter abnormalities, and acoustic schwannoma were found in 1 patient each. The total amount of gray and white matter volume and tract-based spatial statistics measures (fractional anisotropy and mean, radial, and axial diffusivity) did not differ between patients with Kallmann syndrome and controls. By specific analyses, patients with Kallmann syndrome presented with symmetric clusters of gray matter volume increase and decrease and white matter volume decrease close to the olfactory sulci; reduced sulcal depth of the olfactory sulci and deeper medial orbital-frontal sulci; lesser curvature of the olfactory sulcus and sharper curvature close to the medial orbital-frontal sulcus; and increased cortical thickness within the olfactory sulcus. CONCLUSIONS This large MR imaging study on male patients with Kallmann syndrome featured significant morphologic and structural brain changes, likely driven by olfactory bulb hypo-/aplasia, selectively involving the basal forebrain cortex.
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- R Manara
- From the Department of Neuroradiology (R.M., F.D.S.), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Camillo (R.M., V.C.), Venezia, Italy ENT section (R.M., A.S.), Department of Neurosciences, "Federico II" University, Napoli, Italy.
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- Departments of Neurology (A.S.) ENT section (R.M., A.S.), Department of Neurosciences, "Federico II" University, Napoli, Italy
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- Psychiatry (A.F.), Department of Neurosciences
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery (V.P., A.A.S.), Endocrinology and Medical Andrology Section, Second University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. Camillo (R.M., V.C.), Venezia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology (A.E., A.B.), Department of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate
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- Department of Neuroradiology (A.E., A.B.), Department of Scienze Biomediche Avanzate
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology (R.M., F.D.S.), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Unità di Endocrinologia (G.B.), Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery (V.P., A.A.S.), Endocrinology and Medical Andrology Section, Second University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Miyata H, Miyata M, Ohama E. Pyramidal tract abnormalities in the human fetus and infant with trisomy 18 syndrome. Neuropathology 2013; 34:219-26. [DOI: 10.1111/neup.12081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hajime Miyata
- Department of Neuropathology; Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels - Akita; Akita Japan
- Department of Neuropathology; Institute of Neurological Sciences; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; Yonago Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Igarashi Memorial Hospital; Akita Japan
- Department of Neuropathology; Institute of Neurological Sciences; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; Yonago Japan
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- Kurashiki Heisei Hospital; Kurashiki Japan
- Department of Neuropathology; Institute of Neurological Sciences; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; Yonago Japan
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Verhoeven WMA, Egger JIM, Hovens JE, Hoefsloot L. Kallmann syndrome and paranoid schizophrenia: a rare combination. BMJ Case Rep 2013; 2013:bcr-2012-007387. [PMID: 23329708 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a genetically heterogeneous and rare disorder characterised by the combination of hypothalamic hypogonadism and anosmia/hyposmia, a variable degree of intellectual disability and several somatic anomalies. In about one-third of the patients, mutations have been identified in at least seven different genes. Virtually no data are available about possible neuropsychiatric symptoms in KS. Here, a young adult male is described with a previous clinical diagnosis of KS and recent paranoid schizophrenia of which positive, but not negative symptoms, fully remitted upon treatment with antipsychotics. Neither genome-wide array analysis nor mutation analyses disclosed imbalances or mutations in any of presently known KS disease genes. This is the first report on a patient with KS and paranoid schizophrenia in whom extensive genetic analyses were performed. It is concluded that further studies are warranted in order to elucidate a possible increased risk for psychiatric symptoms in patients with KS.
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- Willem M A Verhoeven
- Centre of Excellence for Neuropsychiatry, Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Venray, The Netherlands.
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Addamo PK, Farrow M, Bradshaw JL, Georgiou-Karistianis N. Relative or absolute? Implications and consequences of the measures adopted to investigate motor overflow. J Mot Behav 2011; 43:203-12. [PMID: 21480026 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2011.561376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Motor overflow is involuntary overt movement or covert muscle activity that cooccurs with voluntary movement. Overflow is present in several pathological conditions, as well as in neurologically healthy children and older adults, and can be induced in healthy young adults under effortful conditions. This motor phenomenon may provide insight into the underlying mechanisms and kinetic characteristics of voluntary and involuntary motor control in various populations. Although often measured behaviorally using force transduction techniques, different methods of calculating and presenting such overflow data have resulted in seemingly contradictory findings, with limited discussion of the advantages and limitations of different approaches. In this article, the authors examined the relevant literature to highlight significant methodological considerations for authors and readers conducting or appraising this type of research. Issues regarding the interpretation and reporting of findings are also discussed. Researchers are encouraged to continue using behavioral measures to create well-defined variables that enable the study of the kinematic characteristics of overflow, as these may offer promising new ways forward in better characterizing and understanding this intriguing movement phenomenon.
