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  1. Article ; Online: Spatial patterns of elevated magnetic susceptibility in progressive apraxia of speech

    Ryota Satoh / Arvin Arani / Matthew L. Senjem / Joseph R. Duffy / Heather M. Clark / Rene L. Utianski / Hugo Botha / Mary M. Machulda / Clifford R. Jack, Jr / Jennifer L. Whitwell / Keith A. Josephs

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 38, Iss , Pp 103394- (2023)

    2023  

    Abstract: Purpose: Progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the planning or programming of speech. Little is known about its magnetic susceptibility profiles indicative of biological processes such as iron deposition and ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the planning or programming of speech. Little is known about its magnetic susceptibility profiles indicative of biological processes such as iron deposition and demyelination. This study aims to clarify (1) the pattern of susceptibility in PAOS patients, (2) the susceptibility differences between the phonetic (characterized by predominance of distorted sound substitutions and additions) and prosodic (characterized by predominance of slow speech rate and segmentation) subtypes of PAOS, and (3) the relationships between susceptibility and symptom severity. Methods: Twenty patients with PAOS (nine phonetic and eleven prosodic subtypes) were prospectively recruited and underwent a 3 Tesla MRI scan. They also underwent detailed speech, language, and neurological evaluations. Quantitative susceptibility maps (QSM) were reconstructed from multi-echo gradient echo MRI images. Region of interest analysis was conducted to estimate susceptibility coefficients in several subcortical and frontal regions. We compared susceptibility values between PAOS and an age-matched control group and performed a correlation analysis between susceptibilities and an apraxia of speech rating scale (ASRS) phonetic and prosodic feature ratings. Results: The magnetic susceptibility of PAOS was statistically greater than that of controls in subcortical regions (left putamen, left red nucleus, and right dentate nucleus) (p < 0.01, also survived FDR correction) and in the left white-matter precentral gyrus (p < 0.05, but not survived FDR correction). The prosodic patients showed greater susceptibilities than controls in these subcortical and precentral regions. The susceptibility in the left red nucleus and in the left precentral gyrus correlated with the prosodic sub-score of the ASRS. Conclusion: Magnetic susceptibility in PAOS patients was greater than controls mainly in the subcortical regions. While larger samples are needed before QSM is considered ...
    Keywords Apraxia of speech ; Progressive apraxia of speech ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Quantitative susceptibility mapping ; Iron ; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 410
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: Diffusion tractography of superior cerebellar peduncle and dentatorubrothalamic tracts in two autopsy confirmed progressive supranuclear palsy variants

    Rodolfo G. Gatto / Peter R. Martin / Farwa Ali / Heather M. Clark / Joseph R. Duffy / Rene L. Utianski / Hugo Botha / Mary M. Machulda / Dennis W. Dickson / Keith A. Josephs / Jennifer L. Whitwell

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 103030- (2022)

    Richardson syndrome and the speech-language variant

    2022  

    Abstract: Background: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a 4-repeat tauopathy with neurodegeneration typically observed in the superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP) and dentatorubrothalamic tracts (DRTT). However, it is unclear how these tracts are ... ...

    Abstract Background: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a 4-repeat tauopathy with neurodegeneration typically observed in the superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP) and dentatorubrothalamic tracts (DRTT). However, it is unclear how these tracts are differentially affected in different clinical variants of PSP. Objectives: To determine whether diffusion tractography of the SCP and DRTT can differentiate autopsy-confirmed PSP with Richardson’s syndrome (PSP-RS) and PSP with predominant speech/language disorder (PSP-SL). Methods: We studied 22 autopsy-confirmed PSP patients that included 12 with PSP-RS and 10 with PSP-SL. We compared these two groups to 11 patients with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer’s disease with SL problems, i.e., logopenic progressive aphasia (AD-LPA) (disease controls) and 10 healthy controls. Whole brain tractography was performed to identify the SCP and DRTT, as well as the frontal aslant tract and superior longitudinal fasciculus. We assessed fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity for each tract. Hierarchical linear modeling was used for statistical comparisons, and correlations were assessed with clinical disease severity, ocular motor impairment, and parkinsonism. DRTT connectomics matrix analysis was also performed across groups. Results: The SCP showed decreased fractional anisotropy for PSP-RS and PSP-SL and increased mean diffusivity in PSP-RS, compared to controls and AD-LPA. Right DRTT fibers showed lower fractional anisotropy in PSP-RS and PSP-SL compared to controls and AD-LPA, with PSP-RS also showing lower values compared to PSP-SL. Reductions in connectivity were observed in infratentorial DRTT regions in PSP-RS vs cortical regions in PSP-SL. PSP-SL showed greater abnormalities in the frontal aslant tract and superior longitudinal fasciculus compared to controls, PSP-RS, and AD-LPA. Significant correlations were observed between ocular motor impairment and SCP in PSP-RS (p = 0.042), and DRTT in PSP-SL (p = 0.022). In PSP-SL, the PSP Rating Scale correlated with the SCP (p = 0.045) and ...
    Keywords Progressive supranuclear palsy ; MRI ; Diffusion tensor imaging ; Tractography ; Superior cerebellar peduncle ; Dentato-rubro-thalamic tract ; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  3. Article ; Online: Tractography of supplementary motor area projections in progressive speech apraxia and aphasia

