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  1. Article ; Online: Accurate Diagnosis of Cortical and Infratentorial Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Using Accelerated Fluid and White Matter Suppression Imaging.

    Martin, Anna / Emorine, Thibaut / Megdiche, Imen / Créange, Alain / Kober, Tobias / Massire, Aurélien / Bapst, Blanche

    Investigative radiology

    2022  Volume 58, Issue 5, Page(s) 337–345

    Abstract: Objectives: The precise location of multiple sclerosis (MS) cortical lesions can be very challenging at 3 T, yet distinguishing them from subcortical lesions is essential for the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Compressed sensing-accelerated ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: The precise location of multiple sclerosis (MS) cortical lesions can be very challenging at 3 T, yet distinguishing them from subcortical lesions is essential for the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Compressed sensing-accelerated fluid and white matter suppression imaging (CS-FLAWS) is a new magnetic resonance imaging sequence derived from magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient echo with promising features for the detection and classification of MS lesions. The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performances of CS-FLAWS (evaluated imaging) and phase sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR; reference imaging) for classification of cortical lesions (primary objective) and infratentorial lesions (secondary objective) in MS, in combination with 3-dimensional (3D) double inversion recovery (DIR).
    Materials and methods: Prospective 3 T scans (MS first diagnosis or follow-up) acquired between March and August 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. All underwent 3D CS-FLAWS, axial 2D PSIR, and 3D DIR. Double-blinded reading sessions exclusively in axial plane and final consensual reading were performed to assess the number of cortical and infratentorial lesions. Wilcoxon test was used to compare the 2 imaging datasets (FLAWS + DIR and PSIR + DIR), and intraobserver and interobserver agreement was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient.
    Results: Forty-two patients were analyzed (38 with relapsing-remitting MS, 29 women, 42.7 ± 12.6 years old). Compressed sensing-accelerated FLAWS allowed the identification of 263 cortical lesions versus 251 with PSIR ( P = 0.74) and 123 infratentorial lesions versus 109 with PSIR ( P = 0.63), corresponding to a nonsignificant difference between the 2 sequences. Compressed sensing-accelerated FLAWS exhibited fewer false-negative findings than PSIR either for cortical lesions (1 vs 13; P < 0.01) or infratentorial lesions (1 vs 15; P < 0.01). No false-positive findings were found with any of the 2 sequences. Diagnostic confidence was high for each contrast.
    Conclusion: Three-dimensional CS-FLAWS is as accurate as 2D PSIR imaging for classification of cortical and infratentorial MS lesions, with fewer false-negative findings, opening the way to a reliable full brain MS exploration in a clinically acceptable duration (5 minutes 15 seconds).
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Sclerosis/diagnostic imaging ; Multiple Sclerosis/pathology ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; White Matter/pathology ; Retrospective Studies ; Prospective Studies ; Brain/pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80345-5
    ISSN 1536-0210 ; 0020-9996
    ISSN (online) 1536-0210
    ISSN 0020-9996
    DOI 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000939
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  2. Article ; Online: 3-Dimensional Fluid and White Matter Suppression Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequence Accelerated With Compressed Sensing Improves Multiple Sclerosis Cervical Spinal Cord Lesion Detection Compared With Standard 2-Dimensional Imaging.

    Emorine, Thibaut / Megdiche, Imen / Brugières, Pierre / Créange, Alain / Kober, Tobias / Massire, Aurélien / Bapst, Blanche