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- Patricia K Addamo
- Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Congenital mirror movements: a clue to understanding bimanual motor control. J Neurol 2011; 258:1911-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6107-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Revised: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Structural properties of the corticospinal tract in the human brain: a magnetic resonance imaging study at 7 Tesla. Brain Struct Funct 2011; 216:255-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0306-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kaplan JD, Bernstein JA, Kwan A, Hudgins L. Clues to an early diagnosis of Kallmann syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2011; 152A:2796-801. [PMID: 20949504 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kallmann syndrome (KS) is defined by the association of idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia/hyposmia. Diagnosis is frequently delayed, however, because hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is usually not apparent until puberty and individuals with anosmia/hyposmia are often unaware of this sensory deficit. Mutations in at least six genes have been associated with KS; however, the sensitivity of molecular testing is only about 30% and, therefore, the diagnosis is largely based on clinical findings. We describe the findings in six individuals with KS, which demonstrate the utility of associated anomalies in making this diagnosis. Analysis of our case series and literature review suggests the consideration of KS for males with microphallus and/or cryptorchidism and for any patient with hearing loss, renal agenesis, and/or synkinesis. Conversely, patients with features of KS should have an audiology evaluation and a renal ultrasound.
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- Julie D Kaplan
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
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Tuck KK, Yeow TC, Morris JG, Baker F, Fung VS. The use of Fogs' test to assess associated movements in Parkinsonism, dystonia, and controls. Mov Disord 2010; 26:121-4. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.23431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 08/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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This article reviews symptoms and signs of aberrant axon connectivity in humans, and summarizes major human genetic disorders that result, or have been proposed to result, from defective axon guidance. These include corpus callosum agenesis, L1 syndrome, Joubert syndrome and related disorders, horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis, Kallmann syndrome, albinism, congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1, Duane retraction syndrome, and pontine tegmental cap dysplasia. Genes mutated in these disorders can encode axon growth cone ligands and receptors, downstream signaling molecules, and axon transport motors, as well as proteins without currently recognized roles in axon guidance. Advances in neuroimaging and genetic techniques have the potential to rapidly expand this field, and it is feasible that axon guidance disorders will soon be recognized as a new and significant category of human neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Koenigkam-Santos M, de Castro M, Versiani BR, Diniz PRB, Santos AC. Kallmann syndrome and mirror movements: White matter quantitative evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurol Sci 2010; 292:40-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2009] [Revised: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Etoh S, Noma T, Matsumoto S, Kamishita T, Shimodozono M, Ogata A, Kawahira K. Stroke patient with mirror movement of the affected hand due to an ipsilateral motor pathway confirmed by transcranial magnetic stimulation: a case report. Int J Neurosci 2010; 120:231-5. [PMID: 20374093 DOI: 10.3109/00207450903404229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A stroke patient with right hemiplegia and mirror movement underwent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and somatosensory-evoked potential (SEP) testing. The motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) of both abductor pollicis brevis muscles after stimulating the unaffected right hemisphere showed similar latencies, and were potentially produced by corticospinal tracts from the same motor cortex. N(20) responses of SEPs were recorded at C(4)' after contralateral stimulation of the unaffected left median nerve, but not stimulation of the affected right median nerve. The mirror movements and motor recovery might have utilized an ipsilateral motor pathway between the unaffected hemisphere and the affected hand.