    Adrian Valls Carbo / Robert I. Reid / Nirubol Tosakulwong / Stephen D. Weigand / Joseph R. Duffy / Heather M. Clark / Rene L. Utianski / Hugo Botha / Mary M. Machulda / Edythe A. Strand / Christopher G. Schwarz / Clifford R. Jack / Keith A. Josephs / Jennifer L. Whitwell

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 34, Iss , Pp 102999- (2022)

    2022  

    Abstract: Progressive apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder affecting the ability to produce phonetically or prosodically normal speech. Progressive AOS can present in isolation or co-occur with agrammatic aphasia and is associated with degeneration ... ...

    Abstract Progressive apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder affecting the ability to produce phonetically or prosodically normal speech. Progressive AOS can present in isolation or co-occur with agrammatic aphasia and is associated with degeneration of the supplementary motor area. We aimed to assess breakdowns in structural connectivity from the supplementary motor area in patients with any combination of progressive AOS and/or agrammatic aphasia to determine which supplementary motor area tracts are specifically related to these clinical symptoms. Eighty-four patients with progressive AOS or progressive agrammatic aphasia were recruited by the Neurodegenerative Research Group and underwent neurological, speech/language, and neuropsychological testing, as well as 3 T diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. Of the 84 patients, 36 had apraxia of speech in isolation (primary progressive apraxia of speech, PPAOS), 40 had apraxia of speech and agrammatic aphasia (AOS-PAA), and eight had agrammatic aphasia in isolation (progressive agrammatic aphasia, PAA). Tractography was performed to identify 5 distinct tracts connecting to the supplementary motor area. Fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity were assessed at 10 positions along the length of the tracts to construct tract profiles, and median profiles were calculated for each tract. In a case-control comparison, decreased fractional anisotropy and increased mean diffusivity were observed along the supplementary motor area commissural fibers in all three groups compared to controls. PPAOS also had abnormal diffusion in tracts from the supplementary motor area to the putamen, prefrontal cortex, Broca’s area (frontal aslant tract) and motor cortex, with greatest abnormalities observed closest to the supplementary motor area. The AOS-PAA group showed abnormalities in the same set of tracts, but with greater involvement of the supplementary motor area to prefrontal tract compared to PPAOS. PAA showed abnormalities in the left prefrontal and frontal aslant tracts ...
    Keywords DTI ; Tractography ; Apraxia of speech ; Agrammatism ; Primary progressive aphasia ; Frontal aslant tract ; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 796
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: Brain volume and flortaucipir analysis of progressive supranuclear palsy clinical variants

    Jennifer L. Whitwell / Nirubol Tosakulwong / Hugo Botha / Farwa Ali / Heather M. Clark / Joseph R. Duffy / Rene L. Utianski / Chase A. Stevens / Stephen D. Weigand / Christopher G. Schwarz / Matthew L. Senjem / Clifford R. Jack / Val J. Lowe / J. Eric Ahlskog / Dennis W. Dickson / Keith A. Josephs

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 25, Iss , Pp - (2020)

    2020  

    Abstract: Background and purpose: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is associated with different clinical variants, including PSP-Richardson's syndrome (PSP-RS), PSP-parkinsonism (PSP-P), PSP-corticobasal syndrome (PSP-CBS), ...

