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Malone PS, Eberhardt SP, Wimmer K, Sprouse C, Klein R, Glomb K, Scholl CA, Bokeria L, Cho P, Deco G, Jiang X, Bernstein LE, Riesenhuber M. Neural mechanisms of vibrotactile categorization. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:3078-3090. [PMID: 30920706 PMCID: PMC6865665 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The grouping of sensory stimuli into categories is fundamental to cognition. Previous research in the visual and auditory systems supports a two-stage processing hierarchy that underlies perceptual categorization: (a) a "bottom-up" perceptual stage in sensory cortices where neurons show selectivity for stimulus features and (b) a "top-down" second stage in higher level cortical areas that categorizes the stimulus-selective input from the first stage. In order to test the hypothesis that the two-stage model applies to the somatosensory system, 14 human participants were trained to categorize vibrotactile stimuli presented to their right forearm. Then, during an fMRI scan, participants actively categorized the stimuli. Representational similarity analysis revealed stimulus selectivity in areas including the left precentral and postcentral gyri, the supramarginal gyrus, and the posterior middle temporal gyrus. Crucially, we identified a single category-selective region in the left ventral precentral gyrus. Furthermore, an estimation of directed functional connectivity delivered evidence for robust top-down connectivity from the second to first stage. These results support the validity of the two-stage model of perceptual categorization for the somatosensory system, suggesting common computational principles and a unified theory of perceptual categorization across the visual, auditory, and somatosensory systems.
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- Patrick S. Malone
- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing SciencesGeorge Washington UniversityWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication TechnologiesUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- Centre de Recerca MatemàticaBarcelonaSpain
- Barcelona Graduate School of MathematicsBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication TechnologiesUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- Department of RadiologyCentre Hospitalier Universitaire VaudoisLausanneSwitzerland
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication TechnologiesUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)BarcelonaSpain
- Department of NeuropsychologyMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesLeipzigGermany
- School of Psychological SciencesMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing SciencesGeorge Washington UniversityWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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Many GM, Kendrick Z, Deschamps CL, Sprouse C, Tosi LL, Devaney JM, Gordish-Dressman H, Barfield W, Hoffman EP, Houmard JA, Pescatello LS, Vogel HJ, Shearer J, Hittel DS. Genetic characterization of physical activity behaviours in university students enrolled in kinesiology degree programs. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2016; 42:278-284. [PMID: 28177749 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2016-0441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Studies of physical activity behaviours have increasingly shown the importance of heritable factors such as genetic variation. Nonsynonymous polymorphisms of alpha-actinin 3 (ACTN3) and the β-adrenergic receptors 1 and 3 (ADRB1 and ADRB3) have been previously associated with exercise capacity and cardiometabolic health. We thus hypothesized that these polymorphisms are also related to physical activity behaviours in young adults. To test this hypothesis we examined relationships between ACTN3 (R577X), ARDB1 (Arg389Gly), ADRB3 (Trp64Arg), and physical activity behaviours in university students. We stratified for student enrollment in kinesiology degree programs compared with nonmajors as we previously found this to be a predictor of physical activity. We did not identify novel associations between physical activity and ACTN3. However, the minor alleles of ADRB1 and ADRB3 were significantly underrepresented in kinesiology students compared with nonmajors. Furthermore, carriers of the ADRB1 minor allele reported reduced participation in moderate physical activity and increased afternoon fatigue compared with ancestral allele homozygotes. Together, these findings suggest that the heritability of physical activity behaviours in young adults may be linked to nonsynonymous polymorphisms within β-adrenergic receptors.