    Investigative radiology

    2022  Volume 57, Issue 9, Page(s) 575–584

    Abstract: Objectives: Fluid and white matter suppression (FLAWS) is a recently proposed magnetic resonance sequence derived from magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient-echo providing 2 coregistered datasets with white matter- and cerebrospinal fluid- ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Fluid and white matter suppression (FLAWS) is a recently proposed magnetic resonance sequence derived from magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient-echo providing 2 coregistered datasets with white matter- and cerebrospinal fluid-suppressed signal, enabling synthetic imaging with amplified contrast. Although these features are high potential for brain multiple sclerosis (MS) imaging, spinal cord has never been evaluated with this sequence to date. The objective of this work was therefore to assess diagnostic performance and self-confidence provided by compressed-sensing (CS) 3-dimensional (3D) FLAWS for cervical MS lesion detection on a head scan that includes the cervical cord without changing standard procedures.
    Materials and methods: Prospective 3 T scans (MS first diagnosis or follow-up) acquired between 2019 and 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent 3D CS-FLAWS (duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds), axial T 2 turbo spin echo covering cervical spine from cervicomedullary junction to the same inferior level as FLAWS, and sagittal cervical T 2 /short tau inversion recovery imaging. Two readers performed a 2-stage double-blind reading, followed by consensus reading. Wilcoxon tests were used to compare the number of detected spinal cord lesions and the reader's diagnostic self-confidence when using FLAWS versus the reference 2D T 2 -weighted imaging.
    Results: Fifty-eight patients were included (mean age, 40 ± 13 years, 46 women, 7 ± 6 years mean disease duration). The CS-FLAWS detected significantly more lesions than the reference T 2 -weighted imaging (197 vs 152 detected lesions, P < 0.001), with a sensitivity of 98% (T 2 -weighted imaging sensitivity: 90%) after consensual reading. Considering the subgroup of patients who underwent sagittal T2 + short tau inversion recovery imaging (Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Multiple Sclerosis subgroup), +250% lesions were detected with FLAWS (63 vs 25 lesions detected, P < 0.001). Mean reading self-confidence was significantly better with CS-FLAWS (median, 5 [interquartile range, 1] [no doubt for diagnosis] vs 4 [interquartile range, 1] [high confidence]; P < 0.001).
    Conclusions: Imaging with CS-FLAWS provides an improved cervical spinal cord exploration for MS with increased self-confidence compared with conventional T 2 -weighted imaging, in a clinically acceptable time.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Cervical Cord/diagnostic imaging ; Cervical Cord/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Sclerosis/pathology ; Prospective Studies ; Retrospective Studies ; Spinal Cord/pathology ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; White Matter/pathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
    ZDB-ID 80345-5
    ISSN 1536-0210 ; 0020-9996
    ISSN (online) 1536-0210
    ISSN 0020-9996
    DOI 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000874
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  3. Article ; Online: Pushing MP2RAGE boundaries: Ultimate time-efficient parameterization combined with exhaustive T

    Bapst, Blanche / Massire, Aurélien / Mauconduit, Franck / Gras, Vincent / Boulant, Nicolas / Dufour, Juliette / Bodini, Benedetta / Stankoff, Bruno / Luciani, Alain / Vignaud, Alexandre

    Magnetic resonance in medicine

    2023  Volume 91, Issue 4, Page(s) 1608–1624

    Abstract: Purpose: MP2RAGE parameter optimization is redefined to allow more time-efficient MR acquisitions, whereas the T: Methods: A "time-efficient" MP2RAGE sequence was designed with optimized parameters including TI and TR set as small as possible. ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: MP2RAGE parameter optimization is redefined to allow more time-efficient MR acquisitions, whereas the T
    Methods: A "time-efficient" MP2RAGE sequence was designed with optimized parameters including TI and TR set as small as possible. Extended phase graph formalism was used to set flip-angle values to maximize the gray-to-white-matter contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Several synthetic contrasts (UNI, EDGE, FGATIR, FLAWS
    Results: The proposed time-efficient MP2RAGE protocols reduced acquisition time by 40%, 30%, and 19% for brain imaging at (1 mm)
    Conclusion: The proposed optimization, associated with T
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/pathology ; Image Enhancement/methods ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods ; Multiple Sclerosis/diagnostic imaging ; Multiple Sclerosis/pathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605774-3
    ISSN 1522-2594 ; 0740-3194
    ISSN (online) 1522-2594
    ISSN 0740-3194
    DOI 10.1002/mrm.29948
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  4. Article ; Online: Deep learning-assisted model-based off-resonance correction for non-Cartesian SWI.

    Daval-Frérot, Guillaume / Massire, Aurélien / Mailhé, Boris / Nadar, Mariappan / Bapst, Blanche / Luciani, Alain / Vignaud, Alexandre / Ciuciu, Philippe