    Abstract Background and purpose: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is associated with different clinical variants, including PSP-Richardson's syndrome (PSP-RS), PSP-parkinsonism (PSP-P), PSP-corticobasal syndrome (PSP-CBS), PSP-frontal (PSP-F), PSP-progressive gait freezing (PSP-PGF) and PSP-speech/language (PSP-SL). While PSP-RS has been well-characterized on neuroimaging, the characteristics of the other atypical variants are less well defined and it is unknown how they compare to each other or relate to neuropathology. We aimed to assess and compare regional atrophy on MRI and [18F]flortaucipir uptake on PET across PSP variants. Materials and methods: 105 PSP patients (53 PSP-RS, 23 PSP-SL, 12 PSP-P, 8 PSP-CBS, 5 PSP-F and 4 PSP-PGF) underwent volumetric MRI, with 59 of these also undergoing flortaucipir PET. Voxel-level and region-level analyses were performed comparing PSP variants to 30 controls and to each other. Semi-quantitative tau burden measurements were also performed in 21 patients with autopsy-confirmed PSP. Results: All variants showed evidence for atrophy or increased flortaucipir uptake in striatum, globus pallidus and thalamus. Superior cerebellar peduncle volume loss was only observed in PSP-RS, PSP-CBS and PSP-F. Volume loss in the frontal lobes was observed in PSP-SL, PSP-CBS and PSP-F, with these variants also showing highest cortical tau burden at autopsy. The PSP-P and PSP-PGF variants showed more restricted patterns of neurodegeneration predominantly involving striatum, globus pallidus, subthalamic nucleus and thalamus. The PSP-SL variant showed greater volume loss and flortaucipir uptake in supplementary motor area and motor cortex compared to all other variants, but showed less involvement of subthalamic nucleus and midbrain. Compared to PSP-RS, PSP-P had larger midbrain volume and greater flortaucipir uptake in putamen. Conclusion: The PSP variants have different patterns of involvement of subcortical circuitry, perhaps suggesting different patterns of ...
    Keywords Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 610 ; 616
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  5. Article ; Online: Disrupted functional connectivity in primary progressive apraxia of speech

    Hugo Botha / Rene L. Utianski / Jennifer L. Whitwell / Joseph R. Duffy / Heather M. Clark / Edythe A. Strand / Mary M. Machulda / Nirubol Tosakulwong / David S. Knopman / Ronald C. Petersen / Clifford R. Jack, Jr / Keith A. Josephs / David T. Jones

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 18, Iss , Pp 617-

    2018  Volume 629

    Abstract: Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder thought to result from impaired planning or programming of articulatory movements. It can be the initial or only manifestation of a degenerative disease, termed primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS). ... ...

    Abstract Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder thought to result from impaired planning or programming of articulatory movements. It can be the initial or only manifestation of a degenerative disease, termed primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS). The aim of this study was to use task-free functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess large-scale brain network pathophysiology in PPAOS. Twenty-two PPAOS participants were identified from a prospective cohort of degenerative speech and language disorders patients. All participants had a comprehensive, standardized evaluation including an evaluation by a speech-language pathologist, examination by a behavioral neurologist and a multimodal imaging protocol which included a task-free fMRI sequence. PPAOS participants were age and sex matched to amyloid-negative, cognitively normal participants with a 1:2 ratio. We chose a set of hypothesis driven, predefined intrinsic connectivity networks (ICNs) from a large, out of sample independent component analysis and then used them to initialize a spatiotemporal dual regression to estimate participant level connectivity within these ICNs. Specifically, we evaluated connectivity within the speech and language, face and hand sensorimotor, left working memory, salience, superior parietal, supramarginal, insular and deep gray ICNs in a multivariate manner. The spatial maps for each ICN were then compared between PPAOS and control participants. We used clinical measures of apraxia of speech severity to assess for clinical-connectivity correlations for regions found to differ between PPAOS and control participants. Compared to controls, PPAOS participants had reduced connectivity of the right supplementary motor area and left posterior temporal gyrus to the rest of the speech and language ICN. The connectivity of the right supplementary motor area correlated negatively with an articulatory error score. PPAOS participants also had reduced connectivity of the left supplementary motor area to the face sensorimotor ICN, ...
    Keywords Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 410
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  6. Article ; Online: Clinical and MRI models predicting amyloid deposition in progressive aphasia and apraxia of speech

    Jennifer L. Whitwell / Stephen D. Weigand / Joseph R. Duffy / Edythe A. Strand / Mary M. Machulda / Matthew L. Senjem / Jeffrey L. Gunter / Val J. Lowe / Clifford R. Jack Jr. / Keith A. Josephs

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 11, Iss C, Pp 90-

    2016  Volume 98

    Abstract: Beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition can be observed in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS). While it is typically associated with logopenic PPA, there are exceptions that make predicting Aβ status challenging based on ... ...