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- Gina M Many
- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,f Departments of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA
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- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- a Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- c Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- e Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- b Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,e Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- e Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Samango-Sprouse C, Lawson P, Sprouse C, Stapleton E, Sadeghin T, Gropman A. Expanding the phenotypic profile of Kleefstra syndrome: A female with low-average intelligence and childhood apraxia of speech. Am J Med Genet A 2016; 170A:1312-6. [PMID: 26833960 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kleefstra syndrome (KS) is a rare neurogenetic disorder most commonly caused by deletion in the 9q34.3 chromosomal region and is associated with intellectual disabilities, severe speech delay, and motor planning deficits. To our knowledge, this is the first patient (PQ, a 6-year-old female) with a 9q34.3 deletion who has near normal intelligence, and developmental dyspraxia with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). At 6, the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Intelligence testing (WPPSI-III) revealed a Verbal IQ of 81 and Performance IQ of 79. The Beery Buktenica Test of Visual Motor Integration, 5th Edition (VMI) indicated severe visual motor deficits: VMI = 51; Visual Perception = 48; Motor Coordination < 45. On the Receptive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test-R (ROWPVT-R), she had standard scores of 96 and 99 in contrast to an Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary-R (EOWPVT-R) standard scores of 73 and 82, revealing a discrepancy in vocabulary domains on both evaluations. Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) on PQ's first evaluation reveals a significant difference between auditory comprehension and expressive communication with standard scores of 78 and 57, respectively, further supporting the presence of CAS. This patient's near normal intelligence expands the phenotypic profile as well as the prognosis associated with KS. The identification of CAS in this patient provides a novel explanation for the previously reported speech delay and expressive language disorder. Further research is warranted on the impact of CAS on intelligence and behavioral outcome in KS. Therapeutic and prognostic implications are discussed.
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- Carole Samango-Sprouse
- Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Center for Young Children, Crofton, Maryland.,The Focus Foundation, Davidsonville, Maryland.,Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.,Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Center for Young Children, Crofton, Maryland.,The Focus Foundation, Davidsonville, Maryland
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia.,George Washington University of the Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia
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Sprouse C, Tosi LL, Gordish-Dressman H, Abdel-Ghani MS, Panchapakesan K, Niederberger B, Devaney JM, Kelly KR. CK-MM Polymorphism is Associated With Physical Fitness Test Scores in Military Recruits. Mil Med 2015; 180:1001-5. [PMID: 26327553 DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-14-00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Muscle-specific creatine kinase is thought to play an integral role in maintaining energy homeostasis by providing a supply of creatine phosphate. The genetic variant, rs8111989, contributes to individual differences in physical performance, and thus the purpose of this study was to determine if rs8111989 variant is predictive of Physical Fitness Test (PFT) scores in male, military infantry recruits. METHODS DNA was extracted from whole blood, and genotyping was performed in 176 Marines. Relationships between PFT measures (run, sit-ups, and pull-ups) and genotype were determined. RESULTS Participants with 2 copies of the T allele for rs8111989 variant had higher PFT scores for run time, pull-ups, and total PFT score. Specifically, participants with 2 copies of the TT allele (variant) (n = 97) demonstrated an overall higher total PFT score as compared with those with one copy of the C allele (n = 79) (TT: 250 ± 31 vs. CC/CT 238 ± 31; p = 0.02), run score (TT: 82 ± 10 vs. CC/CT 78 ± 11; p = 0.04) and pull-up score (TT: 78 ± 11 vs. CC/CT 65 ± 21; p = 0.04) or those with the CC/CT genotype. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate an association between physical performance measures and genetic variation in the muscle-specific creatine kinase gene (rs8111989).
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- Courtney Sprouse
- Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Room 5700, Washington, DC 20010
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2121 I Street NW, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
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- Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Room 5700, Washington, DC 20010
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- Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Room 5700, Washington, DC 20010
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- Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Room 5700, Washington, DC 20010
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- Warfighter Performance Department, Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106
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- Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Room 5700, Washington, DC 20010
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- Warfighter Performance Department, Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106
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Pacheco-Colón I, Washington SD, Sprouse C, Helman G, Gropman AL, VanMeter JW. Reduced Functional Connectivity of Default Mode and Set-Maintenance Networks in Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129595. [PMID: 26067829 PMCID: PMC4466251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is an X-chromosome linked urea cycle disorder (UCD) that causes hyperammonemic episodes leading to white matter injury and impairments in executive functioning, working memory, and motor planning. This study aims to investigate differences in functional connectivity of two resting-state networks—default mode and set-maintenance—between OTCD patients and healthy controls. Methods Sixteen patients with partial OTCD and twenty-two control participants underwent a resting-state scan using 3T fMRI. Combining independent component analysis (ICA) and region-of-interest (ROI) analyses, we identified the nodes that comprised each network in each group, and assessed internodal connectivity. Results Group comparisons revealed reduced functional connectivity in the default mode network (DMN) of OTCD patients, particularly between the anterior cingulate cortex/medial prefrontal cortex (ACC/mPFC) node and bilateral inferior parietal lobule (IPL), as well as between the ACC/mPFC node and the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) node. Patients also showed reduced connectivity in the set-maintenance network, especially between right anterior insula/frontal operculum (aI/fO) node and bilateral superior frontal gyrus (SFG), as well as between the right aI/fO and ACC and between the ACC and right SFG. Conclusion Internodal functional connectivity in the DMN and set-maintenance network is reduced in patients with partial OTCD compared to controls, most likely due to hyperammonemia-related white matter damage. Because several of the affected areas are involved in executive functioning, it is postulated that this reduced connectivity is an underlying cause of the deficits OTCD patients display in this cognitive domain.
