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  1. Article ; Online: White and Gray Matter Perfusion in Children with Moyamoya Angiopathy after Revascularization Surgery.

    Filimonova, Elena / Martirosyan, Azniv / Ovsiannikov, Konstantin / Pashkov, Anton / Rzaev, Jamil

    Pediatric neurosurgery

    2023  Volume 58, Issue 4, Page(s) 197–205

    Abstract: Introduction: Surgical revascularization is very effective in patients with moyamoya angiopathy (MMA) and leads to improvements in cortical perfusion parameters. However, changes in white matter hemodynamics are still underestimated. To date, only a few ...

    Abstract Introduction: Surgical revascularization is very effective in patients with moyamoya angiopathy (MMA) and leads to improvements in cortical perfusion parameters. However, changes in white matter hemodynamics are still underestimated. To date, only a few studies have examined brain perfusion changes within deep white matter after bypass surgery in patients with MMA.
    Methods: Ten children with MMA were evaluated using the CT perfusion technique before and after revascularization surgery. Brain perfusion parameters within gray and white matter were compared before and after surgery. The correlations between the perfusion parameters before surgery and the Suzuki stage, as well as between the perfusion parameters and the cognitive scores, were also evaluated.
    Results: Brain perfusion parameters improved significantly in both gray matter (predominantly due to cerebral blood flow within the anterior circulation, p < 0.01) and white matter (predominantly due to cerebral blood volume within the semiovale centrum, p < 0.001). We revealed that the pattern of improvement in perfusion in white matter differed from the pattern of improvement in perfusion in gray matter. Significant correlations were revealed between the Suzuki stage before surgery and the perfusion parameters within the posterior cerebral artery circulation (adjusted p < 0.05). There were also significant correlations between cognitive scores and brain perfusion parameters in gray matter and white matter (adjusted p < 0.05).
    Conclusions: The perfusion parameters of gray matter and white matter in the brain improve differently after bypass surgery in patients with MMA. Different hemodynamics within these compartments could explain this.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Child ; Gray Matter/diagnostic imaging ; Moyamoya Disease/diagnostic imaging ; Moyamoya Disease/surgery ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/surgery ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; Perfusion ; Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-28
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1091757-3
    ISSN 1423-0305 ; 1016-2291
    ISSN (online) 1423-0305
    ISSN 1016-2291
    DOI 10.1159/000531719
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  2. Article ; Online: Diffusion tensor imaging reveals distributed white matter abnormalities in primary trigeminal neuralgia: Tract-based spatial statistics study.

    Filimonova, Elena / Pashkov, Anton / Moysak, Galina / Martirosyan, Azniv / Zaitsev, Boris / Rzaev, Jamil

    Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

    2023  Volume 236, Page(s) 108080

    Abstract: Background: Primary trigeminal neuralgia (PTN) is a prevalent chronic pain disorder whose pathogenesis is not limited to the trigeminal system. Despite the significant advances in uncovering underlying mechanisms, there is a paucity of comprehensive and ...

    Abstract Background: Primary trigeminal neuralgia (PTN) is a prevalent chronic pain disorder whose pathogenesis is not limited to the trigeminal system. Despite the significant advances in uncovering underlying mechanisms, there is a paucity of comprehensive and consistent data regarding the role of white matter throughout the entire brain in PTN.
    Methods: We performed a prospective case-control study. Sixty patients with PTN and 28 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were evaluated using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). A tract-based spatial statistical approach was performed to investigate white matter impairment in patients with PTN with several metrics, including fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD) and axial diffusivity (AD). Additionally, ROI-based analysis was performed for each white matter tract to compare FA values between groups with correction for patient age and sex. Correlations between DTI data and nerve root compression severity, as well as pain severity, were also evaluated in patients with PTN.
    Results: Our analysis demonstrated a widespread and symmetrical reduction in FA values among TN patients when compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Specifically, this FA decrease was predominantly observed in regions such as the corona radiata, internal capsule, optic radiation, and thalami, as well as structures within the posterior fossa, notably the cerebellar peduncles. No statistically significant differences were found between patients and the control group during the MD, AD and RD map analyses. ROI-based analysis did not reveal statistically significant changes in FA values in white matter tracts (p > 0.05 in all comparisons, FDR-corrected); however, there were trends towards FA value decreases in the internal capsule (p = 0.08, FDR-corrected) and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (p = 0.09, FDR-corrected).
    Conclusions: Our findings indicate the presence of microstructural abnormalities in white matter among individuals with primary trigeminal neuralgia, which may potentially play a role in the development and progression of the condition.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods ; Trigeminal Neuralgia/diagnostic imaging ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; Case-Control Studies ; Brain/pathology ; Anisotropy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-10
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 193107-6
    ISSN 1872-6968 ; 0303-8467
    ISSN (online) 1872-6968
    ISSN 0303-8467
    DOI 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.108080
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