    Abstract Beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition can be observed in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS). While it is typically associated with logopenic PPA, there are exceptions that make predicting Aβ status challenging based on clinical diagnosis alone. We aimed to determine whether MRI regional volumes or clinical data could help predict Aβ deposition. One hundred and thirty-nine PPA (n = 97; 15 agrammatic, 53 logopenic, 13 semantic and 16 unclassified) and PAOS (n = 42) subjects were prospectively recruited into a cross-sectional study and underwent speech/language assessments, 3.0 T MRI and C11-Pittsburgh Compound B PET. The presence of Aβ was determined using a 1.5 SUVR cut-point. Atlas-based parcellation was used to calculate gray matter volumes of 42 regions-of-interest across the brain. Penalized binary logistic regression was utilized to determine what combination of MRI regions, and what combination of speech and language tests, best predicts Aβ (+) status. The optimal MRI model and optimal clinical model both performed comparably in their ability to accurately classify subjects according to Aβ status. MRI accurately classified 81% of subjects using 14 regions. Small left superior temporal and inferior parietal volumes and large left Broca's area volumes were particularly predictive of Aβ (+) status. Clinical scores accurately classified 83% of subjects using 12 tests. Phonological errors and repetition deficits, and absence of agrammatism and motor speech deficits were particularly predictive of Aβ (+) status. In comparison, clinical diagnosis was able to accurately classify 89% of subjects. However, the MRI model performed well in predicting Aβ deposition in unclassified PPA. Clinical diagnosis provides optimum prediction of Aβ status at the group level, although regional MRI measurements and speech and language testing also performed well and could have advantages in predicting Aβ status in unclassified PPA subjects.
    Keywords Beta-amyloid ; Primary progressive aphasia ; Apraxia of speech ; Volumetric MRI ; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  7. Article ; Online: Altered resting-state network connectivity in stroke patients with and without apraxia of speech

    Anneliese B. New / Donald A. Robin / Amy L. Parkinson / Joseph R. Duffy / Malcom R. McNeil / Olivier Piguet / Michael Hornberger / Cathy J. Price / Simon B. Eickhoff / Kirrie J. Ballard

    NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 8, Iss C, Pp 429-

    2015  Volume 439

    Abstract: Motor speech disorders, including apraxia of speech (AOS), account for over 50% of the communication disorders following stroke. Given its prevalence and impact, and the need to understand its neural mechanisms, we used resting state functional MRI to ... ...

    Abstract Motor speech disorders, including apraxia of speech (AOS), account for over 50% of the communication disorders following stroke. Given its prevalence and impact, and the need to understand its neural mechanisms, we used resting state functional MRI to examine functional connectivity within a network of regions previously hypothesized as being associated with AOS (bilateral anterior insula (aINS), inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), and ventral premotor cortex (PM)) in a group of 32 left hemisphere stroke patients and 18 healthy, age-matched controls. Two expert clinicians rated severity of AOS, dysarthria and nonverbal oral apraxia of the patients. Fifteen individuals were categorized as AOS and 17 were AOS-absent. Comparison of connectivity in patients with and without AOS demonstrated that AOS patients had reduced connectivity between bilateral PM, and this reduction correlated with the severity of AOS impairment. In addition, AOS patients had negative connectivity between the left PM and right aINS and this effect decreased with increasing severity of non-verbal oral apraxia. These results highlight left PM involvement in AOS, begin to differentiate its neural mechanisms from those of other motor impairments following stroke, and help inform us of the neural mechanisms driving differences in speech motor planning and programming impairment following stroke.
    Keywords Apraxia of speech ; Network connectivity ; Resting-state fMRI ; Stroke ; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ; RC346-429
    Subject code 150
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  8. Article ; Online: Perceptual and instrumental assessments of orofacial muscle tone in dysarthric and normal speakers

    Angela M. Dietsch, PhD / Nancy Pearl Solomon, PhD / Laura A. Sharkey, BA, BS / Joseph R. Duffy, PhD / Edythe A. Strand, PhD / Heather M. Clark, PhD

    Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Vol 51, Iss 7, Pp 1127-

    2014  Volume 1142

    Abstract: Clinical assessment of orofacial muscle tone is of interest for differential diagnosis of the dysarthrias, but standardized procedures and normative data are lacking. In this study, perceptual ratings of tone were compared with instrumental measures of ... ...