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- Seiji Etoh
- Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
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OBJECTIVE Association of mirror movements with special kinds of neural tube defects, particularly cranial dermal sinus and cervical myelomeningocele, is extremely rare. We have tried to explain the probable pathophysiology underlying this rare condition. CLINICAL PRESENTATION Two cases are presented. Case 1: A right-handed 3-year-old boy brought to the outpatient clinic for evaluation of mirror movement had been operated on at 10 days of age to repair a cervical myelomeningocele. At examination, mirror movements were observed on both sides. Case 2: A right-handed 7-year-old boy referred for vertigo and occasional vomiting since 3 months of age. The mirror movements were present in the upper extremities, and reportedly had existed since early childhood. Brain magnetic resonance imaging disclosed the dermal sinus, tract, and midline dermoid tumor. CONCLUSION To describe a meaningful association between mirror movements and congenital abnormalities in 2 cases reported here, we propose development of an abnormality in the cervical spinal cord (case 1) and cervicomedullary junction (case 2) associated with gross anomalies in the affected areas.
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Cheng Y, Chou KH, Decety J, Chen IY, Hung D, Tzeng OJL, Lin CP. Sex differences in the neuroanatomy of human mirror-neuron system: a voxel-based morphometric investigation. Neuroscience 2008; 158:713-20. [PMID: 19010397 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2008] [Revised: 10/11/2008] [Accepted: 11/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Females frequently perform better in empathy, interpersonal sensitivity, and emotional recognition than do males. The mirror-neuron system has been proposed to play an important role in social cognition. It remains to be clarified, however, whether the neuroanatomy underlying the human mirror neuron system exhibits sex differences. With the use of voxel-based morphometry analysis, a whole-brain unbiased technique to characterize regional cerebral volume differences in structural magnetic resonance images, concurrent with the dispositional empathy measures, we demonstrate that young adult females (n=25) had significantly larger gray matter volume in the pars opercularis and inferior parietal lobule than matched males (n=25) participants. Moreover, higher self-report scores in the emotional empathic disposition was tightly coupled with larger gray matter volume of the pars opercularis across all female and male participants (P=0.002). These results indicate that the existence of neuroanatomical sex differences in the human mirror-neuron system. They also suggest that the network of the human mirror-neuron system is strongly linked to empathy competence.
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Li-Nong Street, Sec. 2, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan
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Koenigkam-Santos M, Santos AC, Borduqui T, Versiani BR, Hallak JEC, Crippa JAS, Castro M. Whole-brain voxel-based morphometry in Kallmann syndrome associated with mirror movements. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2008; 29:1799-804. [PMID: 18768731 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a1202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are 2 main hypotheses concerning the cause of mirror movements (MM) in Kallmann syndrome (KS): abnormal development of the primary motor system, involving the ipsilateral corticospinal tract; and lack of contralateral motor cortex inhibitory mechanisms, mainly through the corpus callosum. The purpose of our study was to determine white and gray matter volume changes in a KS population by using optimized voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and to investigate the relationship between the abnormalities and the presence of MM, addressing the 2 mentioned hypotheses. MATERIALS AND METHODS T1-weighted volumetric images from 21 patients with KS and 16 matched control subjects were analyzed with optimized VBM. Images were segmented and spatially normalized, and these deformation parameters were then applied to the original images before the second segmentation. Patients were divided into groups with and without MM, and a t test statistic was then applied on a voxel-by-voxel basis between the groups and controls to evaluate significant differences. RESULTS When considering our hypothesis a priori, we found that 2 areas of increased gray matter volume, in the left primary motor and sensorimotor cortex, were demonstrated only in patients with MM, when compared with healthy controls. Regarding white matter alterations, no areas of altered volume involving the corpus callosum or the projection of the corticospinal tract were demonstrated. CONCLUSION The VBM study did not show significant white matter changes in patients with KS but showed gray matter alterations in keeping with a hypertrophic response to a deficient pyramidal decussation in patients with MM. In addition, gray matter alterations were observed in patients without MM, which can represent more complex mechanisms determining the presence or absence of this symptom.