    Magnetic resonance in medicine

    2023  Volume 90, Issue 4, Page(s) 1431–1445

    Abstract: Purpose: Patient-induced inhomogeneities in the static magnetic field cause distortions and blurring (off-resonance artifacts) during acquisitions with long readouts such as in SWI. Conventional versatile correction methods based on extended Fourier ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Patient-induced inhomogeneities in the static magnetic field cause distortions and blurring (off-resonance artifacts) during acquisitions with long readouts such as in SWI. Conventional versatile correction methods based on extended Fourier models are too slow for clinical practice in computationally demanding cases such as 3D high-resolution non-Cartesian multi-coil acquisitions.
    Theory: Most reconstruction methods can be accelerated when performing off-resonance correction by reducing the number of iterations, compressed coils, and correction components. Recent state-of-the-art unrolled deep learning architectures could help but are generally not adapted to corrupted measurements as they rely on the standard Fourier operator in the data consistency term. The combination of correction models and neural networks is therefore necessary to reduce reconstruction times.
    Methods: Hybrid pipelines using UNets were trained stack-by-stack over 99 SWI 3D SPARKLING 20-fold accelerated acquisitions at 0.6 mm isotropic resolution using different off-resonance correction methods. Target images were obtained using slow model-based corrections based on self-estimated
    Results: The proposed hybrid pipelines achieved scores competing with two to three times slower baseline methods, and neural networks were observed to contribute both as pre-conditioner and through inter-iteration memory by allowing more degrees of freedom over the model design.
    Conclusion: A combination of model-based and network-based off-resonance correction was proposed to significantly accelerate conventional methods. Different promising synergies were observed between acceleration factors (iterations, coils, correction) and model/network that could be expanded in the future.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Deep Learning ; Brain ; Neural Networks, Computer ; Algorithms
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605774-3
    ISSN 1522-2594 ; 0740-3194
    ISSN (online) 1522-2594
    ISSN 0740-3194
    DOI 10.1002/mrm.29738
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  5. Article ; Online: Improved detection of juxtacortical lesions using highly accelerated double inversion-recovery MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis.

    Lespagnol, Morgane / Massire, Aurélien / Megdiche, Imen / Lespagnol, Fabien / Brugières, Pierre / Créange, Alain / Stemmer, Alto / Bapst, Blanche

    Diagnostic and interventional imaging

    2023  Volume 104, Issue 9, Page(s) 401–409

    Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare a highly-accelerated double inversion recovery (fast-DIR) sequence using a recent parallel imaging technique (CAIPIRINHA) with a conventional DIR (conv-DIR) sequence for image quality and the detection ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare a highly-accelerated double inversion recovery (fast-DIR) sequence using a recent parallel imaging technique (CAIPIRINHA) with a conventional DIR (conv-DIR) sequence for image quality and the detection of juxtacortical and infratentorial multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions.
    Materials and methods: A total of 38 patients with MS who underwent brain MRI at 3 T between 2020 and 2021 were included. There were 27 women and 12 men with a mean age of 40 ± 12.8 (standard deviation) years (range: 20-59 years). All patients underwent conv-DIR sequence and fast-DIR sequence. Fast-DIR was obtained with a T
    Results: Thirty-eight patients were analyzed. Fast-DIR imaging allowed detection of 289 juxtacortical lesions vs. 238 with conv-DIR, corresponding to a significant improved detection rate with fast-DIR (P < 0.001). Conversely, 117 infratentorial lesions were detected with conv-DIR sequence vs. 80 with fast-DIR sequence (P < 0.001). Inter-observer agreement for lesion detection with fast-DIR and conv-DIR was very high (Lin concordance correlation coefficient ranging between 0.86 and 0.96).
    Conclusion: Fast-DIR improves the detection of juxtacortical MS lesions, but is limited for the detection of infratentorial MS lesions.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Female ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Sclerosis/diagnostic imaging ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Neuroimaging ; Algorithms ; Consensus
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-06
    Publishing country France
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2648283-6
    ISSN 2211-5684 ; 2211-5684
    ISSN (online) 2211-5684
    ISSN 2211-5684
    DOI 10.1016/j.diii.2023.04.009
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  6. Article ; Online: Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography with

    Fertitta, Laura / Jannic, Arnaud / Zehou, Ouidad / Bergqvist, Christina / Ferkal, Salah / Moryousef, Sabine / Lerman, Lionel / Mulé, Sébastien / Luciani, Alain / Bapst, Blanche / Ezzedine, Khaled / Ortonne, Nicolas / Itti, Emmanuel / Wolkenstein, Pierre

    The Journal of investigative dermatology

    2024  

    Abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are the leading cause of death in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. They can result from premalignant neurofibromas, including neurofibromas with atypia and atypical neurofibromatous neoplasms of ... ...

    Abstract Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are the leading cause of death in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. They can result from premalignant neurofibromas, including neurofibromas with atypia and atypical neurofibromatous neoplasms of uncertain biologic potential. Some phenotypic characteristics have been described as associated with their development. The aim of this study was to outline our use of whole-body positron emission tomography with
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80136-7
    ISSN 1523-1747 ; 0022-202X
    ISSN (online) 1523-1747
    ISSN 0022-202X
    DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2024.01.028
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  7. Article ; Online: The specific role of the striatum in interval timing: The Huntington's disease model.