    Abstract Clinical assessment of orofacial muscle tone is of interest for differential diagnosis of the dysarthrias, but standardized procedures and normative data are lacking. In this study, perceptual ratings of tone were compared with instrumental measures of tissue stiffness for facial, lingual, and masticatory muscles in 70 individuals with dysarthria. Perceptual and instrumental tone data were discordant and failed to discriminate between five dysarthria types. These results raised concerns about the validity of Myoton-3 stiffness measures in the orofacial muscles. Therefore, a second study evaluated contracted and relaxed orofacial muscles in 10 neurotypical adults. Results for the cheek, masseter, and lateral tongue surface followed predictions, with significantly higher tissue stiffness during contraction. In contradiction, stiffness measures from the superior surface of the tongue were lower during contraction. Superior-to-inferior tongue thickness was notably increased during contraction. A third study revealed that tissue thickness up to ~10 mm significantly affected Myoton-3 measures. Altered tissue thickness due to neuromuscular conditions like spasticity and atrophy may have undermined the detection of group differences in the original sample of dysarthric speakers. These experiments underscore the challenges of assessing orofacial muscle tone and identify considerations for quantification of tone-related differences across dysarthria groups in future studies.
    Keywords dysarthria ; motor speech assessment ; muscle tone ; Myoton ; neurological disorders ; orofacial muscles ; rigidity ; spasticity ; stiffness ; tissue thickness ; tongue ; viscoelastic properties ; Therapeutics. Pharmacology ; RM1-950 ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
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  9. Article ; Online: A molecular pathology, neurobiology, biochemical, genetic and neuroimaging study of progressive apraxia of speech

    Keith A. Josephs / Joseph R. Duffy / Heather M. Clark / Rene L. Utianski / Edythe A. Strand / Mary M. Machulda / Hugo Botha / Peter R. Martin / Nha Trang Thu Pham / Julie Stierwalt / Farwa Ali / Marina Buciuc / Matthew Baker / Cristhoper H. Fernandez De Castro / Anthony J. Spychalla / Christopher G. Schwarz / Robert I. Reid / Matthew L. Senjem / Clifford R. Jack /
    Val J. Lowe / Eileen H. Bigio / Ross R. Reichard / Eric. J. Polley / Nilufer Ertekin-Taner / Rosa Rademakers / Michael A. DeTure / Owen A. Ross / Dennis W. Dickson / Jennifer L. Whitwell

    Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 17

    Abstract: Progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) is a neurodegenerative syndrome of multiple etiologies which affects spoken communication. Here, the authors characterized the molecular pathology, biochemistry, genetics and longitudinal neuroimaging of 32 autopsy- ... ...

    Abstract Progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) is a neurodegenerative syndrome of multiple etiologies which affects spoken communication. Here, the authors characterized the molecular pathology, biochemistry, genetics and longitudinal neuroimaging of 32 autopsy-confirmed patients with PAOS who were followed over 10 years.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
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  10. Article ; Online: FDG PET and MRI in logopenic primary progressive aphasia versus dementia of the Alzheimer's type.

    Ajay Madhavan / Jennifer L Whitwell / Stephen D Weigand / Joseph R Duffy / Edythe A Strand / Mary M Machulda / Nirubol Tosakulwong / Matthew L Senjem / Jeffrey L Gunter / Val J Lowe / Ronald C Petersen / Clifford R Jack / Keith A Josephs

    PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 4, p e

    2013  Volume 62471

    Abstract: The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia is an atypical clinical variant of Alzheimer's disease which is typically characterized by left temporoparietal atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging and hypometabolism on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ... ...

    Abstract The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia is an atypical clinical variant of Alzheimer's disease which is typically characterized by left temporoparietal atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging and hypometabolism on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. We aimed to characterize and compare patterns of atrophy and hypometabolism in logopenic primary progressive aphasia, and determine which brain regions and imaging modality best differentiates logopenic primary progressive aphasia from typical dementia of the Alzheimer's type.A total of 27 logopenic primary progressive aphasia subjects underwent fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging. These subjects were matched to 27 controls and 27 subjects with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Patterns of atrophy and hypometabolism were assessed at the voxel and region-level using Statistical Parametric Mapping. Penalized logistic regression analysis was used to determine what combinations of regions best discriminate between groups.Atrophy and hypometabolism was observed in lateral temporoparietal and medial parietal lobes, left greater than right, and left frontal lobe in the logopenic group. The logopenic group showed greater left inferior, middle and superior lateral temporal atrophy (inferior p = 0.02; middle p = 0.007, superior p = 0.002) and hypometabolism (inferior p = 0.006, middle p = 0.002, superior p = 0.001), and less right medial temporal atrophy (p = 0.02) and hypometabolism (p<0.001), and right posterior cingulate hypometabolism (p<0.001) than dementia of the Alzheimer's type. An age-adjusted penalized logistic model incorporating atrophy and hypometabolism achieved excellent discrimination (area under the receiver operator characteristic curve = 0.89) between logopenic and dementia of the Alzheimer's type subjects, with optimal discrimination achieved using right medial temporal and posterior cingulate hypometabolism, left inferior, middle and superior temporal hypometabolism, ...
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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