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- M Koenigkam-Santos
- Division of Radiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto-University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
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Callosal dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis correlates with diffusion tensor imaging of the central motor system. Neuromuscul Disord 2008; 18:398-407. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Revised: 12/19/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Addamo PK, Farrow M, Hoy KE, Bradshaw JL, Georgiou-Karistianis N. The effects of age and attention on motor overflow production—A review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 54:189-204. [PMID: 17300842 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2006] [Revised: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Motor overflow refers to overt involuntary movement, or covert muscle activity, that sometimes co-occurs with voluntary movement. Various clinical populations exhibit overflow. Motor overflow is also present in healthy children and the elderly, although in young adults, overt overflow is considered abnormal unless elicited under conditions of extreme force or muscle fatigue. Current theories of overflow imply that the corpus callosum may mediate production of this phenomenon. However, given that the corpus callosum is a conduit enabling the transfer of cortical information, surprisingly few studies have considered the cortical or subcortical structures underlying overflow. This review considers the developmental trend of motor overflow production, specifically in the upper-limbs, and the mechanisms thought to underlie this age-related phenomenon. Potential neurological correlates of motor overflow will be discussed in conjunction with higher order attentional processes which also regulate motor overflow production. Future research investigating the impact of attentional processes on overflow production may be particularly valuable for designing rehabilitation strategies for patients experiencing induced pathological overflow or conversely, to develop techniques to encourage the recovery of movement function in individuals with paretic limbs.
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- Patricia K Addamo
- Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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Lo YL, Dan YF, Tan YE, Fook-Chong S, Tan SB, Tan CT, Raman S. Intraoperative monitoring study of ipsilateral motor evoked potentials in scoliosis surgery. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2006; 15 Suppl 5:656-60. [PMID: 16858594 PMCID: PMC1602201 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0190-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 07/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in spinal cord surgery intraoperative monitoring is not well studied. We show that ipsilateral MEPs have significantly larger amplitudes and were elicited with lower stimulation intensities than contralateral MEPs. The possible underlying mechanisms are discussed based on current knowledge of corticospinal pathways. Ipsilateral MEPs may provide additional information on the integrity of descending motor tracts during spinal surgery monitoring.
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- Y L Lo
- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
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Emdad R, Bonekamp D, Sondergaard HP, Bjorklund T, Agartz I, Ingvar M, Theorell T. Morphometric and psychometric comparisons between non-substance-abusing patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and normal controls. PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS 2006; 75:122-32. [PMID: 16508348 DOI: 10.1159/000090897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hippocampal decrease in size in response to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is still a subject of controversy. The aims of this study were to: (1) confirm previous hippocampus findings in PTSD patients compared to controls, using ethnically similar study groups where alcohol and drug abuse were non-existent; (2) test influence of disease duration as well as depression scores on possible morphological changes; (3) test whether the voxel-based morphometry (VBM) data confirm the group differences seen in the region of interest (ROI) analysis, and (4) test the associations between the cognitive test scores and the morphological changes. METHODS VBM and ROI-based analysis were applied in 23 patients and 17 healthy controls. Culture-neutral cognitive tests were used. RESULTS The ROI-based method showed significantly decreased gray matter volumes for global hippocampal volume, as in a separate analysis of left and right sides in the PTSD group. Total volume of the hippocampus was significantly decreased on the left side, as in the global assessment. A multiple regression VBM model showed significant voxel clusters for group affiliation in the right hippocampus, modelling lowering of gray matter associated with the PTSD group. Disease duration was shown to be negatively correlated to bilateral hippocampal volume and high depression score to bilateral gray matter parahippocampal volume. No significant correlations were found between hippocampal or parahippocampal volumes and cognitive functions. CONCLUSION The present and previous studies showed that morphologic differences do not appear to be due to drug or alcohol abuse. The VBM data partially confirm the group differences seen in the ROI-based method in the medial temporal lobe. The fact that the significantly lower score on the short-term memory test in the PTSD group is not correlated to hippocampal volume may suggest a more general basis for such memory impairment.
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- Reza Emdad
- Karolinska Institute, and National Institute for Psychosocial Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sahin S, Tan D, Aydin S, Kiziltan M, Karsidag S. Increased mirror movements after epileptic seizure in a case of polymicrogyria. Neurologist 2006; 12:106-8. [PMID: 16534448 DOI: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000195822.78378.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mirror movements (MM) are involuntary movements during the voluntary movements of the contralateral homologous body parts. REVIEW SUMMARY We report a patient with an increase in MM after suffering an epileptic seizure of his upper and lower limbs due to the right frontoparietal polymicrogyria, including the supplementary motor area as evidenced by magnetic resonance imaging. MM have been investigated using transcranial magnetic stimulation and other electrophysiological techniques in our case. CONCLUSION This case is notable in that it is the first recorded observation of a patient manifesting mirroring after apparently suffering an epileptic seizure. In our case, we suggest that epileptic seizure increases MM by inducing cortical reorganization.