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- Ileana Pacheco-Colón
- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America
- George Washington University of the Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Department of Neurogenetics, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America
- George Washington University of the Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Medical Genetics Branch, NHGRI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Sprouse C, King J, Helman G, Pacheco-Colón I, Shattuck K, Breeden A, Seltzer R, VanMeter JW, Gropman AL. Investigating neurological deficits in carriers and affected patients with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2014; 113:136-41. [PMID: 24881970 PMCID: PMC4458385 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Urea cycle disorders are caused by dysfunction in any of the six enzymes and two transport proteins involved in urea biosynthesis. Our study focuses on ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD), an X-linked disorder that results in a dysfunctional mitochondrial enzyme, which prevents the synthesis of citrulline from carbamoyl phosphate and ornithine. This enzyme deficiency can lead to hyperammonemic episodes and severe cerebral edema. The objective of this study was to use a cognitive battery to expose the cognitive deficits in asymptomatic carriers of OTCD. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, 81 participants were recruited as part of a larger urea cycle disorder imaging consortium study. There were 25 symptomatic participants (18 female, 7 male, 25.6 year s ± 12.72 years), 20 asymptomatic participants (20 female, 0 male, 37.6 years ± 15.19 years), and 36 healthy control participants (21 female, 15 male, 29.8 years ± 13.39 years). All participants gave informed consent to participate and were then given neurocognitive batteries with standard scores and T scores recorded. RESULTS When stratified by symptomatic participant, asymptomatic carrier, and control, the results showed significant differences in measures of executive function (e.g. CTMT and Stroop) and motor ability (Purdue Assembly) between all groups tested. Simple attention, academic measures, language and non-verbal motor abilities showed no significant differences between asymptomatic carriers and control participants, however, there were significant differences between symptomatic and control participant performance in these measures. CONCLUSIONS In our study, asymptomatic carriers of OTCD showed no significant differences in cognitive function compared to control participants until they were cognitively challenged with fine motor tasks, measures of executive function, and measures of cognitive flexibility. This suggests that cognitive dysfunction is best measurable in asymptomatic carriers after they are cognitively challenged.
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- Courtney Sprouse
- Department of Neurogenetics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington D.C., USA; Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington D.C., USA
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington D.C., USA; Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA; George Washington University of Health Sciences, Washington D.C., USA
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Gordish-Dressman H, Sprouse C, Ryan LM, Tosi LL, Devaney JM. A Variant In The Fat Mass And Obesity Associated (fto) Is Associated With Bone Mineral Density, But Not Forearm Fracture Risk In A Pediatric African-american Cohort. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2014. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000495259.59068.4c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Devaney JM, Silverman MN, Kazman J, Ramraj R, Sprouse C, Gordish-Dressman HGD, O’Connor FG, Heled Y, Deuster PA. ACTN3 R577X Variant Is Not Associated With Heat Tolerance In Humans. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2014. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000495266.83724.00] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sprouse C, Gordish-Dressman H, Orkunoglu-Suer EF, Lipof JS, Moeckel-Cole S, Patel RR, Adham K, Larkin JS, Hubal MJ, Kearns AK, Clarkson PM, Thompson PD, Angelopoulos TJ, Gordon PM, Moyna NM, Pescatello LS, Visich PS, Zoeller RF, Hoffman EP, Tosi LL, Devaney JM. Response to Comment on Sprouse et al. SLC30A8 nonsynonymous variant is associated with recovery following exercise and skeletal muscle size and strength. Diabetes 2014;63:363-368. Diabetes 2014; 63:e9-e10. [PMID: 24757210 DOI: 10.2337/db14-0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Courtney Sprouse
- Department of Integrative Systems Biology, Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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Sprouse C, Tosi LL, Gordish-Dressman H, Ryan LM, Devaney JM. Interaction between Genetic Variants Related to Type 2 Diabetes and Bone Phenotypes in Young African Americans. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2014. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000495774.85149.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Devaney J, Sprouse C, Gordish‐Dressman H, Ryan L, Tosi L. Calcium Intake modulates obesity phenotypes in African American children possessing risk alleles for development of type 2 diabetes (767.11). FASEB J 2014. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.767.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Joseph Devaney