    Lemoine, Laurie / Lunven, Marine / Bapst, Blanche / Cleret de Langavant, Laurent / de Gardelle, Vincent / Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine

    NeuroImage. Clinical

    2021  Volume 32, Page(s) 102865

    Abstract: Time processing over intervals of hundreds of milliseconds to minutes, also known as interval timing, is associated with the striatum. Huntington's disease patients (HD) with striatal degeneration have impaired interval timing, but the extent and ... ...

    Abstract Time processing over intervals of hundreds of milliseconds to minutes, also known as interval timing, is associated with the striatum. Huntington's disease patients (HD) with striatal degeneration have impaired interval timing, but the extent and specificity of these deficits remain unclear. Are they specific to the temporal domain, or do they extend to the spatial domain too? Do they extend to both the perception and production of interval timing? Do they appear before motor symptoms in Huntington's disease (Pre-HD)? We addressed these issues by assessing both temporal abilities (in the seconds range) and spatial abilities (in the cm range) in 20 Pre-HD, 25 HD patients, and 25 healthy Controls, in discrimination, bisection and production paradigms. In addition, all participants completed a questionnaire assessing temporal and spatial disorientation in daily life, and the gene carriers (i.e., HD and Pre-HD participants) underwent structural brain MRI. Overall, HD patients were more impaired in the temporal than in the spatial domain in the behavioral tasks, and expressed a greater disorientation in the temporal domain in the daily life questionnaire. In contrast, Pre-HD participants showed no sign of a specific temporal deficit. Furthermore, MRI analyses indicated that performances in the temporal discrimination task were associated with a larger striatal grey matter volume in the striatum in gene carriers. Altogether, behavioral, brain imaging and questionnaire data support the hypothesis that the striatum is a specific component of interval timing processes. Evaluations of temporal disorientation and interval timing processing could be used as clinical tools for HD patients.
    MeSH term(s) Brain ; Corpus Striatum/diagnostic imaging ; Gray Matter ; Humans ; Huntington Disease/genetics ; Neuropsychological Tests
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-27
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2701571-3
    ISSN 2213-1582 ; 2213-1582
    ISSN (online) 2213-1582
    ISSN 2213-1582
    DOI 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102865
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  8. Article ; Online: Mild encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion: Description of nine cases and review of the literature.

    Grosset, Lina / Hosseini, Hassan / Bapst, Blanche / Hodel, Jérôme / Cleret De Langavant, Laurent / Faugeras, Frédéric / Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine / Seddik, Lilia

    Seizure

    2021  Volume 88, Page(s) 83–86

    Abstract: Mild encephalopathy/encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a transient clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by non-specific encephalopathy and specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pattern. MRI shows an ovoid lesion in the mid- ... ...

    Abstract Mild encephalopathy/encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a transient clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by non-specific encephalopathy and specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pattern. MRI shows an ovoid lesion in the mid-splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC), with signal-intensity anomaly similar to stroke but vanishing within few weeks. Although there are a lot of child MERS cases descriptions, there are just a few adult-onset reported. Our goal is to provide a better clinical and radiological description of this entity. We reported nine adult-onset cases of MERS managed in our stroke unit between 2017 and 2019. The study of our adult series suggests that epilepsy and the context of an infection are very common in MERS. Adult cases show frequent focal neurological deficits and few encephalopathies compared to children. The measurement of very low ADC values in SCC lesion is a new radiological feature of MERS that should be systematically assessed in suspected cases to differentiate this complex syndrome from SCC strokes.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Brain Diseases/complications ; Brain Diseases/diagnostic imaging ; Child ; Corpus Callosum/diagnostic imaging ; Encephalitis/complications ; Encephalitis/diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Stroke/complications ; Stroke/diagnostic imaging ; Syndrome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1137610-7
    ISSN 1532-2688 ; 1059-1311
    ISSN (online) 1532-2688
    ISSN 1059-1311
    DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.03.032
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  9. Article ; Online: A new approach to digitized cognitive monitoring: validity of the SelfCog in Huntington's disease.

    Lunven, Marine / Hernandez Dominguez, Karen / Youssov, Katia / Hamet Bagnou, Jennifer / Fliss, Rafika / Vandendriessche, Henri / Bapst, Blanche / Morgado, Graça / Remy, Philippe / Schubert, Robin / Reilmann, Ralf / Busse, Monica / Craufurd, David / Massart, Renaud / Rosser, Anne / Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine

    Brain communications

    2023  Volume 5, Issue 2, Page(s) fcad043

    Abstract: Cognitive deficits represent a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, but evaluating their progression is complex. Most current evaluations involve lengthy paper-and-pencil tasks which are subject to learning effects dependent on the mode of response ( ... ...