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- Sevki Sahin
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Maltepe University, Turkey
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Espay AJ, Li JY, Johnston L, Chen R, Lang AE. Mirror movements in parkinsonism: evaluation of a new clinical sign. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005; 76:1355-8. [PMID: 16170075 PMCID: PMC1739373 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.062950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mirror movements (MM) are not widely appreciated in parkinsonism and no report has evaluated this clinical sign in detail. OBJECTIVES To define the parkinsonian clinical features associated with MM in patients with early, asymmetric parkinsonism. METHODS Twenty seven patients with early Parkinson's disease were evaluated using a standardised videotaping protocol. MM were scored from blinded video assessment using a clinical scale that rates the amplitude, distribution, and proportion of mirroring in the less affected limb. Parkinsonian features were combined into axial and lateralised scores using related items of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. RESULTS MM were present in 24 of 27 patients. There was a significant linear correlation between the degree of asymmetry of motor deficits and MM on the less affected side. The effect of asymmetry was greater when the proportional rather than the absolute motor difference between sides was largest. Asymmetry in leg rigidity was the most important examination feature in the prediction of contralateral foot mirroring. CONCLUSIONS MM are a clinical feature of the unaffected or less affected side in mild asymmetric parkinsonism. Their presence may be a useful clinical finding in early parkinsonism.
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- A J Espay
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 258, Canada
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Rosen HJ, Allison SC, Schauer GF, Gorno-Tempini ML, Weiner MW, Miller BL. Neuroanatomical correlates of behavioural disorders in dementia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 128:2612-25. [PMID: 16195246 PMCID: PMC1820861 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Neurodegenerative diseases are associated with profound changes in social and emotional function. The emergence of increasingly sophisticated methods for measuring brain volume has facilitated correlation of local changes in tissue content with cognitive and behavioural changes in neurodegenerative disease. The current study examined neuroanatomical correlates of behavioural abnormalities, as measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, in 148 patients with dementia using voxel-based morphometry. Of 12 behaviours examined, 4 correlated with tissue loss: apathy, disinhibition, eating disorders and aberrant motor behaviour. Increasing severity across these four behaviours was associated with tissue loss in the ventral portion of the right anterior cingulate cortex (vACC) and adjacent ventromedial superior frontal gyrus (vmSFG), the right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) more posteriorly, the right lateral middle frontal gyrus, the right caudate head, the right orbitofrontal cortex and the right anterior insula. In addition, apathy was independently associated with tissue loss in the right vmSFG, disinhibition with tissue loss in the right subgenual cingulate gyrus in the VMPC, and aberrant motor behaviour with tissue loss in the right dorsal ACC and left premotor cortex. These data strongly support the involvement of the right hemisphere in mediating social and emotional behaviour and highlight the importance of distinct regions on the medial wall of the right frontal lobe in regulating different behaviours. Furthermore, the findings underscore the utility of studying patients with dementia for understanding the neuroanatomical basis of social and emotional functions.
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- Howard J Rosen
- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-1207, USA.
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Rosen HJ, Wilson MR, Schauer GF, Allison S, Gorno-Tempini ML, Pace-Savitsky C, Kramer JH, Levenson RW, Weiner M, Miller BL. Neuroanatomical correlates of impaired recognition of emotion in dementia. Neuropsychologia 2005; 44:365-73. [PMID: 16154603 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2004] [Revised: 05/24/2005] [Accepted: 06/09/2005] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Neurodegenerative diseases frequently affect brain regions important for emotional processing, offering a valuable opportunity to study the effects of brain injury on emotion. The current study examined the neuroanatomical correlates of impaired recognition of emotions in patients with neurodegenerative disease. Performance on recognition of facial expressions, as measured by the Florida Affect Battery, was correlated with regional changes in gray matter tissue content in 50 patients with neurodegenerative disease using voxel-based morphometry. Recognition accuracy in the group was poor for negative emotions (fear, anger and sadness) and good for happiness, consistent with previous studies. For negative emotions, a region in the right lateral inferior temporal gyrus (Brodman's area (BA) 20) extending into the right middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) was correlated with accuracy. This effect appeared to be strongest for sadness, which was also independently correlated with atrophy in the superior temporal gyrus. These data suggest that regions in the right lateral and inferolateral temporal lobe are important for visual processing of negative emotions from faces and that functioning of this right temporal network is most critical for recognition of sad faces.