- Center of Genetic Medicine Children's National Medical CenterWashington DCUnited States
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- Department of Orthopedics Children's National Medical CenterWashingtonDCUnited States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins UniversityBALTIMOREMDUnited States
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- Department of Orthopedics Children's National Medical CenterWashingtonDCUnited States
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Sprouse C, Gordish-Dressman H, Orkunoglu-Suer EF, Lipof JS, Moeckel-Cole S, Patel RR, Adham K, Larkin JS, Hubal MJ, Kearns AK, Clarkson PM, Thompson PD, Angelopoulos TJ, Gordon PM, Moyna NM, Pescatello LS, Visich PS, Zoeller RF, Hoffman EP, Tosi LL, Devaney JM. SLC30A8 nonsynonymous variant is associated with recovery following exercise and skeletal muscle size and strength. Diabetes 2014; 63:363-8. [PMID: 24101675 DOI: 10.2337/db13-1150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies have identified thousands of variants that are associated with numerous phenotypes. One such variant, rs13266634, a nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphism in the solute carrier family 30 (zinc transporter) member eight gene, is associated with a 53% increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). We hypothesized that individuals with the protective allele against T2D would show a positive response to short-term and long-term resistance exercise. Two cohorts of young adults-the Eccentric Muscle Damage (EMD; n = 156) cohort and the Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Muscle Size and Strength Study (FAMuSS; n = 874)-were tested for association of the rs13266634 variant with measures of skeletal muscle response to resistance exercise. Our results were sexually dimorphic in both cohorts. Men in the EMD study with two copies of the protective allele showed less post-exercise bout strength loss, less soreness, and lower creatine kinase values. In addition, men in the FAMuSS, homozygous for the protective allele, showed higher pre-exercise strength and larger arm skeletal muscle volume, but did not show a significant difference in skeletal muscle hypertrophy or strength with resistance training.
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- Courtney Sprouse
- Department of Integrative Systems Biology, Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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Sprouse C, Mukherjee R, Burlina P. Mitral valve closure prediction with 3-D personalized anatomical models and anisotropic hyperelastic tissue assumptions. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2013; 60:3238-47. [PMID: 23846436 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2013.2272075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This study is concerned with the development of patient-specific simulations of the mitral valve that use personalized anatomical models derived from 3-D transesophageal echocardiography (3-D TEE). The proposed method predicts the closed configuration of the mitral valve by solving for an equilibrium solution that balances various forces including blood pressure, tissue collision, valve tethering, and tissue elasticity. The model also incorporates realistic hyperelastic and anisotropic properties for the valve leaflets. This study compares hyperelastic tissue laws with a quasi-elastic law under various physiological parameters, and provides insights into error sensitivity to chordal placement, allowing for a preliminary comparison of the influence of the two factors (chords and models) on error. Predictive errors show the promise of the method, yielding aggregate median errors of the order of 1 mm, and computed strains and stresses show good correspondence with those reported in prior studies.
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Sprouse C, Tosi L, Stapleton E, Gropman AL, Mitchell FL, Peret R, Sadeghin T, Haskell K, Samango-Sprouse CA. Musculoskeletal anomalies in a large cohort of boys with 49, XXXXY. Am J Med Genet 2013; 163C:44-9. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sprouse C, DeMenthon D, Gammie J, Burlina P. Patient-specific modeling of stress/strain for surgical planning and guidance. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2012; 2011:4309-13. [PMID: 22255293 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We describe a method for performing modeling and simulation to predict the strain and stress experienced by tissues resulting from reconstructive cardiothoracic surgery. Stress computation is an important predictor of the quality and longevity of a repair and can therefore be used as guidance by a surgeon when deciding between various repair options. This paper uses the mitral valve repair as a use case because of its relevance and prevalence among reconstructive cardiac interventions. The modeling method presented here is informed by the patient specific anatomical structure recovered from real time 3D echocardiography. The method exploits hyperelastic models to infer realistic strain-stresses. We show through experiments using actual clinical data that results are in line with physiological expectations.