    Abstract Cognitive deficits represent a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, but evaluating their progression is complex. Most current evaluations involve lengthy paper-and-pencil tasks which are subject to learning effects dependent on the mode of response (motor or verbal), the countries' language or the examiners. To address these limitations, we hypothesized that applying neuroscience principles may offer a fruitful alternative. We thus developed the SelfCog, a digitized battery that tests motor, executive, visuospatial, language and memory functions in 15 min. All cognitive functions are tested according to the same paradigm, and a randomization algorithm provides a new test at each assessment with a constant level of difficulty. Here, we assessed its validity, reliability and sensitivity to detect decline in early-stage Huntington's disease in a prospective and international multilingual study (France, the UK and Germany). Fifty-one out of 85 participants with Huntington's disease and 40 of 52 healthy controls included at baseline were followed up for 1 year. Assessments included a comprehensive clinical assessment battery including currently standard cognitive assessments alongside the SelfCog. We estimated associations between each of the clinical assessments and SelfCog using Spearman's correlation and proneness to retest effects and sensitivity to decline through linear mixed models. Longitudinal effect sizes were estimated for each cognitive score. Voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial statistics analyses were conducted to assess the consistency between performance on the SelfCog and MRI 3D-T1 and diffusion-weighted imaging in a subgroup that underwent MRI at baseline and after 12 months. The SelfCog detected the decline of patients with Huntington's disease in a 1-year follow-up period with satisfactory psychometric properties. Huntington's disease patients are correctly differentiated from controls. The SelfCog showed larger effect sizes than the classical cognitive assessments. Its scores were associated with grey and white matter damage at baseline and over 1 year. Given its good performance in longitudinal analyses of the Huntington's disease cohort, it should likely become a very useful tool for measuring cognition in Huntington's disease in the future. It highlights the value of moving the field along the neuroscience principles and eventually applying them to the evaluation of all neurodegenerative diseases.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2632-1297
    ISSN (online) 2632-1297
    DOI 10.1093/braincomms/fcad043
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  10. Article ; Online: The striatum in time production: The model of Huntington's disease in longitudinal study.

    Lemoine, Laurie / Lunven, Marine / Fraisse, Nicolas / Youssov, Katia / Bapst, Blanche / Morgado, Graça / Reilmann, Ralf / Busse, Monica / Craufurd, David / Rosser, Anne / de Gardelle, Vincent / Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine

    Neuropsychologia

    2022  Volume 179, Page(s) 108459

    Abstract: The unified model of time processing suggests that the striatum is a central structure involved in all tasks that require the processing of temporal durations. Patients with Huntington's disease exhibit striatal degeneration and a deficit in time ... ...

    Abstract The unified model of time processing suggests that the striatum is a central structure involved in all tasks that require the processing of temporal durations. Patients with Huntington's disease exhibit striatal degeneration and a deficit in time perception in interval timing tasks (i.e. for duration ranging from hundreds of milliseconds to minutes), but whether this deficit extends to time production remains unclear. In this study, we investigated whether symptomatic patients (HD, N = 101) or presymptomatic gene carriers (Pre-HD, N = 31) of Huntington's disease had a deficit in time production for durations between 4 and 10 s compared to healthy controls and whether this deficit developed over a year for patients. We found a clear deficit in temporal production for HD patients, whereas Pre-HD performed similarly to Controls. For HD patients and Pre-HD participants, task performance was correlated with grey matter volume in the amygdala and caudate, bilaterally. These results confirm that the striatum is involved in interval timing not only in perception but also in production, in accordance with the unified model of time processing. Furthermore, exploratory factor analyses on our data indicated that temporal production was associated with clinical assessments of psychomotor and executive functions. Finally, when retested twelve months later, the deficit of HD patients remained stable, although striatal degeneration was more pronounced. Thus, the simple, short and language-independent temporal production task may be a useful clinical tool to detect striatal degeneration in patients in early stages of Huntington's disease. However, its usefulness to detect presymptomatic stages or for monitoring the evolution of HD over a year seems limited.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Huntington Disease/complications ; Longitudinal Studies ; Corpus Striatum/diagnostic imaging ; Language ; Neostriatum
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 207151-4
    ISSN 1873-3514 ; 0028-3932
    ISSN (online) 1873-3514
    ISSN 0028-3932
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108459
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