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- Howard J Rosen
- University of California at San Francisco Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, 350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 706, Box 1207, San Francisco, CA 94143-1207, USA.
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The crossing of nerve tracts from one hemisphere in the brain to the contralateral sense organ or limb is a common pattern throughout the CNS, which occurs at specialised bridging points called decussations or commissures. Evolutionary and teleological arguments suggest that midline crossing emerged in response to distinct physiological and anatomical constraints. Several genetic and developmental disorders involve crossing defects or mirror movements, including Kallmann's and Klippel-Feil syndrome, and further defects can also result from injury. Crossed pathways are also involved in recovery after CNS lesions and may allow for compensation for damaged areas. The development of decussation is under the control of a host of signalling molecules. Growing understanding of the molecular processes underlying the formation of these structures offers hope for new diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
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- Serge Vulliemoz
- Neurology Department, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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ten Donkelaar HJ, Lammens M, Wesseling P, Hori A, Keyser A, Rotteveel J. Development and malformations of the human pyramidal tract. J Neurol 2004; 251:1429-42. [PMID: 15645341 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0653-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2004] [Accepted: 09/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The corticospinal tract develops over a rather long period of time, during which malformations involving this main central motor pathway may occur. In rodents, the spinal outgrowth of the corticospinal tract occurs entirely postnatally, but in primates largely prenatally. In mice, an increasing number of genes have been found to play a role during the development of the pyramidal tract. In experimentally studied mammals, initially a much larger part of the cerebral cortex sends axons to the spinal cord, and the site of termination of corticospinal fibers in the spinal grey matter is much more extensive than in adult animals. Selective elimination of the transient corticospinal projections yields the mature projections functionally appropriate for the pyramidal tract. Direct corticomotoneuronal projections arise as the latest components of the corticospinal system. The subsequent myelination of the pyramidal tract is a slow process, taking place over a considerable period of time. Available data suggest that in man the pyramidal tract develops in a similar way. Several variations in the funicular trajectory of the human pyramidal tract have been described in otherwise normally developed cases, the most obvious being those with uncrossed pyramidal tracts. A survey of the neuropathological and clinical literature, illustrated with autopsy cases, reveals that the pyramidal tract may be involved in a large number of developmental disorders. Most of these malformations form part of a broad spectrum, ranging from disorders of patterning, neurogenesis and neuronal migration of the cerebral cortex to hypoxic-ischemic injury of the white matter. In some cases, pyramidal tract malformations may be due to abnormal axon guidance mechanisms. The molecular nature of such disorders is only beginning to be revealed.
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- H J ten Donkelaar
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, P. O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Dodé C, Hardelin JP. Kallmann syndrome: fibroblast growth factor signaling insufficiency? J Mol Med (Berl) 2004; 82:725-34. [PMID: 15365636 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-004-0571-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2004] [Accepted: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kallmann syndrome (KAL) is a developmental disease that combines hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia. Anosmia is related to the absence or hypoplasia of the olfactory bulbs. Hypogonadism is due to GnRH deficiency and is likely to result from the failed embryonic migration of GnRH-synthesizing neurons. These cells normally migrate from the olfactory epithelium to the forebrain along the olfactory nerve pathway. KAL is phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous. The gene responsible for the X-chromosome linked form of the disease (KAL1) has been identified in 1991. KAL1 encodes anosmin-1, an approximately 95-kDa glycoprotein of unknown function which is present locally in various extracellular matrices during the period of organogenesis. The recent finding that FGFR1 mutations are involved in an autosomal dominant form of Kallmann syndrome (KAL2), combined with the analysis of mutant mouse embryos that no longer express Fgfr1 in the telencephalon, suggests that the disease results from a deficiency in FGF signaling at the earliest stage of olfactory bulb morphogenesis. We propose that the role of anosmin-1 is to enhance FGF signaling and suggest that the gender difference in anosmin-1 dose (because KAL1 partially escapes X-inactivation) explains the higher prevalence of the disease in males.