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- C Sprouse
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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We describe a method for performing modeling and simulation to predict the closure of the Mitral Valve (MV) using patient specific anatomical information derived from 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography (3D TEE). The ability to predict the MV closure behavior is an important step along the way of developing personalized simulation tools that would allow a surgeon to perform preoperative planning and decide between various MV repair options. While the MV is an important use case because of its relevance and prevalence among reconstructive cardiac interventions, the study described here can provide a blueprint to perform pre-operative planning for other cardiac surgical interventions. The method reported here exploits the Saint Venant-Kirchhoff elasticity model that is tuned to match empirical observations of the MV strainstress behavior. Using intraoperative 3D TEE data, the proposed simulator was evaluated over 10 test cases and resulted in mean prediction absolute error values of 1.81 mm.
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- P Burlina
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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Sprouse C, Mukherjee R, Burlina P. Valvular closure prediction using anisotropic and hyperelastic tissue models and individualized anatomy derived from RT3DE. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2012; 2012:6632-6635. [PMID: 23367450 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2012.6347515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We describe a method for modeling the closure of the Mitral Valve (MV) and to compute realistic strain and stresses in MV tissues. This informs preoperative planning by allowing a surgeon to evaluate various MV repairs options. The modeling method exploits individualized (patient-specific) anatomical structure recovered from real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE). This study utilizes hyperelastic models of the MV tissues and employs patient specific leaflets, chordal length assessment and annulus shapes. We report experiments on ten intraoperative test cases, where we compute strain and stresses using several different tissue models from MV empirical studies by May-Newman and Holzapfel.
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- C Sprouse
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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Sprouse C, Yuh D, Abraham T, Burlina P. Computational hemodynamic modeling based on transesophageal echocardiographic imaging. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2009; 2009:3649-52. [PMID: 19963593 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5332519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We address the problem of hemodynamic computational modeling in the left heart complex. The novelty of our approach lies in the exploitation of prior patient specific data resulting from image analysis of Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imagery (TEE). Kinematic and anatomical information in the form of left heart chambers and valve boundaries is recovered through a level-set-based user-in-the-loop segmentation on 2D TEE. The resulting boundaries in the TEE sequence are then interpolated to prescribe the motion displacements in a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model implemented using Finite Element Modeling (FEM) applied on Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) meshes. Experimental results are presented.
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- C Sprouse
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, USA.
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Daly PB, Evans JH, Kobayashi RH, Kobayashi AL, Ochs HD, Fischer SH, Pirofsky B, Sprouse C. Home-based immunoglobulin infusion therapy: quality of life and patient health perceptions. Ann Allergy 1991; 67:504-10. [PMID: 1958004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Thirty-seven antibody-deficient patients who were participating in a multicenter trial evaluating home-based, self-administered IVIG therapy anonymously completed questionnaires regarding beliefs concerning health control, quality of life, and attitudes toward active participation in medical care. Their responses were compared with a group of 29 patients undergoing traditional IVIG therapy in a medical clinic setting. A subsample of the home-based group who later returned to clinic-based IVIG therapy allowed comparison of responses given by the same patients in both settings. Home-based therapy was preferred to clinic-based therapy. Independence, convenience, comfort, decreased disruption of activities, travel time, and costs were specific factors rated most favorably. On the Health Belief Questionnaires, patients preferred informed, self-involved medical care regardless of the setting for their IVIG treatments.
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- P B Daly
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
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Garro AJ, Sprouse C, Wetmur JG. Association of the recombination-deficient phenotype of Bacillus subtilis recC strains with the presence of an SPO2 prophage. J Bacteriol 1976; 126:556-8. [PMID: 816783 PMCID: PMC233320 DOI: 10.1128/jb.126.1.556-558.1976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The recombination-defective phenotype associated with the recC genetic locus in Bacillus subtilis is not due to a chromosomal mutation at this site but rather to the presence of an integrated SPO2 prophage.
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