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- Catherine Dodé
- Institut Cochin et Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Cochin, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.
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Luders E, Gaser C, Jancke L, Schlaug G. A voxel-based approach to gray matter asymmetries. Neuroimage 2004; 22:656-64. [PMID: 15193594 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2003] [Revised: 01/20/2004] [Accepted: 01/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was used to analyze gray matter (GM) asymmetries in a large sample (n = 60) of male and female professional musicians with and without absolute pitch (AP). We chose to examine these particular groups because previous studies using traditional region-of-interest (ROI) analyses have shown differences in hemispheric asymmetry related to AP and gender. Voxel-based methods may have advantages over traditional ROI-based methods since the analysis can be performed across the whole brain with minimal user bias. After determining that the VBM method was sufficiently sensitive for the detection of differences in GM asymmetries between groups, we found that male AP musicians were more leftward lateralized in the anterior region of the planum temporale (PT) than male non-AP musicians. This confirmed the results of previous studies using ROI-based methods that showed an association between PT asymmetry and the AP phenotype. We further observed that male non-AP musicians revealed an increased leftward GM asymmetry in the postcentral gyrus compared to female non-AP musicians, again corroborating results of a previously published study using ROI-based methods. By analyzing hemispheric GM differences across our entire sample, we were able to partially confirm findings of previous studies using traditional morphometric techniques, as well as more recent, voxel-based analyses. In addition, we found some unusually pronounced GM asymmetries in our musician sample not previously detected in subjects unselected for musical training. Since we were able to validate gender- and AP-related brain asymmetries previously described using traditional ROI-based morphometric techniques, the results of our analyses support the use of VBM for examinations of GM asymmetries.
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- E Luders
- Institute of Experimental and General Psychology, University of Magdeburg, Germany
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Mehta S, Grabowski TJ, Trivedi Y, Damasio H. Evaluation of voxel-based morphometry for focal lesion detection in individuals. Neuroimage 2004; 20:1438-54. [PMID: 14642458 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(03)00377-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) is an automated statistical technique used to detect regional differences in tissue density and tissue amount based on spatially standardized structural magnetic resonance (MR) images. Developed initially to discern differences between groups of subjects, VBM is now being used to characterize structural abnormalities in individual brains. While VBM performance has been qualitatively assessed for this purpose, to date no quantitative validation study has been performed. This study evaluated several commonly used variants of VBM for detecting structural differences at the individual level by assessing their performance in MR images of 10 subjects with stable focal brain lesions. Results were quantitatively compared to expert tracings of the lesions, the current gold standard for lesion detection and delineation. Additionally, analyses using two sets of simulated lesion data were performed to examine the relative impact of the underlying processing steps on VBM results. Performance metrics revealed that (1) for this application, VBM had low sensitivity; (2) detection sensitivity was altered by model parameterization; (3) underperformance was due to the adverse influence of lesions on the preprocessing steps and to insufficient statistical power; and (4) VBM could not satisfactorily delineate the spatial extent of lesions, even in simulations that avoided preprocessing artifacts. In its current form, VBM is not a suitable stand-alone technique for detecting or spatially characterizing focal lesions.
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- Sonya Mehta
- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Trarbach EB, Monlleo IL, Porciuncula CGG, Fontes MIB, Baptista MTM, Hackel C. Similar interstitial deletions of the KAL-1 gene in two Brazilian families with X-linked Kallmann Syndrome. Genet Mol Biol 2004. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572004000300006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil; Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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Critchley HD, Good CD, Ashburner J, Frackowiak RS, Mathias CJ, Dolan RJ. Changes in cerebral morphology consequent to peripheral autonomic denervation. Neuroimage 2003; 18:908-16. [PMID: 12725766 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(03)00011-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Pure autonomic failure (PAF) is characterized by an acquired, selective, peripheral denervation of the autonomic nervous system. Patients with PAF fail to generate bodily states of arousal via the autonomic nervous system in response to physical or cognitive effort. We used voxel-based morphometry to test the hypothesis that changes in the morphology of brain regions involved in autonomic control would arise as a consequence to the longstanding absence of peripheral autonomic responses in PAF patients. Optimized voxel-based morphometry of structural magnetic resonance scans was used to test for regional differences in grey and white matter in 15 PAF patients and matched controls. There were no group differences observed in global measures of grey matter, white matter, or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We identified morphometric differences reflecting regional decreases in grey matter volume and concentration in anterior cingulate and insular cortices in PAF patients relative to controls. Morphometric differences in brainstem and subcortical regions did not reach statistical significance. Our findings suggest that peripheral autonomic denervation is associated with grey matter loss in cortical regions encompassing areas that we have previously shown are functionally involved in generation and representation of bodily states of autonomic arousal. The nature of these changes cannot be determined from morphometric analysis alone, but we suggest that they reflect experience-dependent change consequent upon loss of afferent input to brain regions involved in representation of autonomic states.
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- Hugo D Critchley
- Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, UCL, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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Bouloux PM, Hu Y, MacColl G. Recent advances in the pathogenesis of Kallmann's syndrome. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2003; 141:79-83. [PMID: 12508562 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)41085-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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- Pierre-Marc Bouloux
- Centre for Neuroendocrinology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2QG, UK.
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Matharu MS, Good CD, May A, Bahra A, Goadsby PJ. No change in the structure of the brain in migraine: a voxel-based morphometric study. Eur J Neurol 2003; 10:53-7. [PMID: 12534993 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Migraine is a common, disabling form of primary neurovascular headache. For most of the twentieth century it was regarded as a vascular headache whose primary pathophysiology lay in the cranial vasculature. Functional brain imaging using positron emission tomography has demonstrated activation of the rostral brain stem in acute migraine. Voxel-based morphometry is a new fully automated whole brain technique that is sensitive to subtle macroscopic and mesoscopic structural differences between groups of subjects. In this study 11 patients suffering from migraine with aura (10 females, one male: 23-52 years, mean 31); 11 controls (10 females, one male: 23-52, mean 31); 17 patients with migraine without aura (16 females, one male: 24-57, mean 34); 17 controls (16 females, one male: 24-57, mean 34) were imaged with high resolution volumetric magnetic resonance imaging. There was no significant difference in global grey or white matter volumes between either patients with migraine and controls, or patients with aura and without aura. This study did not show any global or regional macroscopic structural difference between patients with migraine and controls, with migraine sufferers taken as homogenous groups. If structural changes are to be found, other methods of phenotyping migraine, such as by genotype or perhaps treatment response, may be required to resolve completely whether there is some subtle structural change in the brain of patients with migraine.
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- M S Matharu
- Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
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Three new studies into the function of human anosmin-1 and related proteins in C. elegans and rodents show that these influence axon branching and axon targeting. The rodent anosmin appears to work at two stages of development, initially promoting axon outgrowth from the olfactory bulb and then stimulating branching from axons into the olfactory cortex. CeKal-1 further influences morphogenesis, and, as the human and nematode anosmins are functionally conserved, these studies provide insights into the pathogenesis of Kallmann syndrome (KS).
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- Gavin MacColl
- Neuroendocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom
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Soussi-Yanicostas N, de Castro F, Julliard AK, Perfettini I, Chédotal A, Petit C. Anosmin-1, defective in the X-linked form of Kallmann syndrome, promotes axonal branch formation from olfactory bulb output neurons. Cell 2002; 109:217-28. [PMID: 12007408 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00713-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The physiological role of anosmin-1, defective in the X chromosome-linked form of Kallmann syndrome, is not yet known. Here, we show that anti-anosmin-1 antibodies block the formation of the collateral branches of rat olfactory bulb output neurons (mitral and tufted cells) in organotypic cultures. Moreover, anosmin-1 greatly enhances axonal branching of these dissociated neurons in culture. In addition, coculture experiments with either piriform cortex or anosmin-1-producing CHO cells demonstrate that anosmin-1 is a chemoattractant for the axons of these neurons, suggesting that this protein, which is expressed in the piriform cortex, attracts their collateral branches in vivo. We conclude that anosmin-1 has a dual branch-promoting and guidance activity, which plays an essential role in the patterning of mitral and tufted cell axon collaterals to the olfactory cortex.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nadia Soussi-Yanicostas
- Unité de Génétique des Déficits Sensoriels, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Recherche Associée 1968, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, F-75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
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